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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