that slavery was the underlying issue. They point out that disputes over slavery‚ and particularly the expansion of slavery into the new territories‚ were at the root of the sectional conflict which led to the outbreak of war in 1861. During the 1850s both North and South became more entrenched in their attitudes. The South saw slavery’s expansion as crucial while the North became more convinced of the need to curtail it. Slavery is linked to the outbreak of war in the following ways: a)
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the anti-federalist party that eventually became Andrew Jacksons democratic party going up against the Whigs. Instead it being Democrats vs Whigs it was North vs South. Neither side could agree on anything to the point that neither side like the compromises that they were given. The Hamiltonian system created by the federalist Alexander Hamilton caused problems with the Jeffersonian Republicans. Jefferson and Madison disagree with Hamilton’s list because they thought his views were pro-British. Jefferson
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The Civil War in America‚ Cause and Consequences The Civil War in the United States of America is one of the most frequently studied wars of any in American History. This terrible war put brothers from the North against brothers from the South and the result was both awful and catastrophic. When counting the dead and wounded on both sides‚ including the destruction of houses‚ farms‚ and the livelihood of people on both sides‚ the Civil War was the most terrible and bloodiest war in American
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Westward Expansion and Sectionalism (1840-1861) At the end of the Mexican War during Polk’s term as president‚ many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States‚ and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled. Southern politicians and slave owners demanded that slavery be allowed in the West because they feared that a closed door would spell doom for their economy and way of life. Whig Northerners‚ however‚ believed that slavery should be banned from the new territories
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An aggrieved South‚ fearful of being denied more slave states‚ threatened secession. Whigs led by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster and Democrats led by John C. Calhoun and Stephan A. Douglas engaged in intense negotiation in the chambers of Congress. Northern senators were willing to comply to the demands of the South so long as California’s identity as a free state was secured in the process
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* Causes of the Civil War Long Term Causes * Social‚ Cultural Divide between North and South * Economic Divide between North and South * Political Divide between North and South: Collapse of Political System: Inability to Compromise * Slavery * Causes of the Civil War: Long Term Causes (from Colonial Times) * 1. Social and Cultural Divide between North and South * North: more urbanized‚ more diverse‚ more developed‚ more advanced infrastructure / transportation
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attitudes towards the welfare of the nation‚ particularly those which involved slavery‚ and views most often fell along sectional lines. Individuals such as Crawford‚ Calhoun‚ Clay‚ and Webster advocated for their individual regions‚ while still hoping to advance in the national goal. However‚ by the early 1860s‚ it became clear that compromise was no longer a viable solution. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government would greatly change in terms of race relations
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stand.” The issue of slavery was one of such magnitude that division on such an issue would inevitably lead to a war‚ and could not have been avoided by compromise. With the Missouri Compromise initially dividing the country and the debate over slavery stretching on for over half a century the issue consumed the nation. After many failed compromise attempts‚ and vicious attacks of North on South and vise versa on a national and personal level‚ the government soon realized that war was imminent.
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America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however‚ by 1850‚ tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery‚ and the zeal that many people had in defending their own view of slavery. The division of political
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Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First‚ Westward Movement could of led to American Civil War because of the Louisiana Purchase‚ Wilmont Proviso‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Popular Sovereignity‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Missouri Compromise‚ "Bleeding Kansas"‚ California Gold Rush‚ Manifest Destiny‚ and the Mistreatment of Native Americans. The Louisiana Purchase was done by President Jefferson because he wanted to doubled the size of the United States and to get control
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