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Describe the role of labor differences between the North and South; The Compromise of 1820; The Free-Soil Movement; Compromise of 1850; Kansas-Nebraska Controversy; the Election of 1860.

Posted on July 8, 2021 by Ambrose

As the textbook states on page 482: “However much [Confederate President] Jefferson Davis and other southerners argued that succession and the war were about states’ rights, the states of the Lower South seceded in 1860-1861 primarily to preserve slavery. The South Carolina Declaration on the Immediate Causes of Secession explains that the state left the […]

Research for more information about the underground railroad that ran through Texas and into Mexico. Select one good source to share with us here and explain what you learned from it.

Posted on April 16, 2021 by Ambrose

The U.S.-Mexico War (1846-1848) was a prelude to the Civil War (1861-1865), the battles between the North and the South to determine whether the United States would allow the wicked practice of slavery to continue and spread into new territories. During the U.S.-Mexico War (1846 – 1848), one of the central questions was whether the […]

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Describe the role of labor differences between the North and South; The Compromise of 1820; The Free-Soil Movement; Compromise of 1850; Kansas-Nebraska Controversy; the Election of 1860.

Research for more information about the underground railroad that ran through Texas and into Mexico. Select one good source to share with us here and explain what you learned from it.