American History Homework Five Answers - Student 26

AMERICAN HISTORY HOMEWORK FIVE

1. B

2. A. For the nation bank B. against slavery

3. The Cause of the Mexican war was a dispute where the line between Texas and Mexico lay. The war ended in February of 1848 when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed.

4. Abraham Lincoln, because he played such an important roll in the abolition of slavery.

5. "Bleeding Kansas was the name of a conflict that occurred over slavery in the 1850's. The reason for this graphic nick-name is the violence that occurred on both sides of the issue.

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7. I don't believe it would have been possible unless the north compromised the beliefs that the civil war was fought for.

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Honors

H1.The Compromise of 1850 was a succession of bills designed to resolve the strife over territory and slavery from the Mexican War.

H2.The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas that took a middle position on the slavery issue which made neither the north nor the south happy.

H5. In both the Dred Scott Decision and Roe V. Wade, the Supreme Court essentially took the place of God and stated that some people- unborn babies or slaves- were somehow less than human and therefore had no rights.

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