The first of the two sources to be examined here is Allen Guelzo's House Divided: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Political Landscape of 1858. This source takes a more technical examination of not just the speeches and overall influence of Lincoln during this time, but also on where politics stood around the middle of the nineteenth century. This allows the book to feel somewhat modern in that it has a comprehensive amount of knowledge on the subject while also feeling historical in the sense that it has a large number of personal reports and information that make the piece feel as if it were more authentic. Therefore, in order to better understand this source as well as the second source which will be examined later, it is necessary to take a closer look at it. To begin with, this source takes a more critical examination at the Lincoln-Douglas race from the perspective of the complex…
The United States in the mid-19th century was as divided as ever. Conflict between anti- slavery North and pro-slavery South arose due to new states forming and whether slavery would be implemented into these new states. There was also division inside these two groups, more specifically, the Anti Slavery North. The Abolitionists were divided into two groups, the Radical Abolitionists, headlined by Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison, and the Anti-Slavery Republicans, headlined by Abraham Lincoln. The book, The Radical and the Republican, by James Oakes focuses on the impact that Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln had on each other through their different views which led to the abolition of slavery.…
After the Market Revolution, the United States had a clear economic foundation with the success of the manufacturing in the North and the plantations in the South. The different means of strength behind the North and South fueled the pride of the people and shaped two unique societies. The Civil War was inevitable because the South’s economic and cultural dependence on slavery was confronted by the North’s political strength, the annexation of new states, and the South’s own insistence to expand slavery which all created more change and more disagreements. The differences between North and South made it impossible for there to be a sustainable balance between them; the North had more cities with no need for slaves.…
Secession The secession is a process that describes the period in which eleven states in the United States of America left the Union. At the time, the southerners believed in the right to own slaves and utilize them as a source of labor. On the other hand, the northerners identified slavery as inhumane and advocated for its abolition in the country.…
Disagreements in political decisions became a large dividing factor between the North and the South, along with the growing disagreements between the North and the South in ideology. Even from the founding of the country the North and South had been divided. The Nullification crisis was the first event that highlighted the division between the North and South. The nullification crisis was the confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former's attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. The disagreement on the secession of South Carolina caused further disagreements between the North and South (Document A).…
Final Exam Question 1: Slavery The Cause of the Civil War Prior to 1830 Slavery was viewed as a necessary evil among many Americans. As a result of the Constitutional Convention the founders banned the importation of new slaves, put a temporary hold on debates to abolish slavery, and instituted the three-fifths rule for federal representation and taxation. The founding fathers, hoped through providence this regrettable evil would eventually become extinct in time (Stamp pg, 157). Following the American Revolution slavery had been on this path and was on the decline in many states. However, the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased the profitability of cotton.…
In the 1800’s, the United States was divided and vulnerable, as a result of opposing beliefs and philosophies in the north and the south, particularly surrounding slavery. The nation was divided into Yankees, who occupied the northern states and opposed slavery, and Confederates, consisting of those in the southern states who exploited the slave trade. The American Civil War was a detrimental consequence of this conflict and opposition of views, which had both short term and enduring effects on American society and lifestyle. Prior to the Civil War in 1861, American was a nation divided by philosophies; the north and the south. The South strongly believed in States’ Rights, where power is held by individual states.…
Question 1: How did slavery affect politics between 1800 and 1860? This time era is the pre-civil war era in America. The tensions were quite high between these years only growing tighter. The North was doing all it could to stop the South and its expansion of slavery into the new western territories. The main political goal of the North was in fact to stop the expansion of slavery not abolish it from the South.…
John Brown devised a plan to incite a slave rebellion in the Appalachian Mountains, arming slaves as they were freed and pushing on to free more men, the army of former slaves growing drastically as it rolled along (Stoddard and Murphy, 15). Slave rebellions had failed miserably in the past, but Brown's idea of properly arming the slaves gave some abolitionists the idea that it could work. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led a group of twenty-two men into Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, to secure weapons from the federal armory stationed in the small town nestled between the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers (Stoddard and Murphy, 15). The weapons stored in the armory would be more than enough to kick off Brown's envisioned revolution. Events did not unfold as the men had hoped, and they were soon surrounded by townspeople and fired upon, with marines (led, ironically, by then Colonel Robert E. Lee) arriving by the following afternoon (Stoddard and Murphy, 15).…
As President Abraham Lincoln cited in a speech, “‘a house divided against itself can not stand’”(Lincoln). This reference to a bible verse, Mark 3:25, characterizes American life in the antebellum era. Leading up to the Civil War, the United States was divided culturally between the North and the South. The main difference between the North and the South was rooted in the institution of slavery. By 1804, all Northern states had abolished slavery within their borders.…
Many issues in the mid-1800s divided the country to a north and a south, but the main issue that divided the country was the difference stance that the north and the south had about slavery. The north wanted slavery to be nationally abolished because they believe that it is morally wrong to have slaves work in harsh conditions, not get paid at all or well enough to support your family, and slaves would take whites jobs in the factories since slaves are free labors most of the time. However, the south believe that slavery should not be abolished and should continue to spread across the country because it is benefiting them in the agricultural industry that the south has and the south thinks that slaves cannot handle being free without them.…
After the United States declared their independence, it began to divide into two, and later three, main sections: the North, the South, and in the late 1800’s, the West. The North and South had several differences between them, which created significant tension, leading up to the Civil War of 1861-1865. The North was much more industrial than the South, partially because of factors such as being a more popular immigration spot, as well as geographical factors. The South was more agricultural, and seen as more of an agrarian society. Some disagreements were political, while others were geographic and economical.…
A major conflict between the North and South was over the expansion of slavery into the West. The North believed that slavery should stay in the South…
Lincoln was wise in addressing this issue in his speech. In order to truly unite the two halves, there needed to be a consensus about slavery. Using the bible and citing religion in the third paragraph, Lincoln insisted that slavery was against God’s will, “American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came.” Lincoln hoped that by using religion and God, that he would be able to further unit both…
First, Abraham Lincoln’s election as president was a huge blow to the southern community, as it made them nervous he would eventually abolish slavery. They considered this a threat to their luxury of enjoying the profit of slavery. Although Lincoln was clear about his opposition of slavery he also admitted he had not intention of messing with the South’s slave system. For example, Lincoln said, “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists (Hine, 2014).” Be that as it may, the South was not convinced.…