After much debate, the whole issue was given over to a committee on Postponed Matters. ... The compromise was seen as being too good to be true by its very own framers, and managed to pass with little or no debate whatsoever. ... Slavery was another hot issue furiously debated at the Convention. ... Other issues concerning Southerners, perhaps more so than slaves, were things such as tariffs or special legislation, such as laws providing that exports were only to be carried on American ships. ... After hours of toil, doubt, and debate, the constitution was finally signed by the majority o...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. ... Lincoln, an Illinois nominee for the Senate seat, challenged his opposing candidate, Stephen Douglas, to a series of debates. ...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. ... Lincoln, an Illinois nominee for the Senate seat, challenged his opposing candidate, Stephen Douglas, to a series of debates. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. ... Lincoln, an Illinois nominee for the Senate seat, challenged his opposing candidate, Stephen Douglas, to a series of debates. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

To me, America refuses to acknowledge or engage in any debate concerning its role in slavery at the beginning of its founding and the resulting attitudes it has towards its own Black African descendants. ...

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Could The American Civil War Have Been Avoided? Peter C. Nagy U.S. History; 2. Debate Reaction February 26, 2000 Dr. Lawrence McAndrews After the Constitution was adopted by all of the States in 1789, uniting the States into one nation, differences between the States had been worke...

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Senator Bird of Ohio, engages in a debate over such Fugitive Slave Law. ... Another example that effectively illustrates the strong contradictions and absurdities of slavery and slave owners is the philosophy of Haley concerning the proper treatment of slaves. ...

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The debate on the main cause of the Civil War has been going on for years and will probably still be going on a hundred years from now. ... Even though they all agreed on the structure of the new government, the delegates argued about the issues concerning representation, slavery, and trade. ... "National political debates soon f...

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Abraham Lincoln began his important but fateful career in politics in 1854, at 45. He was a strong supporter of the Northern states, who wanted to rid the United States of slavery. At that time, Abraham Lincoln spoke at a courthouse in Winchester, Illinois, concerning the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Li...

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• Grade Level: High School