...across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate. That belonged to Stephen Douglas from the Democratic Party. He was seeking reelection. His opponent was a lawyer from the newly established Republican Party. His name was Abraham Lincoln. Out of this great campaign birth the Lincoln-Douglas debates which was a series of formal political debates in 1858 between the two candidates, but also received national importance. The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a defining moment in American political history, affording Abraham Lincoln a major opportunity to create an image for himself on the wider public stage. Stephen Douglas was an established political figure and had distinguished himself in numerous congressional battles, while Lincoln was not known in this arena. Discussion In 1832, Lincoln decided to run for the Illinois State Legislature. Lincoln was to campaign for local improvements such as better roads and canals. However, a war with the Black Hawk Indians broke out before Lincoln’s campaign could get going, in response he joined the Army. After his short wartime, Lincoln returned to politics and lost the race of Illinois Legislature. In 1834 Lincoln made a second attempt to maintain a seat in the state legislature, which he was successful in winning the seat. Lincoln was elected in 1834, 1836, 1838, and in 1840. Lincoln was successful in achieving his goal of relocating the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield...
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...candidates campaigned across the state of Illinois for a seat in the United States Senate. That belonged to Stephen Douglas from the Democratic Party. He was seeking reelection. His opponent was a lawyer from the newly established Republican Party. His name was Abraham Lincoln. Out of this great campaign birth the Lincoln-Douglas debates which was a series of formal political debates in 1858 between the two candidates, but also received national importance. The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a defining moment in American political history, affording Abraham Lincoln a major opportunity to create an image for himself on the wider public stage. Stephen Douglas was an established political figure and had distinguished himself in numerous congressional battles, while Lincoln was not known in this arena. Discussion In 1832, Lincoln decided to run for the Illinois State Legislature. Lincoln was to campaign for local improvements such as better roads and canals. However, a war with the Black Hawk Indians broke out before Lincoln’s campaign could get started, in response he joined the Army. After his short wartime, Lincoln returned to politics and lost the race of Illinois Legislature. In 1834 Lincoln made a second attempt to maintain a seat in the state legislature, which he was successful in winning the seat. Lincoln was elected in 1834, 1836, 1838, and in 1840. Lincoln was successful in achieving his goal of relocating the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield. After serving four...
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...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 a nation survive with no conflict when there were two very distinct sides that held opposing economic ideals and beliefs? Beginning with the establishment of the Constitution, there was a general acceptance of slavery, or the compromises that allowed for its continued existence. The framers of the Constitution believed that concessions on slavery were the price for the support of southern...
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...Lincoln’s policies. Peace Democrats/Copperheads: The War Democrats’ more level-headed counterparts who advocated for peace between the Union and the Confederacy. Clement L. Vallandingham: Ohio Democrat who was a strong advocate for the anti-war peace position of the Peace Democrats. Lost Cause: A literary movement used to effectively create an aggregate representation between Antebellum South and the Confederacy. 1. Why was the battle of Antietam “probably the most decisive of the Civil War’? After the South had had a key string of victories, a major victory at Antietam likely would have spelled disaster for the North and its morale levels. When the North prevailed, morale was increased, Europe was dissuaded from assisting the South, and Lincoln had a healthy climate for the Emancipation...
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...The importance and influence of the Kansas-Nebraska Act is largely understated in American history concerning the outbreak of the civil war, the birth of the Republican party, and the ongoing struggle over states’ rights versus a consolidated federal power. Three such classic American struggles all relate to the principle of popular sovereignty brought into question by the legislation introduced and designed by the Democratic Senator of Illinois, Stephen A. Douglas. (Joy article) The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced to congress on January 4, 1854. The sponsor, Stephen Douglas, proposed the act with all intents and purposes to clinch a transcontinental railroad route that would run northbound and directly benefit his constituency of Illinois,...
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...Lincoln’s Main Arguments: Lincoln said that the national policy was to limit the spread of slavery, and mentioned the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which banned slavery from a large part of the modern-day Midwest, as an example of this policy. Lincoln said Douglas ignored the basic humanity of blacks, and that slaves did have an equal right to liberty. Lincoln said that Douglas' public indifference to slavery would result in the expansion of slavery because it would mold public sentiment to accept slavery. Lincoln believed in colonization for African Americans, but also admitted it was impractical. Without colonization he said that it would be wrong for emancipated slaves to be treated as second-rate citizens. Lincoln said that slavery expansion...
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...“What are the links between the Mexican War of 1846-1848 and Lincoln’s election in 1860?” In the decades prior to the Civil War, America’s Society was divided both socially and economically between the North and the South. The industrial North saw great economic prosperity with an increase in urbanization and the need for manufactured goods. On the other hand, the South, with its agricultural economy, maintained its dependency on slave labor. This issue of slavery continually resurfaced and deepened the separation in the United States, especially as new states were being admitted. The admittance of Texas as a state led the U.S. into a war with Mexico which affected the country drastically in its following years. The Mexican War led to an increase...
