Because of the lack of information in the Constitution, the United States lost its sense of unity. ... When the Constitution was written, the United States was beginning to unite and they were not thinking that states would want to leave the Union. ... Abraham Lincoln said that the states came together to start the Union and there are no states outside of the United States, so they cannot just leave. ... H) The United States split because of information that was missing from the Constitution. If the issues of secession and slavery were discussed in the Constitution, then many of the probl...

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The Constitution, proposed by James Madison at the convention in Philadelphia in 1787 sought to establish a better set of governing principles for the United States. Though the Constitution maintained the stronghold grip on suppressing the rights of African slaves, it provided a radical change form state sovereignty to federalism while respecting the rights of states. ... This can be shown through the fugitive slave clause, which states that escaped slaves were not free once crossing into other states and had to be returned to the owner. ... Because larger states argued that their population w...

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Constitution is the foundation of the United States without it we have no rules and regulations to live by, nothing to stem laws from. ... Constitution is very important to anyone one who lives in the United States or who has come to live in the United States to understand. ... "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of...

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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. ... With the intention to secure participation of all 13 States in the Union, the framers of the Constitution allowed slavery to be continued in the nation where "all men are created equal". ... However, they agreed to the compromise stated in the final version of the Article yet again to assure the participation of all the states in completing the Constitution. ... It st...

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Nineteen century United States had convinced themselves that the citizens were living in a immoral manner. ... The citizens and United States started this reform and this was the more popular reforms.the most popular adversary's pushing for the reform was the American Temperance Society in the 1830s they were more than 200,000 in the society and most were woman. ... Constitution, which prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States. Soon the smuggling started of alcohol in the United States even the local police was in the crime. ... By th...

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The hole that the Constitution left for states rights and the nature of the Union became a deep gash and eventually a dividing line for the United States. ... For nearly 75 years the United States of America was a nation that prided itself in its ability to compromise. ... The Constitution was no longer an agreement between all States, it had now become a central power set up above and over the States. ... Were the states a permanent member, or a voluntary independent? In the South, the Constitution was viewed as an agreement between several states, and that they could lawfully and peaceful...

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Although they created the Constitution with these noble reasons, the Constitution did not do what it was meant to do. ... In the Constitution slavery was not ever directly said to be wrong or right. ... "The United States Constitution" by William Lloyd Garrison shows more vehemence about the lack of the mentioning of slavery in the Constitution. ... The Constitution caused many problems with the internal affairs of the Union. ... The Constitution caused problems orally as well as domestically. ...

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The United States of America was founded as a country where "all men are created equal". ... How could the United States call its self a republic where "all men are created equal"? After the Constitution was drafted, Northerners began protests to end slavery everywhere, but only succeeded in ending the slave trade in most states. ... From 1787, the future of slavery in the United States was a topic that politicians didn't enjoy discussing. ... In 1846, a bill was introduced that would permanently divide the United States into two sections. ...

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There are a few references from the Constitution of the United States of America that don't make direct references to the idea of slavery with reparations but I would like to point them out. ... Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. ... All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. ... The right of c...

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Failure to live by the statement, "All men are created equal," and honor the inalienable rights of people following the American Revolution, is not the main precursor that doomed the United States to a Civil War. ... However, the political differences between the North and the South, is what drew the line between the two regions, and sent the United States into a Civil War that would threaten the stability, and peace of the nation. ... The Federalists in the North, wanted a strong central government and chose to take a loose interpretation of the Constitution. The opposing political ...

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Following the 1819 crisis over statehood for Missouri, a national two-party system developed, and both parties worked to prevent sectional differences from becoming the focus of politics, this failed when the Mexican War gave the United States new territories. ... Southern states, including the 11 states that formed the Confederacy, depended on slavery to support their economy. ... This theory held that the Constitution had created not a perpetual union but a compact between independent states that retained their sovereignty. ... The Constitution had stated that "the union shall be perpetual."...

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Although it wasn't until the 1860's that national unity had been split between North and South, national unity started to fade as the United States was expanding in the early 1800's. ... The Southern states felt that they had a lack of representation and power in the government as more states where declared free. Therefore the expansion played a great part in the thinning of the unity of the United States. In Document B, the separation starts as lines are drawn in the Louisiana Purchase as to where states can be free or slave states. ... They believed that slaves were property...

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Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the u.s. constitution, which protect the rights of individuals from the powers of the government. ... Second Great Awakening - a wave of religious fervor and revivalism that swept the United States from the early nineteenth century through the Civil War. ... Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo - the peace treaty ending the Mexican War gave the United States California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming in exchange for $15 million and assumption of $3.25 million in debts owed to Americans by Mexico. The treaty also...

