Compromise

Lincoln challenged Douglas for his seat in the senate. Lincoln asked him four questions, in which he tried to make Douglas make a mistake resulting in either the north, or the south to loose Douglas's favor. The questions were as follows: Question 1: "If the people of Kansas shall, by means entirely unobjectionable in all other respects, adopt a state constitution, and ask admission into the Union under it before they have the requisite number of inhabitants according to the English Bill --some…

The American-Mexican war first started on May 13, 1846; after President K. Polk became president in 1795-1849 he strongly urged Congress or a quick answer if it was ok to start war with Mexico. The times during the Mexican- American war was a complicated time in American History. During this time there was a lot of serious competition going on between Whig and the Desecrates. The most serious political issue was the war with Mexico had been a major support to make more slave states and slavery…

The Mexican-American War: Was it Justifiable? “The most dramatic event in the history of relations between Mexico and the United States took place a century and a half ago.”(Doc. 3) These words perfectly describe the conflict between our countries, a war over territory, misunderstandings and the breaking of laws. A debate still held today, is whether or not America was justified in declaring war on Mexico, yet there is more supporting info leaning towards it being an injustice. From simply…

Intro The American civil war was quite on of the bloodiest wars in the history of America. The civil war started in 1861 and ended in 1865. There were a lot of causes for the civil war. One reason was there was uncompromising distance between the free and slave states. The southern states had broken away from the north. The civil war did have a less devastating effect on the north than the south because the north had much more advantages. Most of the combat in the American civil war was fought…

Throughout America’s history, the United States has experienced many trials in tribulations regarding Economic, Social, and Moral issues. Even so, the bloodiest war in American history remains to be the Civil War, which took place fought 1861 to 1865. The war itself was ignited by issues between the Union and the Southern states that caused a divided between the regions of the north and south. The war itself illuminated the dark side of the institution within the American society, and as a…

William Still was born the 18th child of Levin and Charity Still. William Still lived a very interesting life. William Still had many jobs, abolitionist, writer, historian, civil rights activist and a conductor on the Underground Railroad. He was chairman of the Vigilance Committee of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. William Still wrote of his experiences as an Underground Railroad conductor and the refugee slaves he met along the way. In 1844 Still settled in Philadelphia and started…

Southerners and Northerners differed in state’s rights over the claims of the federal government, but this was not enough to wage war. However, when the controversy of slavery exploded, so did the Union. Abolitionists worked to make Northerners see the cruelty of slavery and take away sympathy from the south. There was a time when slavery was widely accepted by Northerners and Southerners alike. The U.S. even had proslavery leaders who always put slavery at the forefront, but everything changed…

Harriet Tubman was an African-American anti-slavery worker, and humanitarian. She was also a Union spy during the American Civil War. She was born into slavery but she escaped. During her life, she made nineteen trips. She helped more than 300 slaves escape.She used the Underground Railroad. When Tubman was a child in Dorchester County, Maryland, she was whipped and beaten by many different masters. When she was very young, an angry overseer threw a heavy metal weight at another slave. The…

The source, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, was written by Harriet Jacobs. Harriet Jacobs lived from 1813-1897 and was born a slave in North Carolina. Shortly after she endured the events described in the source, she escaped her owner in 1835 and managed to flee to the North in 1842. Soon after, Harriet Jacobs decided to share her experiences in the early to mid-1800’s with people around the country. As a result, Harriet Jacobs published “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” as her…

Have you ever felt like you have been held captive by your parents and all they make you do is clean? Well back in the civil war times there were many slaves that Harriet Tubman tried to save from that awful experience. Harriet Tubman was a very impactful person during the civil war because she helped free over 750 slaves, and she helped heal injured soldiers during the war. The first reason Harriet was a very impactful person during the civil war was when she helped free slaves. Harriet…