Secession

The tide of sentiment southerns carried towards their “Southern way of life” changed around 1831. Instead of offering apologies in response to the system of slavery, which in the past they described as a “necessary evil” forced upon them, the South instead started a vehement defense of their practices. The protective feeling over the southern lifestyle was an outcome of a decade of calls for the immediate abolition of slaves, the horrid accounts of slave mistreatment, and uprisings from the…

many controversial views, Jackson prioritized the American people and their safety over anything else. During Jackson's presidency, westward expansion and the issues of slavery, secession, and Native Americans were growing. His response to these issues are widely debated but warranted and boosted morale and prevented secession, keeping the Union together. Although criticized for his slave holdings and harsh Indian removal policy, Andrew Jackson and his presidency transformed and redefined…

but the North and the South wanted different things. Since so many people considered themselves to be Virginians, Ohioans, and more, they found it more difficult for seeing themselves as Americans. When this happened, it was easier to support secession, they only really cared about their own state. With slave power, the North believed slave states were getting the upper hand in the Federal government. The North believed the South was wrong about slavery and…

The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that occurred in Europe during the 17th and 18th century. The central idea was to emerge from ignorance into a new age of “enlightenment”. The goal to human enlightenment was freedom, knowledge, and happiness. The voice of reason was to be thought of as a power that would enable humans to have a better understanding of the universe and mankind. Europe’s political, social, religious, and economic views had major changes. The new…

the federal Progressive Conservative Party and Liberal Party. BQ founder Lucien Bouchard was a cabinet minister in the federal Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney. The BQ seeks to create the conditions necessary for the political secession of Quebec from Canada and campaigns actively only within the province during federal elections. English-speaking Canadians commonly refer to the party as "the Bloc"; the party is sometimes known as the BQ in the English-speaking media. The…

John Brown led a group of 18 men, both black and white, to Virginia and distribute captured arms to slaves and start a slave uprising. Brown was hanged for treason and Northerners expressed admiration for his cause while Southerners called for secession (Doc. I). This would cause slave owners to restrict the freedoms of their slaves, but at the same time showed slaves that they have the power to go against their masters. Brown’s revolt certainly added fuel to the fire and further divided the…

During the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution and Westward Expansion were both important developments in America. The Industrial Revolution was when Americans’ mindsets changed as a result of new innovations and the changing economy. For example, after factories could turn cotton into yarn, farmers knew they could grow wealthy from cotton growing because the demand for raw cotton increased (Hakim NN 106). Also, since factory goods cost less than handmade goods, “ordinary people could…

The Civil War was one of the most impactful events in the history of America. It turned a nation against itself and caused citizens to spill the blood of their own countrymen. This war was the culmination of decades of sectional tensions and differences. Leading up to 1861, legislators and politicians had been able to compromise on issues and please all regions of the nation. However, the South eventually grew weary of this and decided to break off from the rest of the nation and form their own…

He was determined to establish, for all time, that the people’s republic could not be reduced to an “absurdity” because of an arbitrary secession of one or more of the states (McGovern 48). Believing that suppression of rebellion was first and foremost an executive function, Lincoln then took a series of unprecedented actions that may not have been strictly legal in the absence of congressional…

I was largely swayed by Horowitz’s arguments to reconsider secession as an inviolable right. In his essay, he argues that secessionist states remain heterogeneous and minority groups in the new state suffer, and that merely having the right to secede incentivises violence. To this, Horowitz suggests that we should focus on “fostering interethnic accommodation within states” and improving institutional frameworks to mitigate conflict. (14) He brings up electoral systems as an example -- “If…