1 - Why is George Washington considered to be one of the United States' greatest presidents? In your answer, be sure to consider the times, his personal qualities, and his legacy. How and why does Washington live on in the American memory?
George Washington, one of the greatest founding fathers of our nation today, the individual who lead the American revolution with great victory and the man who set the precedent of two presidential terms. George Washington is considered to be on the United States greatest presidents because he was a leader who demonstrated great bravery, compassion and leadership through good times and bad times, but still managed to keep the United States running on its feet. During the American Revolution, colonist did
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The compromise was not a true compromise at all, it preserved the Union and brought temporary peace. Within the compromise, the fugitive slave law was passed, allowing slaveholder to capture runaway slaves, and make them return to their original owner. Underground railroads were established, which allowed slaves to runaway underground to small stations located in the north, and oftentimes in Canada. A hero to a lot of slaves, Harriet Tubman, escaped slavery from Maryland, and returned to the South numerous times to help guide more than three hundred slaves to the north and gain freedom. Slavery was extremely evident during this time period and was “needed” to help connect both sides of the United States. The only thing at this point connecting the United States was the transcontinental railroad. The Gadsden Purchase, the purchase of thirty thousand square miles of land covering present-day New Mexico and Arizona, stemmed the dream of building a railroad from California through New Mexico and Arizona, through the south, but required the use of slaves, but was not possible, given the compromise of 1850 (Roark). All in all, the compromise of 1850, was not really a compromise, but a range check for the civil war, pushing it back a decade