It was the Spring of 1861 when the United States ceded, creating two countries, the U.S. and the new confederate U.S. Tensions were high as both sides refused to give in to the other because of different views on protective tariffs and the use of slaves. Both felt they could not trust the other, so if they couldn't compromise on one, they weren't going to compromise on any. Our Constitution was created in order to solve problems and set a standard for all laws. However, in the 1800's disputes between the North and South arose regarding the Constitution. The inability to compromise in the U.S. led to the American Civil War. By 1830, people were more aware of the growing differences between North and South. In all Southern states, there were …show more content…
They had opposite plans for economic growth and their views on slavery and expansion. Those insisting on unity tried to defuse the dispute by offering something to both sides. In an effort to diffuse and balance the power in Congress of the pro-slavery and antislavery factions, two compromises were agreed upon to help resolve this dispute, the first being the Missouri Compromise passed in 1820 was the "fire bell in the night," quoted Jefferson. Earlier in 1819, Missouri territory applied for statehood without barring slavery, additionally, Maine requested to enter the Union as a free state to help keep the "balance". A two-part compromise, the Missouri Compromise, granted both, and passed an amendment that figuratively drew a line across Missouri's southern border. Congress made slavery illegal in all territories purchased in 1803 and lay North this line The coordinates include, below 36'30' will be all slave states and any state above will be a free state. This act aided in temporarily holding the Union together for over thirty years. The Kansas-Nebraska Compromise repealed the Missouri Compromise of dividing pro and anti-slavery by using latitude in 1854. This act granted both states to be a free state and be able to determine for themselves their stand on slavery, also known as popular sovereignty. During the settlement of the Kansas territory, Bleeding Kansas occurred. Political fights over pro and anti slavery and the Free Staters broke out. It's brutality indicates that compromising is not likely and was a precursor for the American Civil
From the day, the first European set foot on American soil up until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which occurred in 1865. Slavery was a controversial issue. The issue of slavery divided up the United States of America to ultimately put the two against each other. The Northern States who identifies themselves as the Union disapproved of the atrocious actions of the South who condone the crude treatment of slaves and the disturbing practices of slavery. Although slavery was not the sole cause of the Civil war, it played an important part in the disunion of the United States. The battle between states rights and federal rights rubbed more salt in the already enormous wound. Southern States who later considers themselves the confederates disapproved of the idea that the available actions of the states to act upon certain situations were dwindling, reducing the power and rights of the states. The set up of all these complications and disagreements led to the secession of the southern states which initiated the start of the brutal American Civil War which lasted from 1861 to 1865.
As the result, due to the difference between the north and south. They north and south viewed each other differently as two different kind of people. Stephen Douglas explained that the view of southern plantation owners (document 5). They believed the laws fit the northern, not the southern. Therefore, they made their own rules and treated themselves as individual nation which then turned into the confederacy. As a result, Abraham Lincoln gives a speech explaining that in order to succeed we need to work as a nation instead diving each other setting disputes with one in others. (document 4) Therefore, Lincoln goes on to say that two house can’t be divided because they can’t not stand by themselves, but Lincoln challenge the secession of the south because he wonders it would be erupting but he inferred because of slavery. Therefore, the north and south began to have
Thomas Jefferson, in response to the Missouri Compromise, expressed, “ I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed indeed for the moment, but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence… and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper” (Meacham 475). Jefferson explained how the Missouri Compromise led to the sectionalism between the North and South, which caused the Civil War. Western expansion and the Louisiana Purchase both led to the formation of the Missouri Compromise as more states started applying for statehood, which disrupted the balance between the slave and free states. Additionally, the division between the North and South increased rapidly because of the Missouri Compromise. It created a line that
The government should treat the south the same way they treat the north they should both be equal not different. The North had the highest population overall, number of soldiers,number of factories,and miles of railroad tracks. The south factories should built very nice how the north factories are. Also the south should have the same rights as the north. Why is the government so selfish? The Southern States seceded from the Union which led to the American Civil War because the South and North had many conflicts with each other and could not find a solution, there was the section division, and it showed the South and North had different views on slavery.
