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Dred Scott was a slave from Illinois. He was a man that believed all slaves should be free. His slave owner had took him from a slave state brought him to a free territory. Living the slave state made him a free man. Dred Scott believed that he was a free

man because he lived in a free state. He tried to convince the Supreme Court that this was true. The case was in the court for years. The Supreme Court finally ruled it out. They said that even though he lived in a free state still did not make him a free man.
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ery. Clays compromise was not accepted at first. He was so upset by the conflict the compromise caused , that he fled the country. Senator Stephen Douglas picked up the compromise and it was finally accept as part of law eight months later .

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It was time for a change in the Union, California was North and South of the 36 parallel. The North wanted California and so did the South. The Union solved every problem by compromises, so why not make another one? To please the North, Senator Henry

Clay allowed California to be a free state in the Union. Then for the South, Clay enforced a new improved slave fugitive law. Finally, Clay added another law, called popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty was the right to vote for or against slav-

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a nonfiction novel about her life in slavery. In 1852, Stowe lived in the Unites States. She despised slavery and slave owners. The novel she wrote painted a picture of

how much she hated slavery. The book made a major impact on the U.S. She showed that slavery was more of a ethical struggle, than a political one. The book made Northern abolitionists increase their

protests against the Fugitive Slave Act. (U.S. History Textbook) The South thought it was directed toward them, and took it offensively. Harriet Beecher Stowe will never be forgotten.

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Slavery has been around for years. And because of This law Caucasian have been desponded and slaves were extremely excited. This new Amend-

ment is the thirteenth amendment. Some Caucasian disagreed with this law and they did not want to except it. This law abolished slavery and caused

disruption between the different race. This amendment is meant to abolish all slavery in the entire United States. The president believed this was the best solution.

E m a n c i p a t i o n President Lincoln made a proclamation on the day January 1st 1863, emancipating all slaves behind the confederate lines. This caught the country's attention. He declared all people that are slaves would be free and government persons are to recognize this fact and treat then as such. Lincoln also states that free

P r o c l a m a t i o n against the South. As commander in chief, he is not only able to order his armies to take hold on enemy resources but to emancipate slaves as well. The President didn't think he could abolish slavery through the government so he used his constitutional skills to make it happen. More in the next edition on the Presidents interests and party life Does President Lincoln enjoy the theatre?...

persons should not partake in violence but recommends ...in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. Meaning former slaves shouldn't get involved in this conflict but should settle down and get a job. Pres. Abraham Lincoln wants this to be an act of justice, even though he seems to be using it as a weapon

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Emilys Sources: Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans: Reconstruction of the 21st Century. Michigan: McDougall Littell, 2009. Asias Sources: http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do? p=GVRL&u=groves&authCount=1 http://www.shmoop.com/ http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/suic/?userGroupName=groves Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans: Reconstruction of the 21st Century. Michigan: McDougall Littell, 2009. Meagans Sources: Danzer, Gerald A. The Americans: Reconstruction of the 21st Century. Michigan: McDougall Littell, 2009.

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