March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of many new changes such as; California becoming a state‚ popular sovereignty being settled in States like Utah and New Mexico‚ banning of slavery in D.C and Texas getting it’s 10 million dollars to pay the fine
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APUSH: CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY 1. Alexis De Tocqueville: a young French aristocrat who visited the United States in the 1830s‚ and was amazed by the informal manners and democratic attitudes of Americans. The most able men in the United States are very rarely placed at the head of affairs‚” Alexis de Tocqueville concluded in Democracy in America (1835). The reason‚ Tocqueville suggested‚ lay in the character of democracy itself. Most citizens ignored important policy issues‚ jealously refused to
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1861‚ the year when brother fought brother and American blood was shed on American soil for the first time. The main cause of the American Civil War is a controversial issue that continues to be the topic of much debate. Nevertheless‚ it is apparent that the Mexican-American War had a great deal to do with it. It is not however‚ the only factor that contributed to the Civil War. The Mexican-American War only heightened issues that were already present‚ such as slavery. Similarly‚ the road to the
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Jury State EqualityBan on Slavery possesions The Kansas ’ Nebraska Act and the Birth of the Republican Party Douglass introduced Kansas Nebraska Bill Organized the territory by establishing a territorial government Repealed the Missouri Compromise Popular Sovereignty used to determine slavery issue Why would a northerner introduce this legislation? Railroad from Chicago through the territory Hopes for the presidency Insensitive to slavery expansion issue in the north
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ways‚ leading to sectional discord and tension. For many reasons‚ the South evidently did not like what the constitution said. There were many conflictions in states’ rights with the compromise of 1850‚ map shown in (Document A) and the fugitive slave act. This is shown through the fugitive slave law and the compromise of 1850‚ when the congress sorted out problems between the states and the states themselves did not figure out a plan for peaceful existence. This took away some of the rights the states
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In 1860‚ slavery is what the blacks went through‚ but the North was their only safest place. If they were free in the north‚ where they couldn’t vote‚ couldn’t have social freedom‚ or economic/education‚ how free were they really? South had more resistance in the South and the North quickly freed the states without resistance. Blacks may not as free in the North as they said. How free were free blacks in the north? Politics: only white males could vote‚ anyone else couldn’t no matter what gender
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Moderates in the group kept the issue of secession dead Said in end: right of nullification by states Rights of the states to ignore the laws placed by the federal government Proposed 7 Amendments to the Constitution 1. Get rid of 3/5 Compromise – can’t count slaves for representation – they thought it was unfair 2. 2/3 vote needed for acceptance of new states – They want to balancer the slave states between the free states 3. 2/3 vote necessary to go to war – except in case of invasion
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being added should be free or slave states. The main belief was that slavery must expand or perish to keep the country completely united. The Missouri Compromise first said that slave states must stay underneath the Missouri Southern borderline. Later‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act designed by Stephen Douglas completely overturned the Missouri Compromise and said a Slave or Free State is determined by popular sovereignty of the state. Courts would later go on to find this unconstitutional and disallow it
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By 1850‚ during the time of Celia’s trial‚ Missouri had already been the focus of the national slavery debate for a while‚ and because the many key problems of the slave debate were unsettled by the Missouri Compromise‚ many residents of agriculture-based citizens of Calloway County who owned slaves‚ favored the “pro-slavery rhetoric” and politics that were talked about in the papers of that time. A man by the name of Robert Newsom was a resident of Calloway County
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Similar to the Missouri Compromise in 1820‚ the biggest fear was that slave-owning southerners would hold control in congress‚ having a drastically larger share of votes in the senate as well as the house. Although “abolitionists were one of the most outspoken groups in the United
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