During the antebellum era, the multitude of pressing issues of slavery, representation and other controversies were settled by way of compromise. But by 1860, this was no longer feasible because so many disagreements and heat between the North and the South had occurred. Consequently, the hullabaloo led to civil war.
Though manifest destiny was becoming a reality via westward expansion, it triggered the start of disagreements slavery would bring. In 1819 the United States contained eleven free states and eleven slave states which led to a balance in the Senate, and an imbalance in the House that favored the North. Nonetheless, most wished to keep an equal number of each type of state so when Missouri had wanted to join as a slave state …show more content…
The vice-president, John C. Calhoun, reacted to this tariff by openly saying that states have the right to null a federal law, and challenged taxing imports without a clear objective. The answer to Calhoun came in 1833 when a compromise Tariff was produced that lessoned the Tariff of 1832 over a time span of ten years. South Carolina was the only state to nullify previous tariffs agreed to the new tariff resentfully. Though South Carolina’s small act of rebellion caused an uproar, most (including Henry Clay) thought it unrealistic for a South Carolina to null any law profitably or have thoughts about seceding from the Union. Tensions only worsened from there, and an uneasy feeling was created between the North and the South. (Document …show more content…
The “Lecompton Constitution” used popular sovereignty to decide whether Kansas or Nebraska should be brought into Union with a constitution or with more slaves. The constitution was rejected and Kansas was brought into the Union as a free state in 1858 (Nebraska’s fate would be decided after the war.) With the results of the decisions, brawls between proslavery and antislavery people spread like wildfire across Kansas, thus giving it the nickname, “Bleeding Kansas.” The fighting even spread to the United States Senate! A head-turning speech in which Charles Sumner shot down the opinion of proslavery singled out Andrew Butler for being a Southern Senator. A few days later his nephew beat Sumner with his cane! A drawing was soon made, that accurately depicted the Southerners laughing who thought Sumner deserved the beating. (Document
Though manifest destiny was becoming a reality via westward expansion, it triggered the start of disagreements slavery would bring. In 1819 the United States contained eleven free states and eleven slave states which led to a balance in the Senate, and an imbalance in the House that favored the North. Nonetheless, most wished to keep an equal number of each type of state so when Missouri had wanted to join as a slave state …show more content…
The vice-president, John C. Calhoun, reacted to this tariff by openly saying that states have the right to null a federal law, and challenged taxing imports without a clear objective. The answer to Calhoun came in 1833 when a compromise Tariff was produced that lessoned the Tariff of 1832 over a time span of ten years. South Carolina was the only state to nullify previous tariffs agreed to the new tariff resentfully. Though South Carolina’s small act of rebellion caused an uproar, most (including Henry Clay) thought it unrealistic for a South Carolina to null any law profitably or have thoughts about seceding from the Union. Tensions only worsened from there, and an uneasy feeling was created between the North and the South. (Document …show more content…
The “Lecompton Constitution” used popular sovereignty to decide whether Kansas or Nebraska should be brought into Union with a constitution or with more slaves. The constitution was rejected and Kansas was brought into the Union as a free state in 1858 (Nebraska’s fate would be decided after the war.) With the results of the decisions, brawls between proslavery and antislavery people spread like wildfire across Kansas, thus giving it the nickname, “Bleeding Kansas.” The fighting even spread to the United States Senate! A head-turning speech in which Charles Sumner shot down the opinion of proslavery singled out Andrew Butler for being a Southern Senator. A few days later his nephew beat Sumner with his cane! A drawing was soon made, that accurately depicted the Southerners laughing who thought Sumner deserved the beating. (Document