The path to the Civil War was a long one. There were various points in American history that lead to the war; such as the Missouri Compromise; the Kansas-Nebraska Act; the political idea of nullification; the political idea of secession; John Brown; the election of Abraham Lincoln; secession; and slavery.
Before the Missouri compromise states were evenly divided between slave states and Free states. In 1819 Missouri requested to join the Union as a slave state, which would upset the balance between the two factions. In March 1820 Congress allowed Missouri to be a slave state but Main would be a free state and any new state formed in the lands of the Louisiana Purchase of latitude 36°30′ would be Free states. It received backlash from both the south and the north, “The Missouri Compromise …show more content…
In 1832 South Carolina declared that tariffs from 1828 to 1832 to be void, which was an Ordinance of Nullification. South Carolina also threatened to secede if the federal government tried to collect the owed tariff money. South Carolina eventually gave up on the right of nullification. “He had addressed the economic demands of the South while upholding the constitutional principle that no state could nullify a law of the United States – a principle that Abraham Lincoln would embrace to defend the Union during the secession crisis of 1861.” (Henretta 305) The idea of secession was a term used since the foundation of the United States. “South Carolina threatened separation when the Continual Congress south to tax all the colonies on the basis of a total population count that would include slaves.” (history.com) As time went on the divide between the north and the south increased. Abolition attacked the social structure of the south and the southern people felt that their liberties were being attacked. The idea of secession would continue on until it reached its boiling point in
Before the Missouri compromise states were evenly divided between slave states and Free states. In 1819 Missouri requested to join the Union as a slave state, which would upset the balance between the two factions. In March 1820 Congress allowed Missouri to be a slave state but Main would be a free state and any new state formed in the lands of the Louisiana Purchase of latitude 36°30′ would be Free states. It received backlash from both the south and the north, “The Missouri Compromise …show more content…
In 1832 South Carolina declared that tariffs from 1828 to 1832 to be void, which was an Ordinance of Nullification. South Carolina also threatened to secede if the federal government tried to collect the owed tariff money. South Carolina eventually gave up on the right of nullification. “He had addressed the economic demands of the South while upholding the constitutional principle that no state could nullify a law of the United States – a principle that Abraham Lincoln would embrace to defend the Union during the secession crisis of 1861.” (Henretta 305) The idea of secession was a term used since the foundation of the United States. “South Carolina threatened separation when the Continual Congress south to tax all the colonies on the basis of a total population count that would include slaves.” (history.com) As time went on the divide between the north and the south increased. Abolition attacked the social structure of the south and the southern people felt that their liberties were being attacked. The idea of secession would continue on until it reached its boiling point in