As the 1850s opened, debate raged over whether to allow the expansion of slavery into the West. Some advocated for expansion, hoping slavery would die as a result. Conversely, others wanted to save slavery by limiting its footprint, or alternately, by encouraging its further growth. Please write an editorial on this question: “should the U.S. allow the expansion of slavery into the West and why”? Please keep the question of expansion at the center of your discussion, even if you choose to favor complete abolition. Why would the expansion of slavery (or not) serve this aim (or not)? What might a Westerner have wanted? What might an Easterner have wanted for that region, whether observing from the South or North? Please assume the voice of an inhabitant of the time, having no knowledge of the Civil War to come, but only the weight of the question at hand in the decade leading up to 1860.
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The main consequence of the Treaty of Versailles in the years 1919–24 was that it weakened Germany militarily. Assess this view using your own knowledge of the issue.
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