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1) 3/5th Compromise Austin 10 Words: Representation, proportional, system, ratio, value, receive, congress, slaves, argument, tax/taxes 10 Word Summary: Prior to an argument held at the continental congress taxes were based on the value of the land. This system was easily abused by states when they undervalued their land to receive lower taxes . As the name suggests the final decision was a 5:3 ratio meaning that every 5 slaves attributed to the total population as much as 3 free persons and states were taxed accordingly. This system also had an upside to having a larger population in the sense of more representation in congress . The representation in congress was proportional to the states population. In this instance the south wished for lower taxes to decrease any burden the taxes created, however it would decrease the amount of representatives southern states had. The southerners favored a 2:1 or 4:1 ratio while northerners favored a 4:3 ratio with both having foreseeable outcomes. Picture/Image:

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1) 3/5th Compromise Austin 10 Words: Representation, proportional, system, ratio, value, receive, congress, slaves, argument, tax/taxes 10 Word Summary: Prior to an argument held at the continental congress taxes were based on the value of the land. This system was easily abused by states when they undervalued their land to receive lower taxes. As the name suggests the final decision was a 5:3 ratio meaning that every 5 slaves attributed to the total population as much as 3 free persons and states were taxed accordingly. This system also had an upside to having a larger population in the sense of more representation in congress. The representation in congress was proportional to the states population. In this instance the south wished for lower taxes to decrease any burden the taxes created, however it would decrease the amount of representatives southern states had. The southerners favored a 2:1 or 4:1 ratio while northerners favored a 4:3 ratio with both having foreseeable outcomes. Picture/Image:

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2) Tariff of 1828 Austin 10 Words: Protective, Abomination, Industry, Nullification, Imports, Confrontation, Compromise, taxes 10 Word Summary: Picture/Image:

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3) Missouri Compromise (Andrew) 10 Words: tension, slavery, free, request, territory, state(s), Congress, Missouri, Maine, power 10 Word Summary: In 1819, Missouri requested to be admitted to the union. However, this request caused significant tensions across the surrounding territories. This is because that Missouri was designated to be a slave state, and if Congress was to allow Missouri to have slavery, then they would have to counterbalance the power somehow. Ultimately, Congress decided to balance the slave states and free states by admitting Maine as a free state (i.e. a state that doesn’t allow slavery). Picture/Image:

4) Kansas­Nebraska Act (Andrew) 10 Words: Kansas, Nebraska, settlement, sovereign, territory, upsetting, support, controversy, expansion, violence 10 Word Summary: The Kansas Nebraska act of 1854 allowed the two separate territories to to decide if slavery was to be allowed in the respective territories. The act was signed in by the president at the time, Franklin Pierce. The act allowed the two territories (that were now split along the 40th parallel) to demonstrate their sovereignty as part of the United States. The act, however, was met with mixed support and substantial controversy. Many individuals, especially those from the North, believed that the act essentially made the Missouri Compromise invalid. Due to the upsetting nature of the circumstances, northern abolitionists deemed it necessary to attempt to settle areas such as Kansas; in an attempt to expand the reach of the anti­slavery ideals. Ultimately, violence was still present. An estimated 50 people died in the conflicts regarding land disputes between the years 1854 and 1859. Picture/Image: (Pierce signed the bill; without hesitation)

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5) Dred­Scott decision Preston 10 Words: Western, Slave, Westward, 10 Word Summary: The Dred­Scott decision was a decision to allow individuals of the south to be able to take their slaves with them on a westward territories. The main question that is proponed is should slavery be allowed in the west? Dred­Scott was a slave to an army doctor. His owner moved from a slave state (Illinois) and then moved to a “free state”(Wisconsin). This was questioned by Dred­Scott. He tried to go against the supreme court but he was turned down saying he was not an actual citizen of the United States, this is because he was once owned in as a slave, he can not be set free due to the process of due law. This angered most of the African Americans and all states. This soon inflated even more and four years later it lead to the Civil War. Picture/Image:

6) Compromise of 1850 Preston 10 Words: Laws, War, resolved, compromise, free state, creation, slavery, Utah, New Mexico, sovereignty 10 Word Summary: The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise to resolve and settle an agreement to make California a free state it was the 16th state to join the union. While Utah, and New Mexico were continued to be slave territories and have a large sovereignty. The fugitive slave law was passed. This caused an ending in the slave trade in D.C. This soon made it easier to rescue and recover slave fugitives.

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Beverly 7) Fugitive Slave Act 10 Words: Resistance, freedom, escaped, Trial, judge, Abolitionists, war, unstable, federal. 10 Word Summary: The Fugitive Slave Act were laws that Congress had passed to allow the capture and return of runaway slaves back to their owners(1850). It had the federal government responsible for the slaves that had escaped from the South. Although the South had said they believed in state rights, they could still override the federal government in the North. This means that they could seize people and take them back into the South. Many people were born free, but were dragged back to the South and were known as slaves. Quite a few were slaves, escaped, or born free, but were sent back anyways.The slaves could go to trial, the slave may have papers saying he or she is free, the judge has the final say so. I Picture/Image: