Including the election and the instability of members of the Congress, the Kansas-Nebraska Act had major effects on the relationship between the parties and made politics even more unstable during this time. This act involved the “repeal of the Missouri Compromise and providing that settlers would determine the status of slavery in the territories” (Foner 479). This controversial act destroyed the balance between the free and slave states and led to the destruction of several political parties during this time. The Democratic party was divided because of this act and the more obscure Whig party “unable to develop a unified response to the political crisis, collapsed” (Foner 479). This left the two major political parties, the Republicans …show more content…
Both regions of the United States had drastically different economic systems that had both positive and negative effects leading up to the war. The North was largely factory and industrial based with greater infrastructure than the South. The North had “an extensive railroad system that had been built, with new lines through the Northwest being built” (Schulman). This allowed for the North to transfer goods and supplies quickly. In contrast, the South was largely farm-based with agriculture as its main source of income. Before the Civil War, many Southern states faced harsh tariffs imposed on them by the Northern representation in the Federal Government. The Northern states, in 1832, “benefitted from National tariffs (which boosted the economy) in the Northern manufacturing states, while hurting the economy of the Southern States” (“Abraham Lincoln’s Election”). Like the tariffs on the South that came before these, the new tariffs greatly angered the South and built up even more animosity between both areas of the country. One of the most impactful tariffs on North-South relations was the Morrill Bill which raised taxes on goods, especially in the South, to astronomical prices and was “united in a joint raid against the South” (Magness). With incredibly high taxes and tensions between the sectionalist regions of the country, these additional tariffs were one of the final tactics used to start one of the worst wars in American
The Democratic Party was sectionally shattered by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, but it also gave birth to the Republicans. Ultimately, the Kansas-Nebraska Act would lead to a sectional rift in the country that would prove too deep to patch up without war. During the year of 1855, Governor Andrew Reeder called for an election for a legislature for the state o Kansas. He carefully planned out the election to make it fair by appointed two Free Soilers and one proslavery judges and several supervisors.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Collapse of the Whig Party and the Rise of the Republican Party
During the time period of 1860 and 1877 many major changes occurred. From the beginning of the civil war to the fall of the reconstruction, the United States changed dramatically. Nearly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence which declared all men equal, many social and constitutional alterations were necessary to protect the rights of all people, no matter their race. These social and constitutional developments that were made during 1860 to 1877 were so drastic it could be called a revolution.
The North had an industrial economy, and the South concentrated on a farming economy. This created many issues over what tariffs should be placed on. The South wanted tariffs to be placed on farming goods such as cotton, tobacco, etc. This contrasted the North because they wanted tariffs to be placed on manufactured goods to benefit the economy of the North. The North created a tariff called the Tariff of Abominations which made purchased goods from Europe more expensive. This angered the South because their main buyer for their exports was Europe, and this resulted in th...
The North was based on industrialism and the South on agriculture. Perhaps one of the greatest issues ever faced by the United States was that of slavery. The South had become extremely content with their way of life with slaves and the North were very against it. This caused many disagreements between the two regions and ultimately was one of the main causes of the Civil War. They also had different views on tariffs due to the difference in the economies. The North was booming with industrialization and they didn’t like competing with the goods being imported. The tariffs provided protection for the northern industries and in turn had a negative impact they had on the southern economy. This only amplified the uneasy feeling that the South felt about the Union. They feared the Union would grow too powerful and the people would eventually lose their voice. It was the Missouri Compromise of 1820 that opened the door and unleashed the beast that was sectionalism in the nation. After the compromise the North and South had a hard time agreeing on anything.
On April 12, 1861, Abraham Lincoln declared to the South that, the only reason that separate the country is the idea of slavery, if people could solve that problem then there will be no war. Was that the main reason that started the Civil war? or it was just a small goal that hides the real big reason to start the war behind it. Yet, until this day, people are still debating whether slavery is the main reason of the Civil war. However, there are a lot of facts that help to state the fact that slavery was the main reason of the war. These evidences can relate to many things in history, but they all connect to the idea of slavery.
