...The event that caused the most hostility between the two regions was the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a treaty which stated that Kansas and Nebraska could decide to vote on whether to abolish or continue slavery. This was in response to the Missouri act which said that territories north of 36, 30' prohibited slavery. This treaty caused a lot of tension between the abolitionists in the north and pro-slavery in the south. The Kansas-Nebraska act also led to a lot of the other turning points in the lead up to the Civil War such as 'Bloody Kansas'. From, 'The History Place, "After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed,... Violence soon erupted, with the anti-slavery forces led by John Brown. The territory earned the nickname "bleeding...
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...through the Midwest to help the region prosper. Douglas drafted the Kansas-Nebraska Act with the intention to use popular sovereignty to attract people to Kansas and Nebraska and increase the population of the territory so it would become a state sooner. By becoming a state populated with taxpayers, the Kansas Nebraska Act would effectively make the midwest a more viable option for the transcontinental railroad. Though the intention of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was to benefit the Midwest economically, the act created controversy and disunion amongst the various parties of the United States....
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...and prevalence of slavery. There were extremely rich, each with enslaved people. The difference was escalating between both regions, and people belonging to those regions they identified themselves as different people. The difference led to the Civil war in the end. Kansan is 1850’s The state of Kansas possesses a central place in civil war history, as well as, the pre civil war era. Before the beginning of civil war, Kansas was undergoing fights between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups. The tension was centered to address the notion, whether Kansas would be regarded as slave or a Free State territory or a slave state territory Negros (Kleppnerr, p. 300-316). The issue was to maintain peace between Abolitionists and slave holders. The slavery and its opposing groups initiated war on Kansas border in 1850, which is known as ‘the border war’. Since, the government decided to shift a huge number of Native Americans to Kansas, the decision was made due to Kansas geographic location to Indian Territory. The people of Kansas were condemning it, and see slavery as a justified conduct on Part of democratic United States. They were stringent towards the slavery, as they believed Kansas was being made of to the Negros...
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...Americans across the United States have upheld the nation’s core of identify founded by the fathers of this nation for many generation now. Today, Americans are proud to thrive in a nation where freedom, happiness, and self-actualizing is protected. People all over the world recognized the United State as the land of the free and the land where dreams come true. This great nation has become home for many individuals with different races, ethnicities, and religious beliefs. However, in the 1800s the United States was divided between the north and the south due to slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott Decision cause tension between the northern and southern part of the country that led to the Civil War in 1861. The Kansas-Nebraska...
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...Many people learn about the war that changed America, but what were the causes of this war? The Civil War, as most know was the war against the North and the South. Although debates on the causes are common for this subject, the overall cause of the Civil War was the differences between the Northern and Southern states on slavery. Southern states wanted slavery, but the south did not agree with this. When adding territories to America these arguments posed a problem which lead to temporary solutions like the Kansas-Nebraska Act, leading to people protesting, like John Brown, which then lead to major problems, like “Bleeding Kansas.” First of all, a starting cause of the civil war were the disagreements of slave territories, trying to settle...
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...How did the Kansas Nebraska Act increase Sectional Tension? 1. Nebraska was north of latitude 36o30’, and only States in that area could enter the Union as Free States. Therefore, Southern Politicians, who were not keen to Nebraska developed, made large efforts to delay granting territorial status to Nebraska. 2. Douglas was so keen to make Nebraska a territory, as it would needed the land to build a railroad through it. 3. Douglas proposed a bill to organize most of the remaining part of the Louisiana Purchase north of 360-30’ as the Nebraska Territory. 4. Sectional Politics made railway planning so controversial because the Southerners did not want to give Chicago a commercial advantage over Southern States like St. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez or New Orleans. 5. Douglas was motivated by the fact that he had twice failed to put forward a Nebraska bill that would win the votes of his Southern colleagues. In order to get the bill enacted, Douglas would need the support of the Southerners, who were only likely to vote if they felt they had a chance of expanding slavery in this area. 1. Douglas proposed the creation of two territories- Kansas, and Nebraska. Kansas was likely to become a slave state and Nebraska free. The bill also stipulated that the people of these territories, and not Congress would make the final decision on the future of slavery, through popular sovereignty. 2. Pierce accepted the proposition due to pressure from a delegation...
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...been reached, and passed. A house divided against its self cannot stand." Abraham Lincoln clearly understood the schism that was taking place across the country, though it was considered politically irresponsible by his peers and fellow party members , Lincoln’s resolve to end this bitter dispute would carry America through its darkest days. Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech had a specific purpose for it. He was directing it mainly at the congressmen and the President, and it's purpose was to show them how America was hurting itself by fighting endlessly over slavery. During this speech Abraham Lincoln addresses both the Kansas-Nebraska act and the Dred Scott law suit. The KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT OF 1854 was significant event leading to the Civil War. By the early 1850s settlers and entrepreneurs wanted to move into the area now known as Nebraska. However, until the area was organized as a territory, settlers would not move there...
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...19th century. The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas Nebraska Act are just some of the events that contributed to this. The reason that this tension grew was because during these events, the North and South had different views on the events. Sometimes the South would agree but the North would disagree and that caused problems. The Missouri Compromise was the starting point for this rapid growth. It took place in 1820 and permitted Maine to be admitted into the union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. When this happened, it maintained the balance of the Senate. Now, southern slave owners have a clear right to pursue escaped fugitives that went...
