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Africans were forced into brutal labor by Belgian rulers to collect rubber, leading to millions of deaths
Explanation:
Under the rule of Belgium, with King Leopold II as its head, the Congo Free State, roughly on the territory of modern day DR Congo, had suffered immensely. Initially, the colony was not barely sustainable, always being on the verge of bankruptcy, but that all changed with the sudden big demand fro rubber. The Congo Basin had loads of it, and the Belgians intended to use that to make profit. The native population was quickly mobilized and was forced to brutal labor force, being constantly tortured, mutilated, beaten up, given only so much food so that they can barely survive to work the next day. This, combined with other factors, led to lot of deaths, the numbers vary anywhere from one to fifteen million deaths. Understandably, the native people rebelled against this, and it turned out to be a long and bloody conflict, where the end result was just more deaths.
<span>The Democratic party was seen as to blame for this Panic. The Specie Circular, implemented under Jackson and Van Buren, was seen as the major driver of the inflation and price increases that led to the Panic of 1837. This led to restrictions on credit, less borrowing, and therefore, bank failures. In addition, farmers were having trouble meeting their loan terms, due to the inflation on their farm products, and were losing their lands to larger, wealthier farmers. All this led to a Panic that lasted until the mid-1840s.</span>
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Finally, and most controversially, a Fugitive Slave Law was passed, requiring northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law. The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.
