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    What caused the Civil War? The civil war was a result caused by slavery, the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Southern Secession. The future of slavery depended on the union. African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation. The south valued slaves for large plantations and other task. Slaves were mostly important because it meant that large farms could plant large amounts of crop and own workers without having to pay them. A big cash crop in the south was…

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    SECTION 1 What is secession? Who is Henry Clay? What is the Compromise of 1850? What is popular sovereignty? What is the Underground Railroad? Who was Harriet Tubman? Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe? Who was Franklin Pierce? What happened in the election of 1856? What happened on March 6, 1857? Who was Stephen Douglas? Who is Abraham Lincoln? What is the meaning of Confederacy? Who was Jefferson Davis? SECTION 2 What is Fort Sumter?…

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    “History is written by the victors.” This commonly referenced proverb is self-evident, but this makes the story of the “losers” all the more interesting. The Southern attempt at secession, something that represents an American failure and a triumph, polarized an entire country. While the inspiring words of the Abraham Lincoln are commonly referenced, Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America, often has his speeches and influence swept aside. Davis’s…

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    Prior to 1860, secession had not been viewed by many as a feasible option for America’s future; however, the precedent set in 1820 by the Missouri Compromise, that the country should engage in an endless political balancing act to perpetuate peace, became difficult to maintain long-term. Compelling sectional fears and differences, intensified by the increased popularity of the abolition movement in the 1850s, expedited the arrival of a rupture that, in retrospect, seemed almost inevitable.…

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    did from the wars. They were able to use this power and wealth to shift society in their favor, and benefitted from the suffering of the plebeians. In 494 B.C. the plebeians had finally reached their breaking point and committed to their first secession from the patricians. This was their best way to stand up to the patricians since they had no power to make changes through the government. The plebeians marched as one to a hill that they dubbed the “Sacred Mount”, and told the patricians that…

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    that Northerners were not reluctant to resort to violence. The Harper Ferry uprising is yet another example of how empowerment of an opposing group scared the other, arranging for the sectional crisis. Lastly, the election of 1860 lead to the secession of South Carolina from the…

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    In Thomas J. DiLorenzo’s book The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, the author expresses his opinion on the Lincoln administration, as well as validating the book by breaking up the main focuses of each chapter and briefly explaining his viewpoint in the introduction. DiLorenzo attempts to show a different side of Lincoln that is not discussed or mention in most history books. It is almost as if DiLorenzo takes a side no other professor or…

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    In the book “Apostles of Disunion,” by Charles B. Dew, we are presented with ideas of secession, slavery and racism. The overall goal in this book was to prove the causes of the Civil War. We are given experiences and background from southerner, Charles B. Dew in order to justify the underlying reason for the cause of the War. During this time period of 1860-1861 there was a lot of talk as to what the real cause of the Civil War was, in which there have been many theories and hypothesis’ from…

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    therefore they rejected secession. Ultimately, these counties which resided in the north and west of the state united to form west Virginia and entered the Union as a free state in 1863. Can states break away (secede) from the Union? Why or Why not? According to the Constitution every state had the right to leave the Union. However, Lincoln felt as if they did not have that right. States physically could not separate, secession was seen as unlawful, if government allowed secession it was…

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    Although there is nothing explicitly stated in the Canadian constitution or any other legally-binding work that states the illegality of secession from Canada, the complex legal separation of Quebec is not without its barriers. The complications that would arise from the separation would affect both Canada and Quebec negatively, much like the economic factors, as well as a potential for legislation to work against the separation. An important, but not carefully considered opponent to the…

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