The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)
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Transcript of The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)
The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)
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Sectionalism
• Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation.
Early Signs of Sectionalism
• 3/5 Compromise
• The Slave Trade Compromise
• The Northwest Land Ordinance
• The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin
Sectional Issues
• Expansion of Slavery
• Tariffs
• The National Bank
• Immigration
• Federal Road and Canal Construction
• The “right” of Nullification
• National Unity v States’ Rights
The Middle Passage
The Missouri Compromise
• The first attempt to resolve the issue of the expansion of slavery
The Webster- Hayne Debate
• National Unity vs States’ Rights
Henry Clay’s Compromise Tariff
• Why did the North and South almost split over the tariff issue?
Nat Turner’s Revolt
The Gag Rule
• Congress vows not to mention the word slavery
Abolitionists- The people who wanted to abolish slavery
Manifest Destiny
• The belief among Americans that the USA was destined to rule from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean
The Mexican War and Cession
Why was California becoming a State such a problem?
The Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act
Congress helps publish “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Kansas- Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner!
• Back street brawl in Congress!
The Free Soil Party becomes the Republican Party
• A story of how single issue political parties can influence politics in the USA.
The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case
• Did this Supreme Court decision make the Civil War inevitable?
• Why do some say that this decision was the worst interpretation of the US Constitution ever?
The Lincoln- Douglas Debates!
John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
The Presidential Election of 1860
South Carolina Secedes from the Union!