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Rise of Sectionalism
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. The invention of the cotton gin revolutionalized the cotton industry. Before the cotton gin was invented, it took hundreds of manhours in order to seperate the cottonseeds from the raw cotton fibers. Where the cotton gin could produce fifty punds of clean cotton a day. This also made the demand for slaves skyrocket because they needed more slaves to grow more cotton to produce more profit. -
Cotton Gin Continued
This was a compromise because the North had to give up the battle to rid of slavery, and the south had to pay more for their slaves to produce more cotton. Both the North and the South gaining profit from the invention of the cotton gin. It was 2/3rds of the total exports from the U.S. -
The Embargo Act
The Embargo Act was signed into law December 1807 by Thomas Jefferson because Europe kept seizing U.S. ships. This law stopped all trade with Europe. This really hurt America's economy b/c we were not self-sufficiant yet. This was a conflct between the U.S. and Europe, and the U.S. and its self. -
Missouri Compromise
Was passed in 1820 by president James Monroe in the debate of the Lousiana Territory and whether or not it would be proslavery and antislavery. All of this because Missouri applied to become a state and had 10,000 slaves, but was norht of the Mason-Dixion line. This upsetting the "delicate balance" so they made Maine a free state in the North and Missouri a slave state in the South. -
The Tariff of Abomination
The Tariff of Abomination was enacted on July 14, 1832 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. It was created as a solution to the Tariff of 1828, which favored the North. It was created in order to protect both the North and South in the U.S. But the south was still unhappy so it was eventually nulified and a new Tariff created in 1833. -
Compromise of 1850
This was a group of 5 bills passed in Sept. 1850. The compromise what about whether or not the land won during the Mexican-American War should become free or slave. The North got California to be a free state, Utah and New Mexico could decide whether or not they wanted to be a free state or a slave state, and slave trade in Washington D.C. was aboloshed. The South gained the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing slave catchers to enter northern states and get runaway slaves. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is a book written by a white women name Harriet Beecher Stowe. This was considered a runaway best seller. It was first released in the National Era weekly newspaper between 6/5/1851 & 4/1/1852 Stowes own father and grandmother owned slaves, she hated this but the only thing she could do at the time was to write. Lincoln saying that she was the woman that was going to start a war. This was a very controversal thing when it happened, leading to more conflicts between the north and the south. -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a conflict revolving around the Kansas-Nebraska Act, where settlers from the North and the South traveled to Kansas. This became the grounds of the battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery. They thought if they killed enough voters of the other side that they could win the election. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This compromise was made repealing the Missouri Compromise, the land in question was again the Lousiana Territory. Popular Sovereignty was put it to place, all states got to vote whether or not they wanted to be a free or slave state. The N. Nebraska become a free state & the S. Kansas will probably become a slave state. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act Continued
This was a conflict mainly between Lincoln and Douglas. Douglas felt as though the people should vote whether or not they want slavery. And Lincoln felt that our nation could not survive with a house divided, that we needed to make a decision as a nation whether or not we want to be complete for or against slavery. -
Dred Scott Case
Cheif Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks, whether or not they were slaves or if they were free, were not and could not be a citizen in the U.S. He also declared that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and promitted slavery in every U.S. territory. Dred Scott lived in both the free state of Illinois and free territory of Wisconsin, when moving to the slave state of Missouri asked the court to grant him his freedom because he had already been free but.... -
The Dred Scott Case Continued
... Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was for slavery and denied Scott his freedom although he was already free in Illinois and Wisconsin, all because he was black. -
John Brown's Raid
John Brown lead a group of 21 men, of which 16 were white & 5 were black. He led them through the Potomac River from Maryland to Virgina to capture the cache of weapons that were stored at the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry. He attained ennicial success by gaining the weapons but all over failed with cuttingoff the town and freeing the slaves. He was caaptured where is was then tried & convicted for treason. Before being hung on Dec. 2, 1859, he forwarned a civil war over slavery. -
The Election of 1860
In April of 1860, Democratics met in Charleston, South Carolina to decide on who they wanted to elect for a presidential candidate for the upcoming election. Only for the northern & southern democratics to start an arguement b/c the north wanted someone who was against slavery but the south wanted someone to protect slavery. The north nonminated Stephan Douglas and the South nonminated John C. Breckenridge. -
The Election of 1860 Continued
The Republican later met in May in Chicago, and thought that b/c of the Democratic turmoil they would have an advantage to win. The elected Abraham Lincoln to be the Rebublican candidate. The Constitutional Union Party, made up of the aging politicians & distinguished citizens felt that the best way to deal was to have no stand on the issues between the north and the south, the chose John Bell. After the eclection South Carolina seceded from the union. -
South Carolina Secedes from The Union Continued.
Until the inauguration, James Buchanan presidend over the Exodus from the union. Although he felt that seccession was illegal, he also felt that using the army would be unconstitutional. So both sides waited anxiously for Lincoln to become President, wondering what his decision would be. -
South Carolina Secedes from the Union
Upon the election of Lincoln, South Carolina seceded from the Union. And state by state, so did 10 others follow in SC's footsteps. These states becomie known as The Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. They elected Jefferson Davis to be the President if the Confederacy. During this time Lincoln was not yet inaugurated, & wouldn't be until March 4, 1861.
