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Political Compromises and Rising Sectional Tensions
Analyze how federal policies like the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850 attempted to manage deep sectional divisions over slavery.
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Westward Expansion, Native Nations, and the Sectional Divide
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Explain how territorial expansion, federal policies toward Indigenous nations, and growing regional differences shaped early 19th-century America.
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