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...Activity 1: 1. Lincoln attempted to carve out a moderate position on slavery, by basically saying that he did not highly like the idea of slavery however he would not stop people or states from having or acquiring slaves. He says this because he knows that if he would completely go against slavery then the South would most likely wants to split from the Union. So Lincoln attempted to keep a moderate position. 2. Lincoln contended that Douglas' ultimate goal was with regard to the expansion of slavery within the country. While Lincoln argue that equality was for all people, Douglas argued strongly against him. However no matter how much they argued both knew that abolishing slavery would be hard because it was such in demand especially in the South. Lincoln contended that Douglas' ultimate goal was with regards to extend slavery. 3. During the debate each man accused the other one about certain things. In this debate Lincoln accused Douglas of not following with Dred Scott decision. Douglas then accuse Lincoln of being wrong about his accusation. Both lies go hand in hand, during those debates each man accused the other of lying. 4. Lincoln asked whether the people of a territory could exclude slavery prior to applying for statehood. Douglas responded with the answer of yes, that prior to applying for statehood people with a territory could exclude slavery. 5. Douglas use the audience's racial fears to discredit Lincoln during the debate. The fear that the audience...
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...Name Instructor Course Date History 1607 to 1877 Question One The royalist ideas led to strained relationships between the Spanish and Portuguese, and their respective American colonies as a result of rebellion, modernizing reforms and wars in Europe. Despite the liberalization of the trade monopoly, and the subsequent prosperity in most of these colonies, the local people did not benefit much. The Royalists insisted that all the money goes to them, mainly the Iberian monarchies, and the wealthy Spanish landowners. The Royalist ideas of anti-clerical regalism of the reformers from both Spain and Portugal had eroded the traditions of the Iberian Catholic monarchies, yet the ideas of Enlightenment and political alternatives to royal sovereignty could be found. The conservative anti-government outlook of the South was thus created as Latin America chose independence over living under monarchal rule. The same applied to the Scot-Irish people who always felt that they had left Ireland against their will, as they had no choice at all. They were mainly Protestant residents from Scotland, who had been settled on land seized from native Irish. They were also discriminated against by the Irish parliament because of their Presbyterian religion instead of following the Irish dominated Anglican Church. The Puritans were a group of religious reformists who had the aim of “purifying” the Anglican Church. This started in the 16th century with John Calvin and began leaving England in 1608...
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...Eddie Bjarko Apush Chapter 13 November 23rd, 2014 Expansion War and Sectional Crisis What ideas did the term Manifest Digest reflect? Did it cause historical events such as the new political supports for territorial expansion, or was it merely a description of events? * In 1845, John L. O’Sullivan coined the phrase Manifest Destiny; he felt that Americans had a right to develop the entire continent as they saw fit, which implied a sense of cultural and racial superiority. It was an idea that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. This led to “Oregon fever” The Oregon country stretched along the Pacific coast from the border with Mexican California to the border with Russian Alaska and was claimed by both Great Britain and the United States. “Oregon fever” raged in 1843 as thousands, lured by reports of fine harbors, mild climate, and fertile soil, journeyed for months across the continent to the Willamette Valley. 250,000 Americans had braved the Oregon Trail by 1860; many died en route from disease and exposure, although relatively few died from Indian attacks. Some of those pioneers veered off and went down to California, namely Sacramento River. To promote California’s development, the Mexican government took over the California missions and liberated the 20,000 Indians who worked on them, many of whom intermarried with mestizos and worked as laborers and cowboys on large cattle ranches. The rise of cattle ranching created a new society...
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...Abraham Lincoln’s Victory Throughout the 1850’s the United States was being torn apart over the issue of slavery and this soon became the central issue in the presidential election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln joined the Republican Party and emerged as a nominee for president after a series of senate debates in 1858. His anti-slavery stance made him unfavorable to the Southerners and his nomination only enraged them even more. Following Lincoln’s election for president and 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...
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...Missouri Compromise of 1820 In 1819, Missouri requested statehood, and the freedom to become a slave state. This set off a heated debate, as the twenty two states then part of the union were evenly divided eleven and eleven between free and slave. While northerners, in accordance with their plan to slowly kill off slavery by not allowing new states to be free, were against the idea of Missouri being a slave state, while Southerners used a state's rights argument. They reasoned that, like the original thirteen states, new states should be able to decide the issue of slavery for themselves. In the end, both sides reached a compromise. In the immediate future, so the states were not unbalanced, Maine became a free state, and going forward no state north of the...
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...politics and principles, in the 1850s and in his presidency.” Lincoln’s beliefs and values that influenced his presidency originated from his life in Illinois because the Peoria speech was one of the first speeches in the Lincoln Douglas Debates. Lincoln explained,“The Missouri Compromise ought to be restored, for the sake of the Union, it ought to be restored.” [because then]... “the nation [would have]...
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...threatened, in response they set out to isolate themselves from the rest of the United States. The south argued they were fighting for states rights but the only state right they were fighting for was slavery. The south used federalism ideology to protect the institution of slavery. Although they used a few states right’s arguments such as the Kansas Nebraska act, the ultimate power was at a federal level (moving from the Articles of Confederation to the US Constitution, the states authority was trumped by the federal government) making federalism the dominant ideology. The south supported the national fugitive slave law, the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision, and wanted a national slave code. In the Compromise of 1850 the National Fugitive Slave Law was passed. The compromise essentially kept slavery from spreading to the western territories acquired by the US from Mexico but to appease the pro-slavery southerners a national fugitive slave law was passed. The National Fugitive Slave Law would require states to return fugitive slaves regardless of states laws protecting fugitive slaves. This requires the federal government to over ride a states authority, as this law was requested by southerners it shows southerners using federalism over states rights. The south is using federalism to directly trump states rights, although the south is fighting for, states rights. Prior to the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court slavery was outlawed in the northern territories, the...
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