Outbreak of Civil War

Question 1

Background information for introduction

Answer 1

• Since ACW, huge debate over reasons for War
• Larger plantations 5-50 slaves + 4M slaves in South by 1860.
• Argued South’s fault due to secession
• Attempts to Compromise failed, along with other factors, ultimately leading to war.

Question 2

Factors in Essay

Answer 2

• Disputes over Slavery argued by Ford Rhodes
• Economic Differences argued by Farmer
• Breakdown of Two-Party National Political System argued by Benson and Holt

Question 3

Disputes over Slavery
KU/A/A+

Answer 3

KU - 1831 Garrison published ‘The Liberator’.

KU - Election of Lincoln 1860 led to immediate secession of the South.
A - South scared for future of slavery as it was something Lincoln was against.
A+ - Lincoln made clear to South he wouldn’t interfere as he didn’t want to increase tension.
H - Ford Rhodes

KU - Rival governments set up. Lecompton (expansion) and Topeka (anti-slavery). Lecompton law was illegal to aid fugitive slaves.
A - Followed out of fear - scared to speak up.

Question 4

Disputes over Slavery Historian

Answer 4

Ford Rhodes - argued slavery was the main reason for the outbreak of war. In his book History of The USA from Compromise 1850 “of the American Civil War, it may safely be asserted that there was a single cause, slavery.”

Question 5

Economic Differences
KU/A/A+

Answer 5

KU - South argued tariff benefited North industries more.
A -South relied on North to finance production of produce and transport it
H - Farmer
A + - Compromise of Tariff 1833 lowered over 10 year period - average lowered good by 1.47%.

Question 6

Economic Differences Historian

Answer 6

Farmer - “Inevitably… much of the profit from “King Cotton” ended up in Yankee pockets.”

Question 7

Breakdown of the Two-Party National Political System
KU/A/A+

Answer 7

KU - South was scared for a Republican victory in election. Southerners viewed Republicans as the party of the black.
A - They felt Lincoln and Republicans would threaten slave expansion
A+ - Said he wouldn’t interfere

KU - Kansas-Nebraska act caused major disputes between North and South. The act repealed the Missouri Compromise, creating two new territories and allowing popular sovereignty.
A - South feared it would lead to a territory full of Anti-Slave settlers due to popular sovereignty taking over
H -

Question 8

Breakdown of The Two-Party System Historian

Answer 8

Benson and Holt argue that up until the Kansas-Nebraska act, the national party system was finally overcoming the sectional differences and coming to agreements which was overruled after the act.