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| - | ====== The History of America Since 1850 ====== | + | ==== The Americas ==== |
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| On January 13, 1795, Congress considered and passed a proposal, to print the federal laws in German as well as English. This started a trend towards a greater affiliation with the peoples of Germanica and a steady adoption of Germanic culture. At the same time the far more conservative and 'English' south became more and more distanced from the common identity of the republic. | On January 13, 1795, Congress considered and passed a proposal, to print the federal laws in German as well as English. This started a trend towards a greater affiliation with the peoples of Germanica and a steady adoption of Germanic culture. At the same time the far more conservative and 'English' south became more and more distanced from the common identity of the republic. | ||
| The final break came in 1850 over the failure of the so-called Missouri Compromise. The short bloody war of succession resolved nothing. Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri joined the South. Deleware, a slave owning state which lacked a land border with the main group of southern states also joined but was re-annexed joining the war. The Northern Federal States also lost Washington DC which became the Confederate States' capital. The Northern Capital returned to it original home in Philadelphia. | The final break came in 1850 over the failure of the so-called Missouri Compromise. The short bloody war of succession resolved nothing. Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri joined the South. Deleware, a slave owning state which lacked a land border with the main group of southern states also joined but was re-annexed joining the war. The Northern Federal States also lost Washington DC which became the Confederate States' capital. The Northern Capital returned to it original home in Philadelphia. | ||
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