the road to civil war (1861-1865)

The Road to Civil War (1861-1865)

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Sectionalism

• Loyalty to one’s geographic region rather than the nation.

Early Signs of Sectionalism

• 3/5 Compromise

• The Slave Trade Compromise

• The Northwest Land Ordinance

• The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin

Sectional Issues

• Expansion of Slavery

• Tariffs

• The National Bank

• Immigration

• Federal Road and Canal Construction

• The “right” of Nullification

• National Unity v States’ Rights

The Middle Passage

The Missouri Compromise

• The first attempt to resolve the issue of the expansion of slavery

The Webster- Hayne Debate

• National Unity vs States’ Rights

Henry Clay’s Compromise Tariff

• Why did the North and South almost split over the tariff issue?

Nat Turner’s Revolt

The Gag Rule

• Congress vows not to mention the word slavery

Abolitionists- The people who wanted to abolish slavery

Manifest Destiny

• The belief among Americans that the USA was destined to rule from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean

The Mexican War and Cession

Why was California becoming a State such a problem?

The Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act

Congress helps publish “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Kansas- Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas

Preston Brooks canes Charles Sumner!

• Back street brawl in Congress!

The Free Soil Party becomes the Republican Party

• A story of how single issue political parties can influence politics in the USA.

The Dred Scott Supreme Court Case

• Did this Supreme Court decision make the Civil War inevitable?

• Why do some say that this decision was the worst interpretation of the US Constitution ever?

The Lincoln- Douglas Debates!

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia

The Presidential Election of 1860

South Carolina Secedes from the Union!