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Declaration of Independence
The first draft of the Declaration of Independence wasa created Thomas Jefferson. It then was revised by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and the rest of the commitee. This document raised the question of what "All Men" really meant and whether a slave can be considered human or not. -
3/5 Compromise
Slavery is the real issue of sectionalism and the 3/5 compromise really began this conflict between North and South. Yes, they both agreed on this compromise and slaves are only worth 3/5 of a person, but it really just elongated the problem that would late lead to the Civil War. -
Missouri Compromise
Once Missouri decided it wanted to join as a state there was one huge problem that needed to be discussed. Would it be a slave state or a free state. Neither the North or South wanted the other side to gain power so Henry Clay made the compromise to enter Missouri as a slave state and then enter Louisiana as a free state. This also made any territory above 36/30 lattitude a free state and anything below as a slave state. -
2nd Great Awakening
The 2nd Great Awakening actually began around 1790, but really gained momentum around 1820. It began in New York (which I believe is in the North) and was all about reviving and reforming the churches in America. With this movement support was gained for abolitionists. -
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Industrialized North
Immigrants started arriving in the North which gave the North a bigger work force and greater population then the South. Tensions grew as Slavery was the only thing that the South had to hang on to. With out Slavery the South would fail, so they were holding on to it desperatly.
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1828 Tariff
The Tariff of 1828 was a tax on imports that upset Southerners heavily. They worried it would stop the sale of cotton to Britain. Southerners even called it the "Tariff of Abominations." This caused an even greater divde between the North and South. The South was even threatening to leave America. -
First Abolotionist Movement
This is when things really started to heat up. Quakers in the North were against slavery and believed it was immoral. They started movements to end the practice of slavery. The South was not in alliance with these people. -
Anti-slavery Society
Started in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison, the Anti-Slavery Society ran public meeting, adopted resolutions, and sent petitiions to congress. Again this whole thing infuriated the South and created greater tension between the North and South. -
Fredrick Douglas
Fredrik Douglas began as an enslaved boy in Maryland. He escaped and by 1841 was speaking out against slavery during the Abolitionist Movement. -
Texas Joins In!
In 1845 after some serious dispute Texas joins America as a slave state. Now the South had an extra slave state, but the congress still couldn't pass. The South just had to keep the North from gaining control of the House of Representatives. -
Zachary Taylor Angers South
In the elections of 1848 a man named Zachary Taylor from the South ended up on top. The South became angry though because Zachary Taylor was against slavery. Things were starting to change and South was not in the best position for their wants. -
What to do With California?
So, California also wanted to join America. The North and California itself wanted for California to be free, but the South didn't agree with this. So again, Henry Clay came up with a Compromise. The North would California as a free state and slave trade would be banned in the District of Columbia. For the South there would be a new slave law and new territories would be decided by popular soverienty. And again America is just trying to avoid the inevitable. -
Dredd Scott vs. Sanford
During a court case Dredd Scott beleieved that if a slave excaped from slavery and entered a free slave they should be free. Sanford was the opposite of his argument. In the end Sanford case waws ruled in favor. The South welcomed the decision and believed they were gaining more power. The North though were afraid slaveholders would start to bring in there slaves from the South. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
South ran out of territory because of the 36/30 law, but Kansas and Nebraska wanted to join the United States. So teh compromise was to let popular sovereinty decide the slavery issue. This did not go well though, and caused a greater tension between the two sides. -
Kansas Settlement
The elctions were very violent in 1855 and both proslavery, and anti-slavery groups believed they won. They even made their own constitutions. This was starting to get very serious and the peace would not last long, in fact it was already over. -
Bleeding Kansas
When both sides believed they won the elction thingsg got really violent, and not just in Kansas. Violence was happening in Congress, Lawrence, and Harpers Ferry. It was hard to contorl and things were getting very out of hand. -
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, a man against slavery and popular soverienty. A man who believed that America was going to become all free or all slave in a short amouont of time and he wanted to make it go in his direction.
