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A Union Divided
The Constitution was written to make a union, but the Constitution would eventually divide the union. In the 1850s the North was calling for abolition slavery, but the south believed the constitution protected slavery. This issue of slavery caused for great tension and division in America till the point of war. The south believed that slavery was protected under the constitution, yet the north believed that slavery was evil and that it needed to be abolished.
With pressure from the north to end slavery the south used that the constitution allowed for slavery. The south used the 3/5 compromise, and the 5th amendment to say that slavery was allowed and protected. (G) There were a collection of compromises called compromise of 1850 to try to ease the tension between the states. (A) 2 of the things that came out the compromise of 1850 are that US territories will use popular sovereignty to decide to be free or slave state, fugitive slave act. But the south is upset......

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