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...people to go to California all at the same time California qualified for statehood (based on their population at the time). Prior to the Gold Rush in 1849 the US had 30 states; 15 free states (north) and 15 slave states (south). By adding California the number of states becomes an odd number. The southern states (slave) wanted California to enter as a slave state, and the northern states (free) wanted California to enter as a free state. The Compromise of 1850 made California a free state, which made the south mad that they were now no longer even with the north. In order to make the south happy since the north got California the Fugitive Slave Act was put into place. The Fugitive Slave Act was an act that said the north must help the south to retrieve their slaves who escaped to the north. The main problem with this act was that there was no way to know which slave belonged to each master. When a master lost a slave they would send a "bounty hunter" to the north to retrieve them, but they would give a description of their slave that could apply to many people. The only problem with the vague descriptions was that when the bounty hunters went to get them they would sometimes come back with someone who was a freed slave, or...
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...Southerners has spiked as time went on. Though, each plan that was designed to make a compromise between the two only seemed to aggravate them even more. For example, The WIlmot Proviso Act was shot down by opposing Southerners, the Compromise of 1850 infuriated both argumentative sides, and the Kansas Nebraska Act escalated sectional tensions. With every new act or establishment that came rolling our way, another crack...
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...compromise of 1850, and the Kansas Nebraska act. These compromises created very little help in trying to repair the tensions. One of the first compromises to try to loosen the tensions was the Missouri Compromise. It all started when Missouri was pushing to become a state. At this time the controversy between having slave vs free states was major. There were 11 free states and 11 slave states. This was an even balance for the North and the South so, having Missouri come in as a free state would grant the North more power over the South. The politician Henry Clay came up with the grand idea of admitting another state, (Maine) as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. At the time this seemed brilliant, but really it still failed to loosen the tensions. This is shown when it is repealed by the Kansas Nebraska Act in...
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...major fight over slavery, the Civil War, by bringing attention to the cause, involving powerful people, and connecting the division between whites and blacks. Brown started to become involved in the abolitionist movement when the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 declared that the states of Utah, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Kansas would determine slavery by popular sovereignty. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was authored by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. It was created with the idea of offering states more rights, and the “achievement of territorial self-government.” By giving the American people the right to vote on the issue of slavery, the government was taking a step back and allowing the citizens to have a say in what happened to their...
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...The American Civil War was Unavoidable The bloodiest time in history for America was during The American Civil War; a time when Americans fought against themselves for their own rights in which they believed they were entitled to. To many it would be considered shocking and absurd to say the Civil War was something that could have been avoided – and they’re right. The Civil War was an unavoidable and ultimately inevitable conflict that was essential to the evolution of our nation. The differences between the North and the South, economically, geographically, and politically, were major players on why the two divided halves of the America could not prosper together at that time; that and the fact that the previous attempts to compromise on slavery had reached an unavoidable end also made the Civil War an inevitable and undeniable conclusion to the problems brewing between the two sides. There was simply no further room for compromise. There were many differences between the North and the South. The most obvious of which is that the North was, for the most part, industrial; while the South on the other hand was economically dependent of the production of staple crops (primarily cotton). The production of cotton in the South with the advent of the cotton gin soared, causing an increase of labor required; this lead to an increased dependency on slave labor in the south. Slavery was something the North often looked down upon and also held little or no value to them. How could...
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...definitive answer cannot be found as to why the war broke out. Many of the interpretations can be grouped into two major schools of thought: the irrepressible conflict or the Blundering Generation. It was certainly true that the North and South were becoming increasingly different during this period. Slavery being the most fundamental of these, however there was also variances in the economies and culture. This would support the idea that the war was inevitable as the differences were too great. However, it can be argued that radically different societies can co-exist without going to war. Instead, a series of mistakes and misjudgements were made by blundering politicians. There are numerous examples of this; the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott and the Fugitive Slave Act to name just a few. In my view, the American Civil War was an irrepressible conflict since compromise on the slavery issue was impossible. Blundering politicians acted as catalysts to ignite the flames of war, however they did not create the differences which acted as the foundation for the irrepressible conflict. The issue of slavery is often cited as the most significant cause of the war. By 1860 the issue of slavery had become too great and compromise was impossible. As Frederick Douglass stated, ‘the more the issue is settled, the more it needs settling.’ The North and South failed to agree and kept compromising to fix the previous failed compromise. This series of compromises began in 1820 with the Missouri...
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...with the national government finally in antislavery hands, the South proceeded to secede from the union. Lincoln’s decision to fight in what became the Civil War was not based on his feelings towards slavery, but his duty as President to preserve the union at all costs. Lincoln set an entire new course for the United States withholding the crucial goals of “union and freedom”. The spread of slavery to new territories and states was an ongoing battle that was only deepened by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. The bill mandated popular sovereignty which was intended as a compromise to reduce tensions but it had the opposite effect. It contradicted the Missouri Compromise which had been holding the country together for over 30 years. Once passed by Congress it lead to what became known as Bleeding Kansas due to the increased violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers. This had a profound effect on Lincoln who was greatly offended by Douglas’s creation and passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He began speaking out at public meetings in his home state and in debates with Stephen Douglas during the Illinois Senate campaign of 1858. Lincoln had previously put his political aspirations aside, but this prompted him to return to the political arena This 1854 bill failed to organize western territories worsening the relations between the North and South paving the way for the Civil War....
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