Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... Basically the South wanted and needed it and the North did not want it at all. ... But in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... It dealt mainly with the question of whether slavery was to be allowed or prohibited in the regions acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican War. ... This compromise also said that the territory east of California given to the United States by Mexico was divided into the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and they were opened to settlement by both slaveholders and ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The North stood opposed to this, and various other parties (including some of the Western states themselves) wanted to try a new idea called popular sovereignty. ... Wilmot and his party were not abolitionists; however, they just did not want slavery and its accompanying problems to be imported into newly formed states. ... "The experience of more than half a century, I informed Pakenham, convinced me that it would be neither humane nor wise to abolish slavery. ... The south wanted slavery allowed in the new states; the north did not; and some wanted to be able to vote on it. ... The comp...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. ... In addition, the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... The South wanted to protect their states rights. ... Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. ... In addition, the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... The South wanted to protect their states rights. ... Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I for one, woman as I am, would willingly spend my last breath, if need be, in behalf of the Southern Confederacy. ... And that is why I am writing. ... Come South, if you want to see noble spirits, not only in men and women, but in every child who reads and knows his rights. ... Serving various military duties in Georgia, Virginia, New York, Texas, and Mexico over the next 23 years, Lee's reputation increased in recognition and respectability, and in 1852 he was named superintendent of West Point. ... Please tell auntie and uncle I send my love as well, as I do not know when I will get...

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• Grade Level: High School

Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? There are those that would have us believe that it was the only cause. Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and th...

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Speaking directly to "the Southern States," he reaffirmed, "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the United States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." ...

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