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When did Territorial expansion lead to an increase in sectional tensions?
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Around the mid 1800s, several states tried to be admitted into the union. This caused tension between the north and south since they had such varying views on slavery. When California applied for statehood, it only exemplified the differences between the two regions since they felt so strongly on whether slavery should or shouldn't be allowed.
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The bloody shirt issue of the Gilded Age refers to?
post civil war sectional tensions
How did states' rights increase tensions between the north and south?
by making it harder to get jobs.
What were the most fundamental issues causing the sectional crisis and threatening to split the Union in 1850?
The most fundamental issues causing the sectional crisis in 1850 were the question of slavery and its expansion into new territories, the balance of power between free and slave states, and the tensions between the North and South over economic interests and political representation. These issues were exacerbated by the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, which compelled Northern states to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves, further deepening the divide between the North and South.
Why did the admission of Texas and California increase tensions ove the slavery issues?
beacuse it did look in a book
How did the Kansas Nebraska Act either raise or reduce tensions over the slavery issue?
the Kansas Nebraska act went against the Missouri compromise. it allowed states to choose there positions on slavery based on popular sovereignty. this threw off balance of free and slave states. the Missouri compromise was placed to keep this balance, especially in politics. the slaveholding south felt that the north was trying to gin political and territorial control over the union.
How did westward expansion increase sectional tensions?
Westward expansion created territories that eventually wished to become States. Every application for Statehood prior to the Civil War increased sectional tension because of the need to balance "free" and "slave" States in Congress.
What is the best example of rising sectional tensions caused by westward expansion in the antebellum America?
The Wilmot Proviso
Territorial expansion during the first half of the 19th century contributed to?
Increased tensions over slavery
What was the political effect of the Mexican war within the US?
increase of sectional tensions. Catalyst of Civil war.
In what ways did popular sovereignty stir up sectional tensions in the 1850s?
n what ways did popular sovereignty stir up sectional tensions in the 1850s?
How did the 1860 election increase sectional tensions?
Because the newly-elected Lincoln would not agree to any extension of slavery. So the final attempt at compromise failed.
The bloody shirt issue of the Gilded Age refers to?
post civil war sectional tensions
The kansas-Nebraska act further inflamed sectional tensions because?
Undid the Compromise of 1820
Why were abolitionists opposed to westward expansion?
During the preface of Manifest Destiny, Americans were united in the idea that expansion would cause the country to flourish and thrive, but as sectional tensions between North and South began to increase, the North and other abolitionists started to reject Manifest Destiny. This is because the introduction of new slave states into the country would cause the North to lose their power within the nation.
What is Georgia platform?
a set of rules
How did the panic of 1819 lead to sectional tensions and division?
Northern industrialist wanted high tariffs: southern plantation did not. Apex
Which Illinois senator heightened sectional tensions partially to make Chicago the country's transportation hub?
Senator Stephen A. Douglas
