History A-Level
Compromise and Conflict
What Compromise and Conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Compromise and Conflict
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Political compromise was attempted through measures such as the Compromise of 1850, yet the harsh new Fugitive Slave Law deeply alienated Northerners and exacerbated the sectional divide it aimed to heal.
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- Free-soilers
- Manifest Destiny
- Paternalism
- Political leadership
- Pro-slavery ideology
- Sectional controversy
- Slave Power
- Slavery and Abolitionism
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