History of the United States

To attempt to resolve the dispute between the North and South regarding slavery, Congress convened on December 3, 1849. The result of this convention was the Compromise of 1850.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed the New Mexico and Utah territories to choose, in the future, to become slave states. The South avoided adopting the Wilmot Proviso. A stronger Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress.

railroads

native americans believed nature was sacred. white settlers believed nature was a resource

That they would not be forced to move to a reservation

to help struggling farmers make a profit The Farmers Alliance was organized by states in the South. This movement was big during the 1870s and 1880s.

The members worked in the same industry

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Ku Klux Klan

They argued that slave labor was superior because slaves and slaveholders depended on one another