Essays on Missouri Compromise

The era commonly referred to as the “era of good feelings” took place following the War of 1812 and was marked by a notable surge in nationalistic sentiment within the United States. It commenced in 1816, shortly before Monroe assumed the presidency, and continued until his term concluded in 1824. Prior to this time frame,…

By 1819, a heated controversy over whether or not Missouri was to be admitted to the Union as a slave state or as a free state was underway. Before Missouri’s admission to the Union, there was an equal balance of free state and slave state senators in the United Sates Senate. If Missouri was to…

The Missouri Compromise is one of the agreements that would eventually lead to the shaping of the United States as it is today. The controversy that has arisen prior, upon and after the institution of the Compromise is based upon the principles of the Constitution and the principles underlying the Declaration of Independence. While the…

Due to the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney, the South was able to enhance its cotton production and send raw cotton to the North for fabric manufacturing. Francis C. Lowell further improved fabric production efficiency by combining spinning and weaving tools in a single factory. Alias Howe’s creation of the sewing machine…