How Did The Constitution Cause The Civil War
Of course, some say the Constitution caused the Civil War. By recognizing and regulating slavery, the war was imminent. But this is not the only reason that the Constitution caused the Civil War. There was another more important reason that the founding fathers caused civil strife. This reason is the electoral college.
The key to analyzing the impact of the Constitution on the war is threw the presidency. The founding fathers envisioned voters electing the best candidates as president and vice president. As example the first few elections revealed the founding father’s intent. The first legislation had George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President. When Adams was elected President, Thomas Jefferson served as Vice President, even though he was a democratic-republican and not a federalist. The framers would be immensely dismayed by how we elect our presidents today. It all changed with the presidency of Andrew …show more content…
Since the support for other parties is limited to certain geographic areas, it is difficult to treat them as legitimate contenders. The Know Nothing and Free Soil are proof of this. In 1860, Southerners refused to give the Republican party this standing. In their view, Lincoln’s election was more than one party gaining power from another. In the South’s eyes the sole purpose of the part was to eliminate slavery, making the Republican success a turning point. Slavery would be ended, the Southern way of life destroyed. The return of a Democrat to power could not put back into place which had been destroyed. The nation could not be returned to its past history which stood prior to 1860. Faced with the situation at hand the Southerners realized their final option. If the South remained in the Union, it faced the end slavery and their way of life. To save the society they had constructed, Southerners could not remain in the Union and secession seemed the only way
The key to analyzing the impact of the Constitution on the war is threw the presidency. The founding fathers envisioned voters electing the best candidates as president and vice president. As example the first few elections revealed the founding father’s intent. The first legislation had George Washington as President and John Adams as Vice President. When Adams was elected President, Thomas Jefferson served as Vice President, even though he was a democratic-republican and not a federalist. The framers would be immensely dismayed by how we elect our presidents today. It all changed with the presidency of Andrew …show more content…
Since the support for other parties is limited to certain geographic areas, it is difficult to treat them as legitimate contenders. The Know Nothing and Free Soil are proof of this. In 1860, Southerners refused to give the Republican party this standing. In their view, Lincoln’s election was more than one party gaining power from another. In the South’s eyes the sole purpose of the part was to eliminate slavery, making the Republican success a turning point. Slavery would be ended, the Southern way of life destroyed. The return of a Democrat to power could not put back into place which had been destroyed. The nation could not be returned to its past history which stood prior to 1860. Faced with the situation at hand the Southerners realized their final option. If the South remained in the Union, it faced the end slavery and their way of life. To save the society they had constructed, Southerners could not remain in the Union and secession seemed the only way