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. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

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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. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• 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. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Apostles of Disunion," by Charles Dew discusses the cause of the South's secession that led to the Civil War by examining the work of southern secession commissioners, urging fellow Southerners to follow their lead and secede from the Union. Ignored by historians or dismissed as minor figures be...

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Emancipation and Reconstruction Michael Perman, a renowned historian and professor of Humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago has written many famous books on American history, "The Coming of the American Civil War" and award winning "Road to Redemption" has gained immense popularity and scholarly attention. ...

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In his report of the Seven Day's Battle, Stuart described his push down the Washington road: a train of forage wagons with a few cavalry as escort was captured before proceeding far. 3 Yet, unlike other cavalrymen, Stuart knew how to execute such raids with discretion and stealth. ...

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When the Civil War began, neither the Union nor the Confederacy was prepared for the level of destruction that warfare would bring. Neither side could have predicted that 600,000 men would die as a result of this conflict. After the first Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, both sides realized that the war would not be short, and or easy battle, and called for increased numbers of volunteers to fight. As large numbers of new recruits began to appear in Union and Confederate camps, sanitary conditions that existed during the civil war were shocking by modern standards. Unsanitary hospitals and c...

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Introduction The concrete reason that motivated civil war can only be traced to the motivation between greed and grievance. Usually, rebellion is triggered when rebels has the desire for wealth by seizing vital resources that fetch the nation huge money. While another form of rebels' desires to get rid of certain people or ethnic that has been ruling the nation arbitrarily, or some people with unfair governance (Collier 1999). Greed and grievance are an important element that is inseparable in explaining conflicts that escalate to Civil War. It has been a phenomenon that countries that h...

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The Missouri discussions held 1819-1821 functioned as an important turn in the United States' major disagreement over slavery. The arguments held over tightening the grasp of slavery in the new state was the outcome of previous debates and the start of unwanted events. Paused lawfully by two comprom...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate