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Instances in the past have shown us just how well the U.S. can deal with its problems and still remain as a whole. Several times before in history the southern and northern parts of the United States have had differences of opinions, but the U.S. was always able t ....

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.... to count them. This lead to the Three-Fifths Compromise that stated that slaves would count as 3/5 of one person. This compromises satisfied both the North and south without giving either a majority. In 1820 a north and south dispute sprang up again, this time it was about the position of new states that entered the Union, whether the new states were going to be closed or open to slavery. In 1819 Missouri applied for statehood, both north and south want Missouri, because it would give the majority to whoever was fortunate enough to get a hold on Missouri. James Tallmadge tries gradual emancipation of slaves; it was rejected in the Senate where ....