... as a means of advancing slave state interests through federal authority. As historian Thomas L. Krannawitter points out, the "Southern demand for federal slave protection represented a demand for an unprecedented expansion of federal power." These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. Constitution prior to the 1860 ... make for a time of upheaval and uncertainty about the basis of the nation-state. In the world of 19th century self-made Americans, growing in prosperity, population and expan...

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... Homestead Act offered free government land in the West to native-born and immigrant settlers. The Homestead Act dramatically increased the spread of westward expansion and reinforced migration patterns. Not everyone benefited from laws intended to promote the westward movement. Native Americans were driven further and further west. Between 1816 and 1836 alone, most of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois, along ... with substantial areas of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, and Iowa were taken, usually by force, from various Native American tribes by the federal government. ...

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... and the war ended in 1848 with the annexation of the Mexican Territories to the Union. (Hume, Video Lecture 4) With the deaths of Andrew Jackson (1845), John Calhoun (1850), Henery Clay (1852), Bennett (1858), Daniel Webster (1852), and Martin Van Buren (1862), among others, many ... , Video Lecture 4; and McPherson, Chapters 3 & 4) The pro-slavery South was, in many ways reacting to the North's attack on slavery and its expansion. Slavery was an institution that must have continued to grow for its survival. Simply stated, it was a profitable institution. The cotton that necessitated sl...

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... McClellan licked his wounds Lee dismissed unsatisfatory officers and reorganized the army into the Army of Northern Virginia, with two corps; one under Jackson and the other commanded by the exprienced and gruff James Longstreet. McClellan retreated north while an army of 60,000 union soliders under ... gamble to take the city. While confederates under E.K. Smith in Louisana and Arkansas were pinned down, Grant landed his army south of Vicksburg, seized Jackson, defeated Pemberton at Campion's Hill, and then proceded to siege the city. For nearly 50 days the confederates were trapped and...

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... . They also created a national currency. Before this the states were able to create their own currency. The new "greenbacks" as they were called, were guaranteed by the government. The National Expansion was also affected. The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 was also passed. This act permitted the creation of a railroad from Nebraska to the Pacific Coast. As a result of this act ... South had the best Generals in the country. Robert E. Lee was a brilliant and daring general of the Confederates. This man made up for almost all of the North's advantages. Stonewall Jackson was another Confeder...

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... because he lost one of his legs in the second battle of Bull Run a year before. Ewell had just replaced Lee's second in command, Stonewall Jackson, who had just been killed in battle a month before. Stonewall Jackson was a legendary commander for the confederates, so Ewell knew that he had a lot to live up to. Ewell and his confederate troops successfully attacked pushed ... ...

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... (Barker 32)". Very shortly after that South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union. Needless to say this angered the North and Congress. The President at that time was Andrew Jackson who after weeks of argument and discussion "[ ] promised a lower tariff and issued a proclamation warning that "disunion by armed forces is treason", soon after, satisfied with the lower tariff, South Carolina ... ...

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... every morning, Sandburg would watch a thin man pass his house lost in thought. His name was Professor Philip Green Wright, and the reason some of his works were published (Hacker 39). These influences were a big part of Carl Sandburg's writing and life. Sandburg wrote numerous amounts of poetry and books. His first major written work published was Chicago Poems. Chicago Poems ... ...

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... Douglass was a Northern Democrat. Even though Douglass received 30% of the popular vote he only won 12 electoral votes finishing last. John Bell won three Border States for a total of 39 electoral votes. Breckinridge won all of the deep Southern states and commanded 72 electoral votes. Winning 40% of the popular vote and 182 electoral votes, Lincoln surpassed the other three ... ...

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... that had not already been claimed by the Europeans. Lewis and Clark were sent out on a mission to find more unseen land. Jefferson had a great deal to do with the expansion of America that is why he has an aspiring spot on Mount Rushmore. Jefferson contributed positive political decisions which gave our country tremendous success, overall leading the country to freedom ... ...

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... public peace." This illustrates that the Northern Congress had already begun to move towards the idea of emancipation, or at least permanently limiting slavery and putting and end to its expansion. Looking back at the record, in fact we can see that Congress was taking a greater antislavery position than Lincoln did at first. Many statutes had been enacted to that effect ... ...

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