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Sectional Differences
Differences between the North and South:
The North's ecosystem was industrailized and had railroads. The North's soicial/culture had the reform movements. The North's political stance was based off of federal rights and taxes and tariffs.
The South's ecosystem was all farming and agarian. Their cultre hadlong traditions and slavery. Their political stance was on having state rights. -
Missouri Compromise
Years before the Missouri Compromise, things started getting uncomfortable between pro-slavery and anti-slavery. The North was sure that they wanted Missouri be a free state, and the South was sure that they wanted Missouri to be a slave state. Big shocker! To keep things under control, Congress made a two-part compromise to honor Missouri's wish to be a slave state. They gave the North Maine for a free state. -
Wilmot Proviso
The Wilmot Proviso pushed the recognition that slavery was banned in Northern states, and forced southern politicians to defend their stand on slavery. Pennsylvania congressmen David Wilmot proposed his amendment to the bill. It inflamed the growing controversy over slavery. -
Zachary Taylor
Zachary's contribution to the US during 1849-1850 was ending the debates about letting slavery expand in the west. Zachary did not let slaves into the west and absolutely hated the Compromise of 1850. -
Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the secretary of state of Zachary Taylor. Millard was against slavery and despised of Zachary. Fillmore valued the preservation of the Union above all. As a result, he supported the Compromise of 1850. -
Compromise of 1850
The Comprimse of 1850 is involved with 5 laws that delt with slavery. A year before California had asked permission to be a free state. This would of set the states free and slave balance, so they had to take away some of Texas's north. The territory of Utah and New Mexico would be decided by the people. Which caused many fights and raids with the North and South. During this comprimise slave trade was abolished in Washington DC. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act allowed people to capture and turn in runaway slaves. People of color had to carry paperswith them 24/7 showing that they were in fact free people. The North was infuriated at the fact that these laws were passed and were baffled that it was now illegal to assist of hid runaway slaves. They had to return to their owner. The South kidnapped and taken free black citizens, for rewards. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, after visiting her uncle for the summer. The storys were horrible things the slaves expirenced. The Northern states were horrified by reading the stories, and felt like they had to take action. The Southern states were insulted and embaressed. They felt misrepresented and banned the book. -
Franklin Pierce
Franklin supported the South's legal right to own slaves. Pierce was the president who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the same act that caused Bleeding Kansas. -
Republican Party
This was a party for anti-slavery, the North loved this party. The South wasn't that concerned yet, they wern't scared. The party began meetings in the midwestern states. The famous meeting on March 20 tookplace in Wisconsin. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska act let the people who lived in these states decide if they were going to be a free or slave state. John Brown was one of the main people involved in this act, since he killed people that wanted to own slaves. This was one of the main conflicts the North and South. The South wanted a railroad to Chicago, and they would have to scare off the North to gain territory. -
Sumner Caning
Things got heated at the Senate Chamber, on May 22 1856. It all started from a man named Charles Sumner a anti-slavery republican. Charles Sumner insulted Andrew Butler, and boy was that a mistake. The North was shocked thatCharles said all of the horrible things...but they secretly aggreed. The South was appalled by Charles, and Representative Preston Brooks took a stand and beat up Charles. Charles was never the same after this incidence. -
James Buchanan
James hoped that the North and South would compromise. He thought that the fate of slavery should be decided by the supreme court. James was also not involved in the Dredd Scott case. He didn't really do much! -
The Dred Scott Case
Dred Scott was a slave owned by a slave owner that was an army docter, he took Dred to the North. The North thought that Dred should be free since he was living in a free state. They brought this case to court and the judge decided that he was not at all free since he was his masters property and you can't take away someone's property, according to the Constitution. -
Lincoln-Douglas Debate
During the 1858 Illinois Election, the debates were very serious and were very significant statements in America's political history. The Northern states want Lincoln for president since he is against slavery and threatens to get rid of it. The South obviosly hates Lincoln! He wants to stop slavery! Douglas on the other handwas willing to extend slave states. Lincoln and Douglas were polar oppisites. -
Harpers Ferry
Hero or terrorist? We knew that the Northern states were a lot different than the Southern states, but their opinions were way off from the South. John Brown was deffinitly a troble maker and this time the South took action. John started a raid to destroy the slave industrys. The South captured him and hung him as a death penalty. On that same day the North rang church bells in his honor as he was a hero, not a terriorist. -
Lincoln's Election of 1860
The country was deeply divided as Lincoln won the 16th presidents spot. Lincoln was the first republican to win. Lincoln received only 40 percent of the popular vote but defeated the three other candidates, Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for Illinois. Lincoln was very very helpful during the civil war. He grew an addiction over the new invention the telegraph, and used it as a war weapon. -
Southern Secession
After only 3 months of Lincoln's presidency, & states had seceded from the Union. South Carolina was the first to take the leap followed by the other 6. Conventions were held to form the confederacy. The confederacy only lasted 4 years. The 7 states felt like they had to make their own pretend country so they could still depend on slaves for tending their cotton fields. This was the start of war.
