In the mid-nineteenth century conflicts over the institution of slavery caused the Civil War between the North and the South. In the North slavery was viewed as a inhumane act and it violated human rights. In the South it was vital to their economic and social developments. These conflict had to be solved by the government and political figures. The main causes appeared out of the political conflict in the government of the states in the union. The main reasons why the union couldn’t coexist was he Missouri compromise of 1820, the compromise of 1850 and the election of 1860. First of all, when the states were added to the union they thought about the concern whether they would admitted the states with or without slavery. It has questioned …show more content…
This compromise written by Henry Clay, it brought together the states that were divided into a union. It was more of a series of laws than a compromise. Their were five bills that made up the compromise: first California entered the Union as a free state, secondly New Mexico and Utah could decide wether or not slavery was permitted within borders, thirdly the republic of Texas gave up some of land and paid 10 million dollars of debt to Mexico, fourthly slave trade became illegal in the district of colombia and lastly, fugitive slave act was created a law that required all northerners to leave all escaped and free slaves alone in the South. To wrap it all out, this compromise made an impact because it made citizens part of slavery by making them capture the runaway slaves. If a citizen was caught hiding a slave he or she were sent to jail. This is an important cause to the Civil war, because northerners thought it was unfair for them to follow Southern laws. Making the rivalry worst than it was, it delayed the outbreak of the Civil War for a …show more content…
Douglas, John C. Breckinridge and John Bell. The north nominated Stephen A. Douglas, the South nominated John C. Breckinridge, John Bell was nominated by the constitutional union and Abraham Lincoln by the republic. Abraham lincoln won the election with no votes from the nine American States but had 40% of the popular votes. His presidency made southern states seceded apart, making fiver other states following them. When President Buchanan realized what was happening he didn’t know what to do. Following the Critteden compromise created by the senator John J. Critteden which extended the 36˚ 30’ line that forbids the congress from interfering with slavery. But republicans refused to allow slavery in any new territory. As a reaction, the southern states began seizing US arsenal forts, lincoln sent supplies to the fort but south attacked the fort Sumter. This election is important to the beginning of the Civil War because when Lincoln wins it causes the South to leave the Union. It made a clear evident the division of the free North and the slave South. This election was a trigger to the American Civil
As tensions arose more, The Election of 1860 became the final act of the sectional drama;
The election of 1860 was a pivotal year in our history. Seven southern states seceded from the Union immediately after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The South was convinced that President Lincoln was going to end slavery. While President Lincoln was against slavery and thought it was morally wrong, he never said he would end slavery.
The period between 1820 to 1861 saw much internal conflict concerning the United States of America, particularly between the North with New England, the South, and the West with the frontier territories. While one may primarily attribute such “sectional tensions” with slavery, it is imperative that they consider the broad range of topics and issues that were associated with such conflicts. These issues vary, but most include economic hardships by method of protective tariffs imposed by the “tyrannical North”, as from the perspective of both the southern plantation owner and frontier farmer, the awful and brutal act of slavery, as viewed from a Northern abolitionist i.e William Lloyd Garrison, and a lack of feeling represented, a key feature
The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt by the U.S Congress to settle divisive issues between the North and South, including slavery expansion, apprehension in the North of fugitive slaves, and slavery in the District of Columbia. The Compromise of 1850 failed because Senator John C. Calhoun from the South and Senator William Seward from the North could not agree on what Henry Clay was putting down. Part of the compromise was to make California a slavery free state which benefits the North, and enforcing a stricter fugitive slave law which benefits the South. Both the North and South opposed what the other was benefiting from. What sparked the failure of the Compromise was the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.
Douglas running president. Douglas wanted each state to decide on the issue of slavery for themselves. The Democrats in the South Disagreed with this idea so they the current vice president John C Breckinridge running for president. Lincoln was the candidate for the Republicans. Unlike commonly thought.
This election was unique in that there were two elections taking place. The candidates running were Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell. Abraham Lincoln was a moderate Republican running against the very same man he lost an Illinois Senate seat against, Democratic Senator Stephen Douglas. These two candidates were running against each other for the ballot in the North. John Breckenridge was the Democratic nominee for the Southern ballot.
During the early part of the 1800's, the Northern states banned the buying, trading, and use of slaves. They also advocated to get rid of slavery in the entire country. The Southern states had been using slaves to run their economy since their founding, as they did not have access to the plentiful natural resources found to the North. This caused a major conflict for Congress and our country, who all sensed a civil war would come if nothing was done about it. Then, in an attempt to make both sides happy for as long as possible, Senator Henry Clay proposed his idea for the Compromise of 1850.
The United States in the years right before the Civil War was in chaos as it tried to find ways to keep the country together. Slavery induced this, with the South supporting it while the North made it illegal in their territories. This caused opposing viewpoints in Congress. Luckily, there was a balance of free and slave states in the country, so each party had an equal say on topics. As a result, admitting new states was difficult.
The three main candidates for this election were John Bell, Abraham Lincoln, and Stephen Douglas. Lincoln was anti-slavery, Bell was pro-slavery, and Douglas was also pro-slavery. Both Douglas and Lincoln had already gotten publicity for their debates in 1858, however the majority of the country favored pro-slavery politicians, so John Bell had also a good chance of winning despite his lack of publicity. Through many debates and public speeches, the voting poll began. Even though most of the country favored pro-slavery politicians, both Bell and Douglas divided their own votes in half.
By the 1860s, Americans could no longer solve their political disputes through compromise because slavery became a deeply entrenched and uncompromisable issue in America, the compromises made beforehand were counterproductive to their peaceful efforts, and there was confusion of the legality of secession. In 1860, slavery became such a passionate and divisive issue that a compromise could no longer be reached. As the years progressed and more people began to have a more definitive stance on slavery, the issue of slavery became deeply entrenched into America. As Lincoln states in Document G, slavery is an issue in, “politics, in religion, in literature, in morals, in all manifold relations in life…”
At the time of Lincoln’s election, America was in great turmoil. The country was torn in half over the issue of states rights and slavery. The south was tired of the north
Northern and Southern states developed different social and political beliefs which led into larger disagreements. Although many different factors contributed to the Civil War, the main causes were over issues such as humanitarian or ‘moral’ concerns towards slavery, conflicts between states versus federal rights and the election of 1860, making Abraham Lincoln as president and eventually causing Southern secession. The American Civil War began in 1861 and lasted 4 years, ending in 1865. It was one of the most deadly and bloodiest war since more than 600,000 died, but at the same time, it served to determine what kind of nation America would become. The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to ban slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.
In the creating of the US Constitution, the creators hit many roadblocks. It was difficult for the state delegates to decide on much, especially because they were biased and in favor of their own states. The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan were two examples of the disagreement of representation within the states in the legislative branch. The New Jersey Plan was in favor of equal representation throughout the states. The Virginia Plan was in favor of population representation, meaning the larger states would have more representation than the smaller states.
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a war to resolve the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Some causes of the American Civil War were States' Rights (Bill of Rights and the 10th Amendment), High Tariffs, Nullification Crisis, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Manifest Destiny, Fugitive Slave Act, etc. The main reason of the war was to keep the Union together, then in 1863 it became a war about slavery. So in other words, it was fought over states rights and federal government rights. The south believed that it was there right as a state to decide whether they should have slavery while the north believed that it was a moral obligation of the federal government.
These conflicts eventually led to secession, and the Civil War began. Slavery was a very big thing in the south. This meant money for the south also, which means that the no one else was getting the same in come from the slaves. The south felt that the north was almost an enemy at the time, a different nation.