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By Nilan and Saad

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Throughout history, America has been through its ups and downs. Some events resulted in war, slavery, and more tragic events. Despite this, in the end, America was able to unite as one. We will be talking about the various events throughout 1844-1877 in America which caused division in the country and how people/leaders responded to it.

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Manifest Destiny And Impact On Westward Movement-December 1845

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Manifest Destiny And Impact On Westward Movement-December 1845

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Manifest Destiny is the belief that Americans have the god given right to expand across the North American continent specifically from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Manifest Destiny had a significant impact on westward movement in several ways such as the vast amount of territories that the United States acquired through different means such as treaties,purchase such as The Louisiana purchase,The annexation of Texas, the Oregon treaty and more.This caused a westward migration. Where a large numbers of farmers,gold seekers, and more went on a long and harsh journey to settle in the western territories.

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Manifest Destiny And Impact On Natives-December 1845

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Manifest Destiny And Impact On Natives-December 1845

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The land west of where the colonists were already settled, contained rich land with a lot of resources. As a result in order for settlers to take over that land, they forced tribes out of their homes. This was encouraged by Andrew Jackson after the Indian Removal Act and the forced migration of natives became to be known as The Trail of Tears. If natives resisted then force would be used to remove them from their homes. Natives tried to negotiate by going to court but the power of Andrew Jackson was too much.

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The compromise of 1850 were a series of laws that the United States Congress passed for an attempt to compromise between the free states in the north and the slave states In the south.The compromise included admitting California as a free state, legalizing slavery in the territories of New Mexico and Utah and it also established a boundary between Texas and the US. This would further separate America and lead to the south becoming a confederacy.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. The bill allowed the settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to decide wether or not slavery should be allowed with in those territories using popular sovereignty. It was introduced by Stephen Douglas for the Northern Transcontinental Railroad.

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In the Dred Scott v. Sanford the U.S  Supreme Court stated African Americans were not considered citizens of the United States therefore did not have the right to sue in the federal court and declared the missouri compromise to be unconstitutional.The decision also declared that slaves were property and the fifth amendment protect the property rights of slaveholders.

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John Brown was an abolitionist who opposed slavery. He and his supporters wanted to protest through violence. The group left to Harpers Ferry in the south in order to take over their arsenal of weapons. He hoped the local slaves would help fight the battle. This however was not the case, instead his group was easily defeated and Brown was captured. He was then placed on trial and later hanged to death.

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Union And Confederate Advantages And Strategies(Civil War)- April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865

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Union And Confederate Advantages And Strategies(Civil War)- April 12, 1861-April 9, 1865

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As a result of increasing tensions, the south split from the north and made the Confederacy. The north became the Union. Due to disputes over slavery as well as other tensions, a civil war started. The Union had a larger population, industrial economy, natural resources, and money. The South on the other hand had better officers, but they weren’t as strong.

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Assassination of President Lincoln- March 2, 1867

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Assassination of President Lincoln- March 2, 1867

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Lincoln was at a theater attending a performance of the comedy, “Our American Cousin”. He was in the presidential box when a man named John Wilkes Booth walked up behind him and shot him in his head. He was later sent to the hospital but died on 7:22 a.m. on April 15th. The killing occurred since Booth didn’t like that Lincoln supported black citizenship.

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Reconstruction Act of 1867- March 2, 1867

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Reconstruction Act of 1867- March 2, 1867

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This act temporarily divided the South into five military districts. It also required southern states to ratify the 14th amendment, which gave equal protection of the Constitution to black people that were enslaved. Later congress approved the 15th Amendment which said the right to vote would not be denied based on color, race, or previous condition of servitude. This helped give more rights to black people, and slowly help achieve equality for all people.

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The panic of 1873 was a financial crises that occurred in the Fall of 1873 and lasted until the spring of 1879.The crises was caused by varieties of factors such as American inflation,Investments on railroads and things that require a great amount of capital and other things that increases debt.The financial crisis caused a depression which lasted 4 years.

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A long term effect from this time period is the continuation of expanding rights to minorities. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 expanded voting rights, and to this day rights and privileges are given to all types of people. A short term effect is the Confederacy. The southern states rejoined the union after the civil war.

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In conclusion America has suffered through a lot of social and political tragic events to get to where we are today from conquering, expanding territories, having harsh views about political and racial conflicts and compromising which states are considered as slave states. Despite the intensity of these events, they have helped our country learn and develop. The event we found most interesting was the Dred Scott decision where Dred who was an African American tried suing the government which caused a major conflict in the North.