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I: In 1739 there were federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of escaped slaves within the territories of the US.
D: The Fugitive Slave Act was enacted by congress in 1739 which meant local government were to cease and return escaped slaves to their owners and to punish those that aided the slaves to escape.
C: This act lead to the increase of tension by speeding up the progress to the Civil War. Due to this law enslaved people knew that it was time to rise and fight for their freedom.
I: In 1803 Louisiana was purchased from France by the United States of America.
D: The Louisiana Purchase was at the cost of approximately $15 million or approximately $18 thousand per square mile. In which the US acquired a total of 828,000 square miles. Which the US doubled its size going westward.
C: This purchase had sped up the progress towards the Civil War because the expansion of the US meant the expansion of slavery. Since Louisiana became a slave state which meant that slavery would continue to expand if the US buys more territory.
I: The Mexican American War was a conflict between the US and Mexico in 1846 and ended in 1848.
D: The war started in April 1846 and lasted until February 1848. Which was won by America and gained over 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory.
C: This war was a event that ultimately sped up to the Civil War because it paved the way to other major events like the expansion and dispossession of indigenous people and California Gold Rush. SInce the US gained more territory from Mexico, that would mean the expansion of anti or pro slavery states.
I: The Compromise of 1850 was a debate on issues of slavery and ways to balance the Union by seeing which state should be free or slave state.
D: The Compromise of 1850 is issues connect to slavery that was proposed by the US Senator Henry Clay and passed by the US Congress to avert the threat of an unbalanced Union.
C: It was both successful as a temporary expedient and failed by proving that it was not a permanent political solution. Which antislavery elements became opponents towards the extension of slavery.
I: The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a law that repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty. The Bleeding Kansas was a violent uprising of proslavery and antislavery activists fought to sway the vote.
D: Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas in 1854 was about the settlers of Kansas and Nebraska deciding if they would become a slave state or not.
C: They both were something that had sped up towards the Civil War because antislavery and proslavery activists fought each other for the states of Kansas and Nebraska to be a slave state or not.
I: The Lincoln Douglas Debate in 1858 was a debate by Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas about slavery and how to solve the issues about it.
D: The Lincoln Douglas debate was about slavery and the expand of it towards the western territories. Both Lincoln and Douglas said things about each other like ciritzing and accusing each other for the other to make a point on the other person.
C: This act had slowed down towards the Civil War because since Lincoln won he might be able to help the slaves for their freedom.
I: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in 1858 was a group of abolitionist that was led by John Brown.
D: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry was intended to be the first stage in an elaborate plan to establish an independent stronghold of freed slaves in the mountains of Maryland and Virginia.
C: This raid was successful which had help see that slaves can fight for their freedom by force which sped up toward the Civil War.
I: The election of 1860 was the election of the Republican, Abraham Lincoln, and Democratic, Stephen Douglas, as president.
D: The election of 1860 was mainly about issues on secession, the relationship between the federal government, states, and territories, and slavery and abolition.
C: Since Abraham Lincoln won the election he was President of the United States he gave hope to the slaves for their freedom. So it slowed down toward the Civil War.