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Britain gave the US the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains, also known as the Northwest Territory. The ordinance was passed to allow the new territories to enter the Union as a state.
-Compromise/Appeasement
- It gave the same rights the original colonies had to the new states.

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2. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798-1799)

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2. Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798-1799)

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Kentucky and Virginia were in the position of opposing the Alien and Sedition Act because they were unconstitutional.  They declared that states had the rights to declare laws  to be unconstitutional.
- Compromise/ Appeasement
- Influenced Civil War by the state freedom against the federal government-- shown in south and north

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To keep a balance between slave states and free states, Missouri was passed as a slave state and Maine became a free state.
-Compromise/ Appeasement
-more sectionalism argued if slavery should or should not be allowed.

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Calhoun proposed the tariff to resolve the Nullification Crisis.This gradually lowered the protective tariffs over the next 10 years.
-Compromise/ Appeasement
-the tariffs this compromise was trying to get rid of were considered unconstitutional

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The House passes a resolution that postponed all petitions relating to slavery without hearing them.
-Appeasement/Compromise
-This influenced the Civil War because later on stricter versions came about and came anger from the South region, primarily slave owners and Southern politicians.

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This is a war that was pushed by the federal government, President Polk due to the ideals of Manifest Destiny. Started over a disputed border and resulted in a treaty and conflicts to the nations in regards to the issue of slavery due to the increase of territory/states.
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-Impacted the Civil war because it brought back the overshadowed issue of slavery back to light in the increase of territories/states.

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A proposal to ban slavery in the new territory acquired from Mexico.
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-A major event leading to the Civil War due to debate over slavery in new territory.

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A series of 5 bills that would address the issue of slavery in the Mexico Cession territory.
-California would be entered as a free state.
-Utah and New Mexico would decide on being a slave state by popular vote.
-A new established border between New Mexico and Texas.
-The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

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- It led to more division among the country since the admission of these new states would create an unbalance of power between free and slave states.

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Allowed people in the new territories of Kansas and Nebraska decide whether or not to allow slavery. However this repealed the Missouri Compromise due to the gained potential to have slave states.
-Compromise/ Appeasement
-Despite being a compromise that pleased the southern states, the northern states were angry with its potential and repellment of a previous law.

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This was part of the compromise of 1850. The act required slaves to return to their slave owners even if they were in a free state.  It also forced federal government responsible for finding and returning escaped states.
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-led to further division

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A novel written in 1852 and narrates a story of Uncle Tom- a dignified slave. It was later banned due to it being a abolitionist propaganda.
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- The novel was very influential to the Northern region as it widened the chasm between the two regions due to the strengthened Northern abolitionism.