The Road to the civil war
Jan 17, 2016
The Road to the civil war
Sectionalism
loyalty to and personal identification with a section of the U.S. (like the South), instead of to the whole nation; differences among regions affected the actions, reactions, and viewpoints of its people...what’s the opposite?
Daniel Webster (North)
John C. Calhoun (South)
Henry Clay (West)
anti-slavery pro-slavery
pro-economic growth and
infrastructure (new roads/railroads)
pro-tariff (Tariff of Abominations,
anyone?)anti-tariff pro-tariff
federal authority states’ rightsfederal authority,
U.S. self-sufficient
Kansas-Nebraska Act1854
voters within territories would determine whether slave or free (what’s this process known as?)
violated the Missouri Compromise ...angered north
1000’s of non-residents (some New England abolitionists and many pro-slavery Missourians) voted in Kansas
violence erupted...BLEEDING KANSAS!
two territory governments were formed
slaves were not citizens
slaves were property
slaves could not file law suits
Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Dred Scott v. Sanford
STATES’ RIGHTS...southern states believed:
1.states had the right to nullify illegal federal laws (like tariffs)
2.states could secede
SLAVERY
southern states believed the North would abolish slavery
this resulted in fights over whether new states would be free or slave
SECTIONALISM!
SECTIONALISM!
SECTIONALISM!
issue of slavery split the Democratic party between the North and South
Republican Abraham Lincoln (northerner) won
Southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of ‘Merica
The Election Of Lincoln