Connecticut Compromise

Who Hates Whom: Why Do People Hate Each Other? With independence comes new rules and regulations, which not everybody agrees with wholeheartedly. When it comes to the Americas, political alignment is one of the greatest causes of conflict. Following independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico abolished slavery practices in the whole of the Mexican territory- including present-day Texas. Slaveholders in Texas rebelled against the Mexican government and won their independence in 1836 and re-legalized…

She published "Treatise on Domestic Economy" in 1843. It was a never before seen source of household knowledge in the 1800s. In 1823, Catharine opened a girl's school in Hartford, Connecticut. It expanded into Hartford Female Seminary. She left the school in 1831 and moved west. Her contribution to the Antebellum Era expanded the role of women in the 1800s. Young women were more educated and family oriented because of Beecher's teachings…

People in the North focused on Industry and fast business, while the South was focused on slow and steady agricultural growth. During the early to mid 1800s sectional differences forced the north and south farther and farther apart. The Missouri Compromise, Missouri was admitted as a Slave state and Main was a free state, this was to maintain balance between the states, The Fugitive Slave Act, which was placed to return any runaway slaves, and lastly Uncle Tom’s cabin, a book written by Harriet…

Many issues surrounding the Constitution of the United States divided the nation prior to the Civil War. Following are some of these issues and how they relate to the coming of the Civil War, how the document relates to the Constitution as of 1861, and how the Constitution relates to the issue today. The letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Holmes relates to the coming of the Civil War by Jefferson explaining to Holmes that there is tension in the states that cannot be easily dealt with. He…

Abraham Lincoln’s speech, A House Divided, raised some questions at the time of delivery, but ultimately gave the citizens of the United States the leader that they would need to preserve the country. Stephen A. Douglas supporting the idea of popular sovereignty made Lincoln’s idea that the union must either endorse slavery or abolish slavery appear? altogether foolish. The idea of popular sovereignty was the easy way out of the slavery issue during the nineteenth century. Popular sovereignty…

We know this when we read, “The Compromise of 1850 accomplished what it set out to do – it kept the nation united – but the solution was only temporary.” The peace between the nation was very fragile at this point because people were choosing which side they were going to stand with. It…

Lincoln and Douglas Debates The Lincoln and Douglas debates of 1858 were seven debates between Abraham Lincoln who was a republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois. Stephen Douglas who was a senator in the Democratic Party candidate. During the time United State Senators were elected by state legislatures. They were trying to win control of the Illinois legislature. They decided to hold one debate in each of the nine congressional districts of Illinois. The first debate was…

Dred Scott, a slave, was bought by a man (Sanford) who later moved them to a free state. Scott claimed that he was free based on the grounds that he had been living in a free state as a slave. Sanford said, legally he was a resident of a slave state, so he was not free. The Court ruled that African Americans were not and never would be citizens. Therefore were not entitled to the freedom Scott was seeking, and he could not pursue legal action against his owner as he was attempting. Scott sued…

Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin Eli Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765. His father owned a farm on which Whitney had a small shop while he was a teenager. During the Revolutionary War, he made nails, which had become hard to find (U-S-History.com). After the war, Whitney continued to make items in his shop, which included women hatpins (Biogrphy.com). He graduated from Yale in 1792 at the age if twenty-seven years old and was considering becoming a lawyer. After…

The underground railroad was an escape route for runaway slaves. It got its name because of its actives that were carried out in secret using darkness or disguise. It was helpful because it helped thousands of slaves escape bondage. An estimate of one hundred thousand slaves escaped bondage in the south between 1810 and 1850.. The leading slaves were Harriet Tubman and Willam Still . “When Northern towns rallied around freed slaves and refused compensation, yet another brick was set into the…