But we often forget that the ultimate cause of the war was the inability of politicians to find a means of compromising conflicting views concerning slavery and its extension," (Alexander 246). ... One being the party system, two being the birth of the Republican party, three being the Republicans expanding their platform to other states, and four being growing differences between the north and south concerning slavery. Because of this there began a debate over which economic system was going to take over America's new territories, industrialization and urbanization versus plantations...

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When the 55 delegates of the Confederation came together in 1787 to record their ideas in the United States Constitution via consensus, the subject touching upon slavery in the States turned out to be the most debated point. ... Additionally, the framers recorded in Article V that neither the first nor the fourth article could be changed for another twenty years, securing the terms concerning slavery that the southern states had demanded. ... Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by amendments abolishing slavery in our society. ...

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Kenneth Stampp says, "Nevertheless, whatever methodological or conceptual strategies a historian may devise, his search for answers to questions concerning slave behavior and personality must begin with the accumulation of a reasonable amount of empirical data.... Throughout the years, historians have debated, examined and tried to interpret the various ways of how slaves reacted to being a slave. ...

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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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