(As the south was mainly agricultural, they heavily relied on imported goods that they couldn’t produce themselves) Missouri Compromise. * Was the first serious dispute between the North and South over the issue of slavery. * Concerns between the North and South involving new states were laid to rest with compromises that were meant to make each side happy. * Out of this came the Missouri compromise. * This was when Missouri (slave state) wished to enter the Union.
But this did not end slavery in the nation. This is why Lincoln then came up with the 13th amendment to abolish slavery. It was a very controversial amendment. With this other situations came up for the United States. In the south the Union wanted slavery and in the North they were against slavery.
Abraham Lincoln Came into presidency with a lot on his plate, he wanted to reunite the north and the south and to put in place the emancipation proclamation. He knew what was good for the union and had his own opinion on slavery which was against it. Lincoln was fighting for a new birth of freedom not just reuniting the union. The south depended on slaves on the plantation, that’s how they were maintaining since they did not have to pay the slaves. The North with all the industrial business had a total different way of life and can see how they totally disagreed with the way slaves were being used and treated.
They were like children and would not survive by themselves. When President Lincoln was elected into power in 1860 as promised South Carolina seceded from the United States of America, they felt that Lincoln would try and abolish slavery completely and felt that although he did not preach to abolish slavery trying to stop it spreading was just another way of expressing his views. However this was far from correct as although yes Lincoln did want to stop spreading slavery across the USA he realised that abolishing completely in the short term was just unrealistic and lead to further divide of the USA, nevertheless it was possible that no one was surprised when the radical state of South Carolina seceded from the USA. Carolina had always been a trouble state and this was not the first rift that they had with the Federal Government, however perhaps the more surprising issue was when fellow southern states followed suit and not long after 6 other southern states seceded. This consequently led to the battle of Fort Sumner and what was described by many as the start of the Civil War.
For many reasons, the South did not like what the constitution said. There were many conflicts with the compromise of 1850, map shown in (Document A) and the fugitive slave act. Certain northerners were so against slavery and the fugitive slave act that they even posted warnings for the slaves. Kidnappers were being sent after the slaves, and how Northern abolitionists were revolting against the South's rules and regulations this fugitive slave act also helped drive the tension deeper into the Un-United States. (Document C) A frees soiler did not want to spread slavery, but he is okay with keeping it in a state it is already in.
Not because of the morality of it all but because he didn’t want the south to maintain more power. Tallmadge came up with an Amendment called, “The Tallmadge Amendment”in which it stated no slavery allowed to incoming states. This was quickly refuted by Thomas’ plan. Thomas had a different idea for what to do about Missouri. Instead of abolitioing slavery and ultimately giving the north more power, he made a compromise.
Before, Mexico had banned slavery in its territory. In the U.S., slavery had been a major political issue pitting the Northern States against the Southern States. While some states supported slavery, other states opposed it. Texas under Mexico was a safe haven where slaves could seek refuge. However, as an independent state, the slaves could no longer seek AuthorLastName3 refuge in this state.
Did Slavery Cause the Civil War? The claim of historians that the civil war in America was an outcome of slavery is true, as it was the issue of abolition of slavery that was considered not acceptable by Southern states of the country, as their major plantation and trade was there because of African slaves. According to the people of the South, North was trying to eliminate slavery with unjustified reasons. The Southerners regarded the Northerners as their enemies because, they thought that the government of North was interested in subjugating Southern States by ending slavery and by given equal rights to the slaves. There were eleven States of America that were slave states, as they held slaves in a large ratio; they named themselves as “Confederates of America” while the other side was named as “The Union” (Valley of the shadow).
Do not Judge a Book by it’s Color One of the most controversial acts of its time, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, was passed into law to prevent the protection of runaway slaves and stated they must be returned to their master. Shortly after the Act was passed into law, Harriet Beecher Stowe, in her short story, depicts slavery solely as evil and uses Uncle Tom’s Cabin to play on people’s feelings and to help start the abolitionist movement in the South. The strong feeling that slaves were not of value and them being treated no better than animals was extremely prevalent in the South; however, some plantation owners owned slaves only so they could fit in, when in reality, they did not believe in slavery and treated their slaves very well. Even though the treatment of slaves contrasts from the Haley’s plantation to the Shelby’s house and St. Clare’s estate, Stowe depicts all slavery as evil, no matter how the slaves are treated. Uncle Tom was not like any other slave.
Slavery was seen as a moral abomination in the North and as a way of life in the South. Northern reformers and wanted to abolish slavery, while Southerners were devoted to its preservation. The northern and southern states had created an equal balance between free and slave states to prevent the opposing side from gaining too much power. When Missouri applied for admission to the union as a slave state in 1819, the delicate balance between the two regions was threatened. Missouri admission a slave state would make it the 12th slave state and would thrust slavery farther north.