Causes Of The Secession

A secession is the departure of members in a group, regarding politics it is the separation of people from a government. In particular, many states wanting to secede due to the results of the election. A secession may also apply to the Southern States, during the civil war seceding from the Union. The permanence of the Union was a central issue as both sides were tenuous in one nation. Peter Applebome states the difference between Republicans and Democrats are so deep that having a president one only one side, will wedge the gap further between the groups and create more conflict. The term cultural divide refers to the conflict of opinions between two separate cultures, i.e. southern states versus northern states.

The civil war began
Although the two parties didn’t do much campaigning, they did, however, have opposing sides which divided the political parties. The main issues during the conflict were the Republicans supporting the increasing taxes, unlike the Democrats who “demanded imported taxes for revenue only” (Presidential Elections). The end result of the election was Grover Cleveland being elected for the third time with two hundred and seventy-seven (277) electoral votes. Cleveland fought for reform against the “corruption and scandal” of Republican politicians (Grover Cleveland). His presidency caused the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act invoked the Monroe Doctrine, and left the United States in a depression (Grover Cleveland). Although Cleveland is not the worst, nor best president, he did strengthen the power of the executive branch and used this privilege to assert dominance over Congress (Impact and Legacy). Other attributes of President Grover Cleveland was that he asserted authority in regards to sending out troops during the Pullman strike, striking threats of war with Britain, and sending warships to Panama (Impact and