Prompt: At what point in the sectional debate over slavery did compromise give way to conflict?
THESIS: 1850 marked the turning point in the sectional conflict as new political solutions and heightened ideological sensibilities undermined the foundation of compromise upon which national unity was maintained.
topic sentence: After 1850, the compromises enmeshed in the Missouri compromise of 1820 began to unravel.
Potential Evidence to use: 7th of March speech, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Freeport Doctrine, Dred Scott Decision, ???
NOTE: I am looking for the following elements--
-Use the provided topic sentence, or your own version that references a category of analysis in the thesis
-THREE pieces of evidence to support the claim made in the topic sentence. (This is time for "name-dropping"--use proper nouns and or specific historical vocabulary)
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Each piece of evidence needs to have its own elaboration (description showing you know historical details about the evidence)
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Each piece of evidence needs to have its own analysis (the logical argument that connects the dots between the evidence and your argument)
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A concluding sentence that wraps up the ideas shared in the paragraph
GOOD LUCK!