The Compromise of 1850 played a major role in contributing to the start of the Civil War. With the Northern Republicans fighting to end slavery and unite the country and the Southern Democrats‚ the tension between the two was at an all time high. Although that the settlement that was agreed upon was supposed to help by pleasing both sides‚ it rather acted as a temporary buffer to keep the North and South happy for the time being. With tensions at an all time high‚ it seems as though the thought
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In the early American colonies‚ the south and the north developed into two distinctly different colonies. Although their origins were both from Europe‚ their customs and living habits became so different that it would play a major role in America’s history. There are many reasons why these differences occurred but only a few major reasons stand out. Religion‚ greed and the composition of the colonies are some of the major reasons why the north and south grew to be so different in the late 1600’s
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happening in the South during the 1800’s and the mid 1800’s. Like for instance the cotton gin. In the early 1800’s the South was the number one producer of cotton in America. But then the north started to produce more cotton then the south and soon enough the souths production of cotton stopped. But the south sure did love there slaves. The slaves in the South got to work on plantations and the free slaves in the north worked in factory’s. Late into the 1800’s the slaves were put into the war. They were
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What is the relation between the abolitionist movement and civil war? We can say that abolitionists were a key part of the Civil War era‚ but we can’t conclude that abolitionist movement caused the war itself. To some degree‚ it helped ending the slavery. However‚ it was mainly the Civil War which entirely ended the long run slavery in America. Firstly‚ the abolitionists were like pioneers who raised citizens’ awareness of the incorrectness and evil within of slavery in the US over the first two
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For Abraham Lincoln the link between the civil war and slavery was really saving the union. His intention was to save the union at all costs‚ he was for keeping slaves if the union could be saved or he was for anti slavery as long as the union was saved. His view is believed to have been for the slaves and he is very much admired for it; his intent was only to save the union. The slave’s freedom just so happen to be part of the civil war fight. Lincoln wanted to save the union with keeping slavery
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Differences between the North and South During the Industrial Revolution During the early 1800s‚ the United States changed in numerous ways in a little amount of time. The changes that occurred were a result of the industrial development and advancements that took place in the 19th century. Consequently‚ there were both many positive and negative effects that occurred as a result of these changes. However‚ these developments affected the North and the South in great ways. The differences between the two
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The United States was becoming heavily divided and a Civil War became inevitable due to many factors: there were many differences between the North and South including different intents for expansion‚ views on Acts and Compromises‚ and many disputes between the two active political parties in government. 49 Chapter 23 Post Civil War efforts included expansion for America despite being a broken nation; the reconstruction ended in the South and settled a presidential dispute; other issues included
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The South began the civil war with a bleak outset‚ their only hope being their skilled generals and the stance of a defensive war‚ but despite what historians may say it was the North that underestimated the South. Prior to the start of the war the obvious winner would be the North for they held the most ascendancy in the splitting nation. The North contained seventy percent of the country’s railroads which gave them the lead in the swiftness to travel. Troops‚ supplies‚ and weapons could be
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constitution banned the slavery. Henry Clay worked to make a compromise that would both satisfy the South and the North. With the support of Daniel Webster‚ a powerful senator of Massachusetts‚ Henry Clay presented to the Senate a series of resolutions later called The Compromise of 1850. In order to appease North‚ the compromise regulated that California be admitted to the Union as a free state. To please the South‚ the compromise proposed a new and more effective fugitive slave law. To appease
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antebellum South‚ though steeped in pride and raised in military tradition‚ was to be no match for the burgeoning superiority of the rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of emphasis on manufacturing and commercial interest‚ stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society‚ surrendered to the North their ability to function independently‚ much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the Civil War‚ rather Northern
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