The South wanted to become an independent nation. ... Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... 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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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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In order to do this, I shall try to give an explanation of the Civil war's causes, the slaves' progress during war and their situation in the era of Reconstruction. After the Mexican-American War, in 1848, Texas (a slave state) demanded for territories and the government refused to deliver them. ... California would enter as a free state; New Mexico would be given separate territorial status; Texas would be paid $10.000.000 for ceding its claim to New Mexico, thereby allowing it to pay its debts; and Utah would be given territorial status. (175) But President Clay died in July 9, 1...

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Modern slaves, as I named them, have some similarities with the ones we saw during the colonization period. ... Most of them come from Mexico and some other countries in crisis in Central and South America. ... Like one Mexican once said, "Work never ends, but workers do". ... For example, the Mexican president thinks that as immigrants are not working in Mexico and they left voluntarily their country, they should not be taken into account. ... That they are not capable of thinking the way we do, so they will be better off doing the physical work we don't want to do. ...

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Negros couldn't meet in the town so their freedom as very limited they couldn't do things they wanted on their own free will they were told what and what not to do. ... African Americans and Mexicans were categorized with canines. ... Negroes, mexicans and other non-white races would get treated in an unexpected way. ...

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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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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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This way of life separated the North from the South in more ways than any Americans wanted to believe by the Mid 1800's. ... I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. ... 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)." ...

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The British had wanted the neutral Indian buffer states that were located in the northwest of America. They also had wanted to change the American-Canadian boundary. ... The northeastern and southern states each wanted different things. The northeastern states wanted protective tariffs, high-priced public lands in order to keep their workers from migrating to the west, and federally built internal improvements in order to expand home markets. The southern section on the other hand wanted low tariffs to encourage exchange with England, no internal improvements, and availability of public...

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