and from his sense of honor and ethics. Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party had some very strong constituents‚ mainly those with very strong Free Soil tendencies. For this reason along with personal beliefs on Lincoln’s part the Republicans‚ led by Lincoln in the presidential election‚ were strongly against the expansion of slavery into the territories By using past precedents Lincoln gave some serious weight to his arguments on the nature of the Republican’s stance on slavery and the federal
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Sectional Crisis Leading to the civil war there were a plethora of things that impacted the unity of the nation as a whole. Two major events that contributed to this were the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act. Both of these events changed the relationship of the nation in many ways. The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that stated California would be admitted as a free state‚ the slave auction would end in Washington D.C‚ settlers of Mexico and Utah would decide whether
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The Civil War was one of the most important events that occurred in America. It shaped America to what it is today. Tension rising thing after thing and was one of the most debatable and deadly events in history. Without the Civil War‚ there would still be slavery and other horrible acts. Though it may be said that the War happened all because of one event‚ which is not true. There are several factors that led to the War‚ and it was not just one occasion. The biggest cause that led to the Civil War
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The Civil War divided the nation into two parts and was a war fought between the northern states and the southern states. The north was called the union and the south was called the Confederacy. There were quite a few reasons why the south broke away and why both halfs started to fight. The reasons for the Civil War were political‚ social and economic‚ things such as the Election of 1860‚ Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ cotton production and slavery were big contributions to the war. The Election of 1860 was
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part of their lives‚ and that without it they would not survive. In April of 1861‚ during the first month of the Civil War Alfred M. Green delivered a speech to his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces of the North. Green uses allusions in his speech to help persuade his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces. Green felt that if anyone should be fighting in a war for freedom from slavery‚ it should be African Americans. He states‚ “My country‚ right or wrong‚ I love thee still
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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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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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The events of the Civil War and what led up to it‚ plus the outcome of the war during the Reconstruction‚ formed American history. This whole period of time took place from the 1830s all the way to 1872‚ and everything that happened helped the events that happened afterwards too. The Civil War did help America rid itself of slavery‚ but also birthed a new monster called segregation‚ which isn’t equally as bad as slavery‚ but it wasn’t good either. Sadly‚ these 40ish years were some of the most fundamental
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The Events Leading Up to the Civil War Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized
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history saw the leadership of numerous presidents‚ each contributing in many ways to the shaping of the nation. However‚ among these presidents‚ James Buchanan stands out as the worst due to his failure to address the increasing sectional tensions that led to the Civil War. His poor leadership and inability to unite a divided nation further increased the country’s troubles. Buchanan’s presidency‚ which lasted from 1857 to 1861‚ is often criticized for its numerous policy failures and poor handling
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