In American history slavery will always be a part of the United States past. The issue of slavery being necessary for the Southern states and considered morally wrong to the Northern states eventually tore apart the Union. Once the Southern states decided to secede the Union and form the confederate states the Civil War was set into motion. With the Compromise of 1850 and Lincolns’ election the Civil War became inevitable.
There are many reasons on why the Southern states decided to secede the Union, ranging from states’ rights to Lincolns election, but the most know reason was because of slavery. To the south slavery views changed from seeing it as a necessary evil to a positive good. Slavery had become necessary for the Southern economy …show more content…
In the states north of Maryland, slavery was either gone or being ended by 1820. Many northerners came to dislike slavery and distrust southern political power. Some became active and organized opponents of slavery and worked for its abolition nationwide” (Morgan 3). The north slowly began to move towards arguing to set the slaves free. Although not everyone in the North was for anti-slavery, over time a majority of Northerners began to support the abolishing. Once the tension between the North and South started to arise the Compromise of 1850 came into …show more content…
Representatives of the seceded states gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to found a new nation, The Confederate States of America. “At first, a fragile peace prevailed. Many Americans, including citizens in the Upper South states that had not left the Union, tried to convince the seceded states to return. President James Buchanan declared secession unconstitutional, but did little else” (Sayre 5). Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he verbalized wanting the South to return and promised that slavery would be protected where it already existed. With the refusal to return the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 and President Lincoln arranged 75,000 militia men to suppress the rebellion, war was
There are many reasons on why the Southern states decided to secede the Union, ranging from states’ rights to Lincolns election, but the most know reason was because of slavery. To the south slavery views changed from seeing it as a necessary evil to a positive good. Slavery had become necessary for the Southern economy …show more content…
In the states north of Maryland, slavery was either gone or being ended by 1820. Many northerners came to dislike slavery and distrust southern political power. Some became active and organized opponents of slavery and worked for its abolition nationwide” (Morgan 3). The north slowly began to move towards arguing to set the slaves free. Although not everyone in the North was for anti-slavery, over time a majority of Northerners began to support the abolishing. Once the tension between the North and South started to arise the Compromise of 1850 came into …show more content…
Representatives of the seceded states gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, to found a new nation, The Confederate States of America. “At first, a fragile peace prevailed. Many Americans, including citizens in the Upper South states that had not left the Union, tried to convince the seceded states to return. President James Buchanan declared secession unconstitutional, but did little else” (Sayre 5). Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he verbalized wanting the South to return and promised that slavery would be protected where it already existed. With the refusal to return the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861 and President Lincoln arranged 75,000 militia men to suppress the rebellion, war was