Causes of the civil war Flashcards
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Sectionalism
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People favoring one region instead of the nation as a whole - loyalty
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State’s rights
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The idea that each state had the right to determine whether or not to follow federal laws
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Tariffs
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Tax on imported and exported good
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North
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- Industrilized in factories
- economy based on manufacturing,industry, and shippin
- very improved transportation
- Labor force woman anc children and immaigrants
- Liked tariffs
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South
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- Invention of Cotton gin caused demand for cotton which caused the increase in the usage of slaves
- Economy : farming, agriculture
- No tarriffs
- Not that industrialized and was behind on railroads
Labor : slaves
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Missouri Compromise 1820
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- Henry Clay
- Main admitted as free state
- Missouri admitted as a slave state
Slavery banned north of 36-30 line - Kept salve balncecn equal
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Compromise of 1850
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- Henry Clay
- Ca;iforna admitted as free state,
- Utah and New Mexico vote on slavery
- Fugitive slave law passed
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Fugitive slave law
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Owners could recapture slaves that ran away
- north against
- South thought it was fiar as thier property returned
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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Popular sovereignty decided if these 2 territories would be slave or free
- Poeple moved to Kansas to vote
- Did not follow Missouri compromise
- Kansas free state
- Republican Party was created to stop the spread of slavery
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