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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 worked out through compromises. ... Some Southern States wanted to break away from the United States of America and govern themselves. ... The Constitution of the United States guaranteed the right to own property and protected against seizure of property. ... The Civil War became inevitable when the nation's founders acceded to the demands of Southern Planters in 1787 and wrote slavery into the Constitution as our nat...

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In Article 1 Section 10 of the Constitution, it states that, "No state shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation. ... Amendment 10 states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.... Nonetheless, "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;" (Article IV Section 3 of the Constitution). ... Ultimately, the American Civil War was definitely a civil war fought between the North and South sides of the United States. ... Because t...

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Both the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence addressed the topic of slavery. The Constitution even rewarded slave states by giving them more representation. ... The Declaration of Independence and the US constitution further impacted the debate over slavery. ... Moreover, the Constitution implied slavery would continue for a long time to come. ... Evidence of both sides can be found in Satanstoe, New York, the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. ...

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It was a document that led to end of slavery in the United State military leaders of the union really wanted Lincoln to make the proclamation free slaves. ... While it declared slaves free in most Southern states, some select areas were exempted and others were not mentioned at all. ... The proclamation paved the way for the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States. ...

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Native Americans, many of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinquished to the newly formed United States after the war. ... Without question, the wealth of Southern plantations, and the Northern states, were directly associated with the exploitation of African slave labor. ... Constitution itself did not outright endorse slavery in America moving forward, there were numerous clauses that ensured the black population would be kept in check. The Constitution enforced the return of fleeing slaves to their masters, ...

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The survival of the United States as one nation was at risk, and on the outcome of the war depended the nation's ability to bring to reality the ideals of liberty, equality, justice, and human dignity. ... When the North and South could not come to an agreement, the South decided to secede from the United States, which fueled the beginning of the Civil War. The United States was no longer united. They became two nations: The United States of America (known as the Union and the North) and The Confederate States of America (known as the South or Rebels). ... In five others, they were more t...

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In the Northern section of the United States of America slavery was banned, therefore they did not want the "evil sin" to move on to the west, where the new frontier was being built. ... In the newly established United States, slavery flourished in the South and failed in the North, except in New York City and southern New Jersey. ... The South became solidly united behind the ways of slavery as new economic factors made slavery far more profitable than it had been before 1790. ... As you can see the south was very set in their way of slavery and would like to see it go on to the western area...

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Freedom I feel that January 1st is the day of the year that is most suitable as a day of honor and celebration for the United States of America. ... That goals of abolishing slavery in all parts of the United States became reality with the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. ... The Constitution of the United States recognized the legality of slavery, the ultimate form of discrimination. ... In December of 1865, just months after the close the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was passed and forbid the owning of slaves in all parts of the United States, fu...

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In the late 1700's, change was happening rapidly in the United States. ... White men still dominated the United States, and they often ruled with an iron fist. ... In 1806, there was a very violent confrontation, causing more and more Native Americans to be moved to unfitting areas of the United States. ... At this time in history, most were still slaves who labored throughout the United States. The extent of their success in gaining freedom was that a few northern states prohibited slavery in their constitutions. ...

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Lincoln at this time had free states and slave states. ... He had also made it clear in his address that he believed in a secure and united nation. ... Constitution was "perpetual," or indissoluble. ... The Constitution could be amended, but the Union could not be broken. ... Abraham Lincoln uses figurative words of speech to encourage reflection on the Civil War to the people of Northern and Southern United States. ...

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Early in the year 1787, the framers of the constitution convened in Philadelphia to discuss the problems of governing the new nation. Among the problems debated that existed with the states was the incorporation of western territories and whether they would be slave states or "free states." ... During the year of 1819, the nation was comprised of 22 states, and of them, 11 were "free states" and 11 were considered "slave states." It is clear what the impact of adding another state would do to the even sided nation; by adding a new state the union essentially knocks off the comfortable balance ...

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In 1860, Lincoln Abraham was elected as president of the United States of America. The election prompted several southern slave states to secede and later a four-year long civil war between the North and the South was triggered. ... It was understandable because Lincoln was the president of the United States and preserving the Union was part of his responsibility. ... He had to protect the perpetuity of the Constitution, because based on which he established the illegitimacy of secession. ... He was further limited by the Constitution whose legitimacy and perpetuity he tried to preserve during...

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