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Summary

The Missouri Compromise was Missouri being admitted as a slave state because Maine wanted to be free, to maintain a balance in the senate.

Who Benefited

Both regions benefited from this event as it kept an equal amount of people from each region in power.

Feelings

This event was a pre qual of the problem that slavery would create.

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Summary: Manifest Destiny was the idea that white Americans were divinely ordained to settle the entire continent of North America.

Explanation: The region that most significantly benefited from Manifest Destiny was the American West, as the ideology propelled westward expansion, leading to the acquisition of vast territories like Texas, Oregon, California, Nevada,

Manifest Destiny played a crucial role in escalating tensions leading to the Civil War by fueling westward expansion and reigniting the debate over slavery in newly acquired territories

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Summary

The Mexican-American War (April 1846–February 1848) was a conflict between the United States and Mexico that resulted from the United States' annexation of Texas in 1845 and a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.

Significance

It added the states of California, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming to the United States.

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Summary

By the 1850s many Americans started to feel greater pride in their region than the country as a whole creating a division between the North and the South over the subject of slavery after the South won territory from the Mexican American War.

Who Benefitted

Neither the North or the South benefitted from the sectionalism that was occurring as it put a greater divide between the two regions as they both want policies that specifically benefit themselves.

How did it lead to Civil War/Feelings

This event was a minorly big deal because it highlighted the separation that was being felt between the South and the North and this separation would continue to be a highlighted problem in the conflicts to come.

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Summary

The Compromise of 1850 aimed to resolve tensions over slavery and territorial expansion following the Mexican-American War, by including provisions like California's admission as a free state, and popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico.

Who Benefited

the South generally benefited more from the Compromise of 1850, primarily due to the stricter Fugitive Slave Act included in the compromise, which allowed for easier recapture of escaped slaves from the North to the South.

Significance

I feel that it was a temporary bandage on the growing tensions over slavery, ultimately failing to resolve the issue and contributing to the escalating conflict that led to the Civil War

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Summary

Popular Sovereignty is when the majority of the people vote for a specific thing.

Who Benefited

Nobody benefited from popular sovereignty, majority of people benefit from it the however the minority is more often than not ignored and forgotten.

Lead to Civil War/Feelings

I feel like without popular sovereignty then the people would still not have an voice and even though the minority was ignored most of the time their opinion was still heard.

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Summary

The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and, importantly, repealed the Missouri Compromise. This allowed residents to decide on the issue of slavery through "popular sovereignty," leading to "Bleeding Kansas" and further national tensions.

Who benefittedThe Kansas-Nebraska Act generally benefited the South more than the North.

Explanation

However, it significantly intensified sectional tensions by repealing the Missouri Compromise and allowing popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the Kansas Territory. was a highly controversial piece of legislation that essentially reopened the debate over slavery in the territories by allowing the residents of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether to permit slavery through "popular sovereignty,"

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Summary

Dred Scott was living in a free state as a past slave and argued that since he is now free he should be seen as a U.S. citizens, however the supreme court ruled that no African American could be seen as an U.S. citizen.

Who Benefited

The north benefited from this because it backed their claim that slavery should be abolished and dismantled, starting up the protest that were happening in the north over this case.

How it lead to Civil War

This case sparked great tension between the north and the south especially as the north felt that the supreme court was permitting slavery around the whole nation.

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Summary

The Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln and he won and became the 16th president of the U.S.

Who Benefited

The north benefited the most as Abraham did not stand for slavery and wanted to abolish it which was the same view as the north

How did it lead to Civil War

The south was angry because of Abraham's views on slavery and the fact he wanted to get rid of it. So I feel this was the south's last straw before they finally succeeded from the U.S.

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Summary

Marked the start of the Civil War. Lincoln called on all states to supply the federal government with the militia to help put down the "rebellion".

Who benefited from this

The Southern states benefited because their militia became stronger because of the federal government

Explanation

I think that this was great for the southern states because it helped their military became stronger the put the rebellion down.