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A letter to the editor is a statement of your opinion on an issue about which you feel
strongly. Choose the event that you believe pulled the nation furthest apart in the
mid-1800s. On a separate sheet of paper, write a letter to the editor about that event.
Your letter should be written from the time period of your event and should:
have an appropriate date.
include your (fictitious) name and where you live.
âš« be one or two paragraphs long.
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briefly describe the event in one or two sentences.
explain why you believe this event pulled the nation apart and eventually led
to civil war.
âš« be free of grammatical and spelling errors.



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In the mid-1800s, one of the events that deeply divided the nation was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. This act allowed the residents of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within their borders. This decision intensified the existing tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States, leading to violent conflicts such as "Bleeding Kansas." In a letter to the editor from that time period, you could express your strong opinions about the Kansas-Nebraska Act and how it exacerbated the divide between the North and the South. You could mention your name, place of residence, an appropriate date, briefly describe the act, and explain why you believe it contributed to pulling the nation apart, ultimately leading to the Civil War. Your letter should be clear, concise, and free of grammatical errors to effectively convey your viewpoint to the readers of that time.

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