1860

Moreover, the rise of the Republicans and the other Free-soilers, formed from the outcry against the Kansas-Nebraska Act, caused pressure on the pro-slavery position to increase. The ultimate reason the South seceded was that they lost the election of 1860 to Abraham Lincoln, a man who was unsympathetic to their views at best. The thought of Lincoln taking their slaves, despite his promise not to, led them to secession. In the years preceding the Civil War both sides were forced to concede…

political liberation in the free states.The few freedoms blacks in the North had, according to Document A, were suffrage, but only in five states! Jury obligation was restricted to Blacks in all states except for Massachusetts but that only commenced in 1860 according to Document A. In Document B it verbally expresses Blacks had the right to “live and thrive” if they could and pay taxes. Additionally in Document D it verbally expresses that Blacks were aloud to Peregrinate to church and indite…

Unity is the main factor that keeps a nation from falling apart, however, without the cohesion of a nation, war amongst one another will break out and the very foundation a country relies on will fall apart. The United States was unable to resolve the north and south’s dispute on whether or not slavery should be permitted in the nation which led to an all-out Civil War. The presence of slavery in the American economy separated the northern and southern states, and the competition for power in…

In August of 1861, President Lincoln signed the 1st Confiscation Act formalizing to some degree Butler’s contraband argument by authorizing the United States army to seize any slave used to aid the Confederate military. This however did not resolve the ambiguity of the status of the majority of enslaved people who now numbered in the thousands in and around Union army camps. The decision as to whether these people were free, property of the army, or to be returned to their masters was…

Gum is a chewy candy like food that people are able to chew but not eat. It can be sweet, minty, or sour. Gum is a candy that is very well known in today's societies. But little do people know gum has been around longer than they think. Gum has been around since ancient greece and many people from ancient greece would chew on bark and sap off of Mastic tree bark. But people in ancient greece weren't the only people to chew forms of gum. There were people like the mayans, Eskimos, and even south…

In the years 1820-1860 Reform movements came about including education, abolition, religion, temperance, and women’s rights. These reform movements were brought up by the Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening began in the late 1790’s in New England and would ultimately spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First Great Awakening because the people now had more religious freedom, as opposed to having everything based on one religion. The Second…

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in Kentucky. When he was a boy, his family was very poor. He had a brother and a sister, but his brother died in childhood. They grew up in a small log cabin house, with just one room inside. When Lincoln was 7 years old, his family moved to Indiana and later to Illinois. So, Lincoln didn’t get much formal education. In his early years, he was influenced by his father who refused to own slaves even though it was legal at the time. Even though he…

because it is now in the past. As stated by Dr. Drake in many lectures, “history does not necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” From 1865 to the 2000s, different areas of history have a stronger rhyming scheme than others. Looking back to 1860s and comparing it to the 2000s, we can still see how the role of the federal government, the benefits and drawbacks of economic growth, and the United States role in world affairs has been reoccurring, however, the…

of the story where the Caterpillar is described as smoking out of a Hookah when he meets Alice. Many have argued over what the blue caterpillar was smoking in Lewis Carroll’s novel, some say it could have been tobacco which was widely popular in the 1860’s which it was very rare for a man to not smoke tobacco during this time. Other researchers say marijuana could have been in the hookah which was just starting to be discovered in England but not very popular at the…

The South feared for their lifestyle even more because of Lincoln and the rest of the Republican Party’s antislavery outlook. As a result, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. More Southern states were soon to follow, and later on the Confederacy is established so the Southerners can live in peace. The country was now not only divided by North and South or by ideals, but wholly divided into the Union and Confederacy. The…