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The question is:

To what extent did the compromises made during the writing of the Constitution sow the seeds for sectional discord later on?

Can anyone give me some topics to use to write the essay on at least?

Thanks

2007-09-26 11:23:20 · 2 answers · asked by Sinneo 2 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Probably the main compromise was the compromise on the slavery issue. It counted each make slave as either 2/3 or 3/4 of a person I can't remember which off the top of my head. Which led to the popular cause for the Civil War. Which wasn't the issue until the Union Forces had to split half it's forces and force march to New York after the battle of Gettysburg to put down Pro Confederate riots and the possibility of New York also succeeding from the union. It wasn't until then Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves in the States in Revolt against the union if they did not cease hostilities and rejoin the union with in a specified time. To give the Union a much needed popular cause for the war.
Note it covered only the States in rebellion. Not the slave states like Maryland and Rode Island.
Lincoln's wife's family owned a large plantation with around one hundred twenty four slaves in Maryland.

The other main cause was states rights versus the Federal government's right to set import and export taxes which led to the direct cause of the Civil War.
It was the discord between the South which was mainly agricultural and the industrialized north over import taxes for farm machinery and export taxes aimed a forcing the South plantation owners selling their cotton to the northern mills which were paying pennies on the dollar for cotton compared to the Eurpoean markets.
The import taxes on farm machinery was aimed at forcing the Southern farmer to buy their farm equipment from the northern factories at much higher prices than they could purchase them from European factories.

2007-09-26 11:50:38 · answer #1 · answered by JUAN FRAN$$$ 7 · 0 0

funny thing is, im doing basically the same essay, but i would assume a different school.
things such as age for the congress and senate, and amount of years to be a citizen. Political views being forced upon members of the house of representatives. 2/3 passing rule on an overrule of a presidential veto....hope it helps! :)

2007-09-26 11:28:38 · answer #2 · answered by Grey 2 · 0 0

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