conflicting visions for the new‚ rapidly expanding nation. Moral arguments against slavery had long existed‚ but in the interest of maintaining unity‚ party loyalties had mostly moderated opposition to slavery‚ resulting in compromises such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of
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Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of many new changes such as; California becoming a state‚ popular sovereignty being settled in States like Utah and New Mexico‚ banning of slavery in D.C and
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During the period between 1790 and 1850‚ the United States was rapidly changing. It was now a separate country with its own economy‚ laws‚ and government. The country was learning to live on its own‚ apart from England. There began to appear a rift between North and South. The North believing in the Puritan Merchant role model‚ and the South in the role model of the English Country Squire. The North traded with everyone‚ while the South traded primarily with England. The major crop in the South
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the South were growing for many years before the first shot was fired on Fort Sumter. When viewed in isolation‚ the passage of certain laws‚ the issue of certain Supreme Court decisions‚ and the divisive actions of key political figures during the 1850s might not have appeared significant. When viewed collectively‚ however‚ these events drove a wedge between the North and the South and laid the foundation for southern state succession. Listed in order‚ the three most important causes leading to the
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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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Perhaps the three most influential men in the pre-Civil War era were Henry Clay‚ John C. Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster. These men all died nearly a decade before the civil war began‚ but they didn’t know how much they would effect it. States’ rights was a very controversial issue‚ and one which had strong opposition and radical proposals coming from both sides. John C. Calhoun was in favor of giving states the power to nullify laws that they saw unconstitutional‚ and he presented this theory in his
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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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portrayed the speed at which the nation was moving toward a civil war. A great pacifist known as Henry Clay offered a compromise that‚ like the Missouri compromise‚ would solve short term issues but change the views of citizens toward the Union in a detrimental manner. Clay’s compromise of 1850 marked the first of many political advancements of the decade. Briefly‚ the compromise stated that California would be admitted‚ by congress‚ as a free state‚ but Congress would then protect slavery‚ by passing
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parties? How did the massive immigration of the 1840s influence the balance of power between the Whig and Democratic parties? 2. In what ways did the concept of Manifest Destiny affect the foreign and domestic policies of the US in the years 1840-1850? What economic and political forces fed westward expansion during the 1840s? 3. Why did Americans settle in Texas? How did it become an independent country in 1836? 4. Why did the U.S. wait until Tyler’s final days in office to annex Texas? What
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grew uncontrollably due to their differing perspectives. Around the 1850’s the South was one of the few remaining slave institutions in the Western World‚ additionally slaves had to endure harsh conditions as well as high mortality rates. Some factors that contributed to the regional development of the United States of America include‚ the Second Great Awakening‚ the economies of the North and South‚ and failed attempts (compromises) to resolve their differences. It is clear that even though everything
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