...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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...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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...Texas seceded from the United States on February 23 1861 by votes.Texas was the 7th state to secede from the United States and join the confederacy.The Kansas-Nebraska act was one of the reasons because they both join the union so the balance went off.Texas fought in the civil war to protect state rights,love from Texas (sectionalism) and to keep the slaves. Texas fought in the civil war to protect the states' right,to protect the rights or the choice the state can make that is not in the constitution of law.Slavery was one of the states right because it was not in the constitutional law.”I hold that the union of these states is perpetual no State upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the union.”Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural...
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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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...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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...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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...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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...Could you imagine a cannonball and bullets flying through the air at your house. This was what happened in 1861, because of the compromises that failed. There's many compromises, but the three most major compromises that failed and contributed to Georgia’s secession are Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act. Due to these three failed compromises there will be no way trying to negotiate peace with the U.S. Federal Government resulting to secession and war. The Missouri compromise was an effort by Congress to calm the sectional and political rivalries provoked by the request of Missouri. It was put in place on March 5, 1820. This means that Missouri would enter as a slave state. At this time U.S. Contained...
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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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...US History II Honors 16 September 2015 Pre-Civil War Essay The first cause of the American Civil War was the Mexican-American War in 1848. The Mexican-American war was fought in order to determine which country gained control over the south-western states. The south-western states include; Texas, New Mexico, California, and Arizona. In the end the Mexican-American war concluded with an American victory. At the same time the Mexican-American War was taking place the California Gold Rush was also beginning. During the Gold Rush people from all over the US were traveling to California in the hopes of getting rich. Due to the quantity of 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...
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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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...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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...The effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions was very poor, as demonstrated by the Missouri Compromise, the 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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...history. Yet still, a 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...
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