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Causes of the Civil War

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Showtime since the formation of the country economic and political differences had been threatening the union of northern states in Southern States during the 1800 the United States was becoming a diverse country and it was growing rapidly the time of great Westward Expansion the Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States and opened up vast expanses of land Pioneer settlement  the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 Blaze the trail to the West Coast this led the way for Pioneers to follow  the Pioneers were leaving small farms and crowded cities they were seeking cheap or free land to call their own  they followed the Oregon Trail and several other Trails West their journey by covered wagon lasted several months  this westward migration became much faster and easier when the railroad connected the East to the West  many people migrated West but the greater population remained in the east in the eastern part of the country there were growing differences between the northern states and the southern states these differences were over politics economics and the problem of slavery these issues LED Civil War  during the 1800 the Industrial Revolution attracted people from the Farms to the city where they could find birken Manufacturing  most of these jobs were in the north because 80% of the country's factories were located in its large industrial city these new workers dramatically increase the population of the North  Northerners controlled most of the railroads in the country this made it need for the north to trade goods and crops with the west and with the South  they also built canals to move food and resources in your **** and a ship their manufactured products to markets in other regions  the north was a place where wealth was greatly con the north controlled most of the bank's this meant that Southerners had to borrow money from Northerners the southern states were agricultural most of the people in the South were farmers they raised cash crops for money crops were sold in the northern states and Europe they sold crops like rice tobacco and sugarcane however it was cotton that made southern plantation owners wealthy  the majority of the world's raw cotton came from the south there were many disagreements between the North and the South it was becoming clear that the nation was divided both economically and politically  what is the main economic issues was a terrorist or tax charged on all imported European Goods this made European Goods much more expensive than those made in the United States Congress pass the Tariff to encourage the South to buy goods from lowers and not from Europe this made the South economically dependent on the North because they bought their manufactured goods from them Senator John Calhoun was from the south and he argued that Congress did not have the right to use a tariff to protect the manufacturing industry of the North at the cost of the Agricultural sector of the South another economic issue with slavery players are Apple who are owned by other people that are forced to do work for them without pay  the South with its large plantations had become dependent on the a labor of African slaves this slave labor allowed some southern plantation owners to become quite wealthy the slaves work the fields and performed household chores others learn trades and we're hired out their earnings going to their owners many people in the north believed that slavery was wrong they were working to stop the spread of slavery or abolish it completely politically the northern states with their large industrial cities we're gaining more power in the federal government  the North's growing population meant more representation in Congress The South was concerned that the north would eventually control Congress and the laws they pass the South didn't want a powerful federal government they wanted each state to set its own laws this is called states rights  the issue of more in Congress was addressed in many compromises when a new state wanted to be admitted to the union it had to decide whether it would be a free state and add to Northern power in the Congress or a slave state and add to Southern power or control of the Congress  the compromises turn to ease the growing tension between the North and the South in 1820 Henry Clay a Kentucky Senator persuaded Congress to pass the Missouri Compromise this law prohibited slavery in the lands of the Louisiana Purchase north of Missouri's Southern border in 1849 California asked to be admitted to the Union as a free state this would have upset the Power Balance in the Senate of 18 free states and 15 slave states  after much debate a new compromise was adopted it was called the compromise of under the compromise California was admitted as a free state also the territories of New Mexico and Utah were given the right to decide if they wanted to be free or slave states  this compromise also gave the South a tougher Fugitive Slave Law just made it more difficult for slaves that escaped North to stay free in addition slave trade was forbidden in the District of Columbia in 1854 Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act the Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people in those territories the power to decide for themselves if they were to become free states or slave states this leads to a great deal violence has both Northerners and Southerners fought to gain control of the territories  in 18 87 Dred Scott a slave argued for his freedom before The Supreme Court he said he should be free because he and his owner had once lived in free states  the Supreme Court did not give Dred Scott his freedom they said that he was not a citizen and therefore not allowed Sue in federal courts in addition they decided that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and the Congress had no right to lewd slavery from the territory this decision in Rage the people of the north while Southerners rejoiced most Northerners wanted to limit the spread of slavery some people wanted slavery abolished these people were known as abolitionist in the early eighteen-hundreds there were many anti-slavery organizations The South was angered by these groups they believe that abolition would destroy Americana me  Frederick Douglass was an active abolitionist he escaped from Southern slavery and went North to live where he made speeches in wrote articles against slavery  he believed that all people were equal and should be treated equal under the law other leading abolitionist for William Lloyd Garrison who published the newspaper called The Liberator and Sojourner Truth she was a former slave who gave speeches on equality and abolition in 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book called old Tom's Cabin  this book made many people in the United States in Europe aware of the poor treatment of the slaves in the south all of these abolitionists believed it was wrong to own another human being  some of the abolitionists established what was called Underground Railroad it was not underground nor was it a railroad it consists of groups of people who work together to secretly ask Southern slaves from the south to freedom in the North  Harriet Tubman and escaped slave was a guide or conductor on the Underground Railroad during the 1850s she made 19 trips from the south to the north leading more than 300 people to Freedom one abolitionist John Brown had a plan to give guns to Slaves so they could fight for their freedom he and a small group of followers seize the weapons Storehouse in Harpers Ferry Virginia his plan failed when local militia and federal troops stop them some slaves such as Nat Turner started uprisings on their own but these also failed the Civil War had many causes there were the economic issues of tariffs in Northern control the railroads and Banks political issues of states rights and who controlled the Congress and the heated issue of slavery  is the Rachel election of 1860 approached Southerners feared losing control to a northerner in 1860 Abraham Lincoln a northerner was elected president of the United States he believed in a strong central government making laws for the state this meant the states would have less power than the federal government he wanted to keep the country United and he wanted to stop the spread of this was more than the southern states could endure so they began to secede or leave the union  South Carolina what was the first state to leave the union in December of 1860 over the next 6 weeks Mississippi Florida Alabama Louisiana and Texas left the Union  they formed their own country called the Confederate States of America elected Jefferson Davis has the president of the Confederacy  the north said that secession was unconstitutional and they were ready to use military Force to keep the south in the Union  in April of 1861 the new confederate government demanded the Indian soldiers leave Fort Sumter in South Carolina  the Union forces refused to leave the Confederates answered with sand fire and the Civil War began Margaret Griffin coordinated programs call +1-800-483-3383 or visit us online at school videos

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