Compromise of 1877

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    the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise, which led the South to “turn the tables on the North” and gain control the Legislative and Judicial branches of the government. Thomas Jefferson, a Republican, proposed The Northwest Ordinance concerning the colonization of the territory obtained from England after the Revolutionary War. The Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territories of the Ohio

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    his ability to lead and manage a country. How he performs will determine the legacy he will leave behind. The imperative skill of strong leadership, particularly in times of tension and disaster, is needed in order to make smart decisions and compromises for the good of the nation. Sound leadership provided by a president gives the people of the country a figure to guide them through trying times. When analyzing presidencies, it is also important to assess the domestic accomplishments that took

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    History of the United States from 1877 to 1917: Industrial Revolution There are five important things that every American citizen needs to know about the time period from 1877 to 1917: #5. The 1896 Presidential elections in which William McKinley was elected, marked one of the most important elections of the 19th century since the beginning and the end of Civil War when Abraham Lincoln was the President. The 1896 elections were highly symbolic in that the victory of McKinley also meant victory

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    were choices that were building up to the start of the civil war, such as the Missouri Compromise, the Tariff of Abominations, the Compromise of 1850, and countless others. The bloodiest war in American history, which started in 1861, had many lasting effects on the country. Although the country changed constitutionally and the balance between federal and state government authority changed during the years 1860-1877, the social state of the country remained unchanged by the events that occurred. The

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    many changes for the South, for the nation and for former slaves. Unfortuantely, it was only also a decade of conflict: the conflict between the North and the South transfering from the battle field to a political one. If they did find a way to compromise in 1877 with the presidential election of Hayes, freedmen's hope of a better life that had been fed throughout the Civil War by Lincoln came to a crushing halt. This Reconstruction was arguably a failure in that department in spite of the myriad of

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    California provoked the next stage of Compromises in Congress. The Compromise of 1850 was a five-part bill put forth by Henry Clay, it was composed of five key components. First, California had to submit to the Union as a free state. Then the remaining lands had to divide into two new territories. Excluding

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    was period of time after the civil war in which the United States addressed these problems. Reconstruction had two different phases: Presidential Reconstruction took place from 1865 to 1867, and Congressional Reconstruction took place from 1867 to 1877. Presidential Reconstruction began with Abraham Lincoln, who proposed the Proclamation of Amnesty and the ten percent oath plan. Lincoln was focused on leniency and forgiveness; under his plan southerners would take an oath of loyalty to the Union

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    After the Civil War: Assimilation vs. Separation Although the Black Americans were shunned and isolated in the first half of the civil war, the black population apprehended that the Union would bring them freedom. With the Emancipation Proclamation, the Reconstruction era brought in optimistic promise. African Americans “reconstructed their families, pursued formal education, and created their own institutions.” The cries for education reforms grew louder among the African Americans, as the idea

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    rights were. The Confederacy was characterized by three major events, its formation, its part in the Civil War, and Reconstruction of the South following the war. The rivalry between the Northern and Southern states was nothing new, and several compromises were agreed to in order to

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    Missouri Compromise The Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1877, was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political and economic differences between the North and the South. The North’s aggression to control the South had led to the point where it was intolerable. The issue on slavery was one of the causes of the Civil War. Slavery and slave trades

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