Representative Robert Toombs of Georgia, argued against a proposed law that would have banned slavery from land obtained as a result of the Mexican War (Document 2). He stated that if the legislation sought to drive them from the territories of California and New Mexico that was purchased by the common blood and treasure of the whole people that he would be for disunion. ... The major cause of death in the Civil War was in both cases, wounded in action. ... After the War, the African Americans received more rights. ... The War was a big win for the North, although they had more casualties....

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The strongest evidence of US expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. ... Congress was concerned that annexation would start war with mexico. ... This set the stage for the Mexican american War. The mexican american War was the first time America has fought a war with land expansion as its main goal. The War lasted two years and ended with Treaty of Gudaloupe Hidalgo. ...

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Civil War Was the American Civil War caused by slavery or economics? ... Mexican American War . ... 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 antislavery settle...

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Popular sovereignty was a policy supported by Clay that proposed giving New Mexico and Utah the right to vote on whether or not to become a slave or non-slave owning state. ... Thus, the slavery issue was brought to a head, and the Civil War began....

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Civil War historian Shelby Foote describes the American Civil War as the most important event in American History. The Civil War was, at the very least, one of the most controversial periods in American history. ... Slavery had become such a prominent institution in the South, that by 1850, many Southerners supported the filibustering of Cuba and Mexico believing that the "safety of the South was to be found only in the extension of (slavery)." ... In this aspect the Civil War was entirely about slavery and the economics of slavery. ... This, however, was not until...

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Soon after the Revolutionary war ended he started to sell hatpins and men's walking sticks, which turned an even greater profit. ... In 1792, Eli Whitney visited the plantation of Catherine Greene, the wife of Revolutionary War general, Nathaniel Greene, near Savannah Georgia. ... The ripple effect caused by Eli Whitney's cotton gin can be seen as the driving force behind many of the conflicts between North and South, and eventually culminating in the Civil War. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that can be seen as a driving force behind the even...

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Q: Was the Civil War fought over the issue of slavery? ... 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 outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. ... The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slav...

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As part of the "Great Triumvirate" of American politics from the War of 1812 to the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay has had many accomplishments. His greatest accomplishment I believe is the Compromise of 1850, where he helped prevent the Civil War from happening for a little bit longer. ... According to the compromise, Texas would relinquish the land in dispute but, in compensation, the Union would take over the debt Texas had with Mexico. Also, the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. ... Over the following decade the country&...

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In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. ... 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 antislavery settlers. ...

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The Northerners believed in the Wilmot Proviso, which would have abolished all slavery in the territories gained from the Mexican War. ... The Compromise also gave all disputed land to New Mexico instead of Texas. ... The division of the country could turn into a war between different groups around the country. History backs the side of a war as such being able to end the Union. ... Webster did not want any slavery in New Mexico and California. ...

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The state's opposing views on slavery caused them to grow apart and divide, splitting the United States, North and South, causing secession and the Civil War. ... Also, the Compromise of 1850 satisfied no one, although the nation's capital, Washington DC, would be a free state, which the North wanted, Utah and New Mexico would be slave states. ... When Lincoln finally became president, war was inevitable. ... The Wilmot Proviso caused conflict too, it upset the balance between the states, preventing slavery in the Mexican Cession, this time pleasing the North. ... The North and the...

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These differences would culminate during the 1850s and would eventually ignite a divided Congress and country to fight a war it had already won- the war for freedom. ... These differences were set aside to fight a war for their freedom. The Revolutionary War united the North and South into one for a brief time. ... The Wilmot Proviso was proposed in Congress to end slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico. ... The newly acquired area from Mexico, Texas, was trying to become a state and the issue of slavery was once again proposed. ...

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Everything initiated when a small cluster of democrats envision the idea of not permitting slavery into the new territories purchased or taken from Mexico. ... If Texas would had not come into the Union the war might had still been avoided. They also blamed the purchase of territory because of the war they were involved with at the moment. ...

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Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. ... However, it was not ratified by the necessary number of states and was forgotten when the Civil War began. ... Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." ...

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Nevertheless, in 1848 the Union acquired a huge piece of territory from Mexico. ... This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. ... However, it was not ratified by the necessary number of states and was forgotten when the Civil War began. ... Because slavery formed two opposing societies, and slavery could never be abolished, the Civil War was inevitable." ...

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This era came right after the War of 1812, which was a war that was in some ways a fight for America's second independence. The War of 1812 left the United Sates and strengthened the unity of the new nation. ... after the end of the war of 1812. ... The issues of the war promoted nationalism. ... European nations that were recovering from the Napoleonic wars lessened the demands for the American foodstuffs, gold and silver was not coming into the United States because of the war that disrupted the Mexican and Peruvian economies, Europeans gathered a lot of metal to themselves so the...

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