From colonial times there were differences in geography that gave rise to variations in culture and economy in the United States. Due to the differing characteristics, a sectional economy molded the United States into two distinct regions: the north and the south. The north, a commercial society, which supported industry and commerce while the south, an agrarian civilization, flourished in the production of raw materials with use of slaves. The two economies were both self-supporting and capable to create a stronger, more productive nation. The regional differences sought to build America, in turn threatened to destroy it. Many Historians believe that the Civil War was constructed over the issue of slavery. However, the concerns of states' rights versus federal rights and the unfair legislation representation were the principal causes of the Civil War.
Before civil war broke out, several parts of history foreshadowed the growing divide between the northern and southern areas of the United States. One being, differences in culture and lifestyle. The south’s economy predominately based itself off of agriculture; specifically the growing of tobacco, corn, and cotton. The big southern plantations, owned by several white elitist men, used slavery to operate, another major cause for civil war. The northern economy thrived off of manufacturing and big industrial business. Northern politicians and elite class members supported tariffs and the use of training large armies. As the divide grew, tempers and attitudes flared, as d...
What started as a war to prevent the South from seceding quickly turned into a war against slavery following President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. At the start of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate sides believed that they would have a quick and decisive victory. The North’s population and industry was vastly greater than the South’s, but the South had superior military leadership, a large white population that was united against invading Union armies and a hope that France or Britain would intervene on their behalf. The Northern states produced 97 percent of the nation’s firearms, 94 percent of its clothing, and 90 percent of its shoes and boots, providing the Union army with unlimited supplies (Keene, Cornell, O’Donnell 376). The North’s elaborate railroad system was also twice the size of the Confederate states, giving them the advantage in mobility.
By February of 1861 six states had seceded from the Union (Glass, 2008). The Civil War was impacted by Southern and Northern leaders. Two of the leaders in the South were Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee and in the North the Union was led by Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant. A few years after Lincoln’s election, the North and South swapped their party labels as the conservatives from the South grew dissatisfied with the Democratic Party's increasingly progressive platforms. Conversely, the historically Republican strongholds in the Northeast began voting Democrat.
Many Texans fought during the Civil War, for so many different reasons. Some because they had to help the confederate army now that they were apart of it. The Union went against the Confederate in 1861. The Union wanted the country to be whole again. But, after the Confederacy seceded, they became two parts. The Confederacy and the Union. Texas fought in the Civil War to protect slavery, states’ rights, and for their love for Texas.
The economies of the North and South were vastly different leading up to the Civil War. Money was equivalent to power in both regions. For the North, the economy was based on industry as they were more modern and self-aware. They realized that industrialization was progress and it could help rid the country of slave labor as it was wrong. The North’s population had a class system but citizens could move within the system, provided they made the money that would allow them to move up in class. The class system was not as rigid as it was in the South. By comparison, the South wanted to hold on to its economic policy. In doing so, the practice of slavery kept the social order firmly in place. The economic factors, social issues and a growing animosity between the two regions helped to induce the Civil War.
The north would buy these materials and manufacture goods to sell to foreign countries. The major issue though was that manufactured goods coming into the United States faced high tariffs, protecting the northern economy. On the other hand raw materials from other countries faced no such tariffs, leaving southern states to deal with competition. The North further benefited from this as they could purchase raw material from any source. Additionally most of the revenue from southern tariffs went to building railroads and canals in the north. tariff of abominations, which resulted in an attempt to secede from North
When looking at economic factors in the Civil War, we find that the war had a devastating effect on the South and a converse effect on the North. Because of the Northern blockade and the disconnection of Southern farmers from markets in the North, sales of cotton became nearly impossible. In the North, the war produced the same suffering as in the South, but "it also produced prosperity and economic growth by giving a major stimulus to both industry and agriculture," says Brinkley (Brinkley 384). Since all Southern products were out of reach for Northern Americans, the North enacted a completely natio...
Throughout the early parts of the century the North had heavily concentrated on industrial improvement while the South had mostly concentrated on agricultural means. This proved to be of great significance, as the two sides would find themselves in a high cost and high demand war. During the onset of the war the "North contained 80% of total U.S. industry" (Rivera pg.1), and many of these production facilities were quickly and easily transformed in order to support the demands of the military. The South on the other hand had very few production facilities and most of them lay along the contested Border States, and they lost most of these facilities when West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware opted to...