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You are the only group that turned this in correctly and on time!  Woot Woot!  Could everyone put their name by the title in bold.  Had to search for some names!

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You are the only group that turned this in correctly and on time!  Woot Woot!  Could everyone put their name by the title in bold.  Had to search for some names!

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Wow!  You guys have already got a lot of information.  I would suggest you start looking at googling pro/con arguments on the topics and be sure to use your own words to show you understand the content!

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Wow!  You guys have already got a lot of information.  I would suggest you start looking at googling pro/con arguments on the topics and be sure to use your own words to show you understand the content!

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- was a United States federal statute devised by Henry Clay.
- regulated slavery in western territories by prohibiting it in the former Louisiana Territory
- agreed by both pro-slavery & anti-slavery functions in the US Congress
- passed as a law in 1820 under presidency of James Monroe.
South point of view

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- trial to sue for his freedom in 1847
-Born around 1800
-Scott met and married Harriet Robinson
-Dred Scott was known as Sam.
-Scott's extended stay in Illinois
-after Emerson's widow hired Scott out to an army captain
- he offered to buy his freedom from Mrs. Emerson for $300
- he couldn't prove that he and Harriet were owned by Emerson's widow
-In an 1850 retrial, the the St Louis circuit court ruled that Scott and his family were free
-Scott and his lawyers then brought his case to a federal court
- Scott decided to sue his current master for his freedom
South point of view

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States rights / popular sovereignty (Villalba)

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States rights / popular sovereignty (Villalba)

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- The Debate was over what powers the state had and the federal. This was a heated debate between the Federal and the state; which led to if the newly territories should be allowed to  have slavery.
- The south believe that slavery was necessary and a positive good thing to have around.
-  The Missouri Compromise was basically brought peace between the north and the south which divided them only temporarily; due to both having different perspectives.
- The North believe that all states should be non-slave-holding states; The South believe that all states should be slave-holding states.
- Southerners felt that the laws favored the Northern. The Southerners also felt that they will slowly be forgotten due to all laws being for the better of the North and the worst for the south.
- Southern fear the Northern because the Northern had a "conspiracy" to end all slavery; or at least the south thought this.
- When Abraham Lincoln won presidency in 1860 , The Southerns believe that their economy was going to be destroyed.

Southerns POV
- They were against States rights/ popular sovereignty
- The north was trying to destroy their economy
- They needed slaves to help keep their economy running

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-Was passed by the United states Congress on September 18, 1850
-Forced citizens to assist in the capturing of runaway slaves
-Denied slave rights to a jury trial and could have a fine of up to 100 dollars and six months in jail
-Agents were paid more for turning in a slave rather than freeing them
-Part of the Compromise of 1850
Southern point of view
The south wanted to strengthen the fugitive slave law.

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-social and economic institutions relied on cotton.
-was leading export in mid 1800's
-raw cotton essential for Europe economy
-one of the worlds largest industries
-most of world supply came from american south
-fueled slave labor
-entire south, especially Mississippi, depended on cotton

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-needs slaves to pick cotton
-economic structure relies on cotton
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Internal improvement (train, road, canals) .
- Taxes on imported goods
- the north agreed with it but the southern states opposed it. They said it was unconstitutional
-  "the Morrill Tariff" taxed imports to the united states and was very unfair to the southern states
- passed in 1861 by James Buchanan
- The morrill tariff increased the taxes 20 percent on certian goods and 10 percent on raw materials
- Congress authorized a 30 percent tax on luxury items
- the govt. enacted the tariff to raise revenues during the civil war
- internal improvements beleived that the govt. was supposed to help make peoples lives better
- the largest impact of these improvements was to link rural farmers to markets
- the congress ordered construction of federally built railroads
-  the system was an attempt to put govt. money and power behind improvements like roads and railroads
- Southern POV
The south is against taxes and tariffs because it favors the North more than the south.The north relied on it because they were more industrialized while the south still relied on slave labor.

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- some historians believed that around 6-7 million Africans were imported to the new world during the 18th century alone.
- year, 1619 after a dutch ship brought 20 African slaves over to the Americas slavery spread like a wildfire.
-during the 17th and 18th century slaves mainly worked on the tobacco, rice, and indigo plantations of the southern coasts.
- slavery wasn't a widespread in the north but they did make lots of money off the southern plantations
- the southern states believe that black Americans should be used to provide labor for white civilized society
-Northern states believed it was wrong but not all northeners wanted to end slavery
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