The Missouri Compromise was a treaty that dealt with the rising tensions of the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions, but it was adopted when Missouri sent a request for admission into the Union as a slave state. However, this request seemed to threaten the balance between slave and free states and in order to maintain such a balance the Congress came up with a compromise. The treaty granted
(Doc B) The purpose of this report was to not only rile up abolitionists for the immediate emancipation of slaves but to also appeal to their audience that believed in God and morals. The abolition movement was gaining support fast, and no “gag rule” was enough to keep the issue out of politics. Meanwhile, by 1840, nearly 7 million Americans lived in the West. Most of these people had left their homes in the East in search of economic opportunity. The question of whether or not slavery would be allowed in the new western states dictated every conversation about the frontier. Henry Clay had created the Missouri Compromise, where the Louisiana Purchase was divided by 36°30' line. Anything above was a free state and anything below was a slave state; Missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The key to the compromise was the balance that was kept in the government. The balance that the Missouri Compromise had achieved was soon upset by interest in new territory, and the annexation of Texas and other Mexican territories did not become a political priority until James K Polk was
After the creation of the Constitution, in the late 1700s there were many individuals who had different opinions on how the Constitution should be practiced. A decent amount of the population believed in “loose construction”, while there were also many people who believed in “strict construction”. The Constitution has created internal problems, for example the Civil War, which had hundreds of thousands of casualties and also caused a split between the union. The factors that led to the failure of the union created by the Constitution were the rise of secession, the ratification of the Compromise of 1850, and the differentiating views on states’ rights.
The Kansas-Nebraska act was passed by the U.S. Congress on May 30, 1854. It was introduced by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. It enabled people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they wanted slavery or not in their borders. The act helped to reverse the Missouri Compromise of 1820 (My Notes). Which banned slavery north of 36°30’ N latitude, the line that limited slavery (http://www.history.com/topics/kansas-nebraska-act). Douglas called this “popular sovereignty.” “Before the law they would not have been free, giving the free states more votes in the Senate and angering the South,” (Discovering our Pasts;The History of the United States Early Years, P.431). In 1855, a pro-slavery government was elected in Kansas.
Expansion raised the question of whether or not to extend slavery to new territories. If slavery was not extended, then the free-states would recover the representation that they lost because of the Three-Fifths Compromise. Extension of slavery, on the other hand, would strengthen the mold of slave-state. The question of extending slavery induced tension between the two sections because both desired to have their interest overrepresented in the federal government. To reduce the tension between slave- and free-state, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was created. The compromise officially divided the nation into two sections. Territories below Missouri was declared to be slave-state, while the ones that lay above was free-state (“The American Yawp”). This division of territory is symbolic of a nation
This disagreement caused some unrest between the states. A big issue right before the Civil War was how much power the Federal Government should have over its people. In the north people believed in a strong Federal Government. The people in the south believed that each state government should have the power to make decisions on its own. The South and North also had different views and interests. The southerners believed the states were more capable of protecting their property and land more so than Federal power would be able to. In the North, people wanted a stronger national government so that they could make the same laws for all the states. In the end, a strengthened federal government was accepted when the Union won the war. The disagreement between the two government types was a cause for the Civil
Have you ever compared and contrasted the South and the North? If you have, then you would see a lot of differences and very few similarities. The North and the South are very different, they are different in culture, work, ideas, and climate. They have very few similarities but a lot more differences. First, The South depended on slavery, while slavery was considered unconstitutional in the North for its cruelty and harsh punishments. The North had better farmland than the South, but the South still had very good land. The South used its land for farming and growing cotton, while people in the North worked in factories that produced goods. Finally, The North and South had different tr
All these disagreements lead to compromises, like the ⅗ Compromise, the Great Compromise, the Electoral College and the Bill of Rights. Finally, the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1788. The constitution was ratified, even though people were still scared to think it was going to become a monarchy like King George III government. That's why the constitution limits the power of the Federal Government by dividing power between the government.
The two started to split in communication and paucity with the rise of runaway slaves in the Underground Railroads and the growing size of slaves. This created problems for the United States. As a result of this, the Presidents became weak, as well as, the Supreme Court. The nation was becoming a divided nation. The issue of slavery in the United States. Due to the Compromise of 1850, which altered the Fugitive Slave Act and eliminated the slave trade in Washington, D.C, took place of the Missouri Compromise. Kansas and Nebraska were yet to become a slave or anti-slave state. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was established by Stephen A. Douglas. This act erased the question of slavery and created a new political party, the Republican Party. The new party became popular with the North and proposed to abolish slavery in the territories of the United
Even though the United States was admitting many new states, the North and South were having issues deciding whether the state should be free or a slave state. This angered many southerners and northerners because both sides had different beliefs about slavery and freedom. This excerpt says, “The Missouri Compromise (actually a set of congressional acts passed in 1820 and 1821) settled the sectional crisis triggered by Missouri's application to join the Union as a slave state. It permitted this while prohibiting slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36° 30′(parallel)”. By this we can see that the North and South would agree to admit any state, but it depended on which side of the parallel it was on. Although, this compromise would later be renewed because the South would not be pleased and other states would not want to become slave states or a free state, but rather decide it on popular
The Civil War contains many unusual views that all eventually coincide to create peace throughout United States. At the start of the Civil War, the constitution was debated constantly and non-stop. Throughout the war, however, the constitution was finally established in a firm ground and made way to the Federal Republic government we have now. The Civil War made the states and the constitution coincide and work together to form a optimal government.