long term and short term events that caused the Civil War to occur. From the long term impacts of slavery and the Missouri Compromise to the short term effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Bleeding Kansas‚ the Civil War was caused mainly by one significant step. Although Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Dred Scott had an impact on the civil war‚ it was not as significant as the election of 1860. The election was the most important event because it lead to the secession of South Carolina and also because of the drastic
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slavery and states ’ rights had become so intense by 1860 that the South was ready to break away altogether‚ and they did not want to cooperate with the North. They felt they were being exploited and taken advantage of by the North. The economy‚ culture‚ and various ways of life had developed differently throughout the U.S.‚ creating a feeling of disunity. Resolving disputes threw compromise no longer seemed possible. They had no reason to compromise and work out their disputes because the South wanted
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nature made him a great compromiser. “Clay was often hailed for his role in trying to find compromises on the issue of slavery.” (Robert McNamara‚ Henry Clay‚ http://history1800s.about.com/od/leaders/a/Henry-Clay-bio.htm) He helped with the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850. The Missouri Compromise was the first settlement that tried to combat the disagreement on the issue of slavery. The Compromise of 1850 helped stall a civil war in the US and held the Union together. Clay also
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Lincoln‚ as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His successful outcome‚ without a single Southern electoral vote‚ clearly indicated to the Southern states that they had lost all authority. The Southerners felt excluded from the political system but they turned to the only replacement they believed was left to them: secession‚ a political decision that led directly to war. The Compromise of 1850 was one of the events that eventually led up to the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850 was the Fugitive Slave
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this was the reason our country went to the Civil War. There were many causes of the Civil War. The primary cause was slavery. Some events with conflicts were the Compromise of 1850‚ Fugitive state law‚ Uncle Tomś cabin‚ and the Election of 1860. All of these events were linked with slavery. One cause of the Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. In this event California wanted to be admitted as a free state. There were many disagreements whether each state should be free or slave. In the text it
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impact on all politics through the events it created. Some such events are the Compromise of 1850‚ the Election 1852‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ the Lincoln-Douglass Debates‚ and the Election of 1860. The impacts of these events were great on the political parties of the Whigs‚ Republicans and Free-Soilers. The greatest impact of slavery on the Whigs party took place on the last few years of its existence. The Compromise of 1850‚ which was the solution to the conflict of having California being accepted
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present day Kansa and Nebraska that were supposed to be settled in the compromise of
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Pre-Civil War Study Guide Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession)
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finally lit the fuse leading to the American Civil War‚ by making it impossible for Northerners to continue to ignore the harsh realities of slavery in the South. The attempts that were made to compromise and prevent war were the Compromise of 1850‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and The Corwin Amendment. The Compromise of 1850 was unsuccessful in preventing the Civil War because it was made up of 5 bills that tried to resolve the dispute over slavery for the new territories. California was admitted to be a
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constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the issue between north and south. In 1820‚ the Missouri Compromise banned slavery in all new western territories‚ which southern states saw as a threat to the institution of slavery itself. With the election in 1860 of Abraham Lincoln‚ who ran on a position of anti-slavery‚ the south felt that slavery was sure to be abolished‚ causing many southern states to secede from the union. This
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