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Create a top five list of events related to westward expansion that affected african americans. review the lesson for compromises and consequences to make your list. events you should consider include the following: •missouri compromise•compromise of 1850•kansas-nebraska act•dred scott v. sanford•fugitive slave act•nat turner's rebellion•bleeding kansas•harpers ferry step 2: explain your reasoning for the item you ranked as the #1 event with strongest impact.

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The Kansas/Nebraska Act was an Act that repealed the Missouri Compromise. It allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they would allow slavery in their borders. Missouri compromise was a compromise to preserve the balance of power in the US Congress between slave and slave free states. It admitted Missouri as a slave state and admitted Maine as a free state. It was declared unconstitutional later because the US Supreme Court decided that the Congress did not have the power to prohibit slavery.Dred Scott v. Sandford decision was a US Supreme Court decision that held that black people whose ancestors were imported in the US and sold as slaves could not be an American citizen and had no right to sue the government. This decision spurred anti-slavery elements in the North and was a catalyst for the American Civil War.Fugitive slave act was an act that required that all escaped slaves should be returned to be returned to their masters and all free states citizens should cooperate with that.Bleeding Kansas was a series of violent civil confrontations in the US. This lasted between 1854 and 1861 and consisted of electoral fraud, raids, assaults, murders carried out by pro-slavery.

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the articles of confederation only set up the continental congress at the federal level. there were no executive or judicial branches except within the states. the states were allowed to keep every right that was not specifically given to congress. the bonding of the states was through a 'firm league of friendship' that best served as a defense agreement against invasion. states were not allowed to use taxes as a way to discourage treaties, and states were extremely limited in their dealings with foreign nations.

not many historians today talk about the strengths of the articles of confederation, likely because of how unpopular the document quickly became. the articles did set the legislative body, congress, as the highest power in the nation because of the fear of monarchy. congress had the sole power to declare war, assign treaties, entertain foreign relations, and operate post offices. disputes between states and territorial issues were to be brought to congress. the document also stipulated that canada was allowed to enter the union if they desired.

there were more weaknesses than strengths under the articles of confederation. the lack of power given to the continental congress strangled the federal government. the articles gave congress the power to pass laws but no power to enforce those laws. if a state did not support a federal law, that state could simply ignore it. congress had no power to levy taxes or regulate trade. without a federal court system or executive leader, there would be no way to enforce these laws, either. amending the articles of confederation would also require a unanimous decision, which would be extremely difficult.

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b) the confederacy had to pay all union war expenses.