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
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The Civil War was a very complicated war and had more than one cause. The Fugitive Slave Act‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Dred Scott decision‚ John Brown’s Raid‚ and the election of 1860 were all factors that led to the Civil War. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 out the Federal government behind slave catchers. This now made the assisting of runaway slaves a federal offence. This also was a problem for free African Americans because if a white slave catcher said that a free African American was a runaway
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Free-Soilers‚ Know-Nothings‚ Democrats‚ and foes of the Act. 6. Also known as the Confederate States of America‚ it was the government of the 11 states of the South that seceded from the Union in 1860-61 and conducted the Civil War until their defeat in 1865. After President Lincoln’s election in November 1860‚ the seven states of the Deep South (GA‚ FL‚ SC‚ TX‚ AL‚ MS‚ and LA) believed that their lifestyle that was based on slavery was threatened. As a result they seceded from the Union in the following
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The collapse of the Union was a result of the schism separating northern and southern states‚ originating from differing opinions on slavery which ultimately incited the South’s secession. As the election of 1860 drew near‚ hopeful democratic and republican candidates emerged despite the already turbulent condition of the nation over the issue of slavery. The Democratic ballot was split between the northern representative Stephen Douglas and southern representative John Breckinridge‚ while alone
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creator or god. The New York senator‚ was against all legislative compromise as "radically wrong and essentially vicious‚" demanded that California be considered as a free state. He warned the South that slavery was doomed and that a rebellion from the Union would happen. The speech hastened the Whig party’s division into proslavery and antislavery perspectives and shrunk many of his natural allies. A decade later‚ in 1860 and 1861‚ as southern states began to rebel‚ Seward became more
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What events led to the Civil War? During the Revolutionary Era from 1765-1815‚ slavery existed in thirteen colonies. Maryland went from white servants to slaves. There was an agricultural economy that existed in the South that was dependent on the labor of slaves. Although slavery did not exist in the North exclusively; New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and New England were involved in the trade of slaves; so although the South was exclusively using slaves as an economic gain‚ the North also had financial
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Slavery’s Effect on Political Party’s During antebellum America there were a lot of different parties‚ acts‚ and compromises created due to slavery. This issue is what eventually led our nation to the Civil War. Although U.S. expansion during the 1850’s was not the main reason why the nation got torn apart‚ the increase of land was a catalyst to it. The fact that there was equilibrium in congress between the North and the South was basically the last hanging thread before war. After the conquest
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attacked slavery as the root cause of expansion‚ but in fact it was no more important than other causes.” Assess the validity of this statement‚ using the documents and your knowledge of U.S. history from 1820-1860 to support your answer. During the early-mid part of the 19th century (mainly 1820-1860) Americans objected many things they didn’t like. Taxes‚ the government‚ even presidents were some of the rejections of the people. But the one thing the people did not like during this time period was the
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1850 Compromise of 1850- Fugitive Slave act 1851 Uncle Tom’s Cabin- 300‚000 copies‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe May 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act- practice popular soverieghty 1855 Bleeding Kansas- fight for slave or free state‚ 200 died May 1856 Charles Sumner was beat by Southerner Preston Brooks for talking bad about slavery March 6‚ 1857 Dred Scott Decision- went north with owner then back south. Claimed to be free‚ sued but was told he was not a citizen and therefor a slave 1859 John Brown Raid-
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the Kanas- Nebraska act of 1854. The Kanas- Nebraska act ultimately dissolved the Missouri Compromise and it also allowed slaves of free status to be decided in territories by popular sovereignty. The Whig Party became the Republican Party on March 20‚ 1854. In 1856 John C. Fremont was the first Republican presidential candidate. John C. Fremont won 11 out of 16 of the northern states votes. In November 1860‚ Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president over a divided Democratic Party‚ and six
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