Breakdown of North-South relations / tensions Flashcards
(15 cards)
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Kansas-Nebraska argument:
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- It repealed the Missouri Compromise.
- 90% of Southern politicians argued for
- Led to the creation of a primarily Northern party (Republicans)
- Republican William Henry Seward led normal people –> ‘we will engage in competition for virgin soil of Kansas’
- New England Emigrant Aid Society –> 450 people
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Kansas-Nebraska limitation:
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- 64% of Northern politicians argued for
Douglas - railhead from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. Benefit Northern industries.
- Douglas’ democratic party elected 1856. Not sectional.
3
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Kansas-Nebraska link
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- Salmon Chase abolitionist ‘gross violation of a sacred pledge’
- Slave Power Conspiracy –> Theodore Parker delivered sermon on Slave Power Conspiracy.
- 7 slave states withdrew from Union after Kansas joined.
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Bleeding Kansas argument:
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- Declaration of violence between ordinary people in the North and the South
- Avenging a pro-slavery besiege on Lawrence (21 May 1856) at Pottawatomie Creek (25th May 1856) –> killed 5 pro
- First Territorial legislation –> Abolitionists brought ‘Beecher’s Bibles’ (arms)
- 500 troops forced dispersal of Free Trade legislator July 1856
- North introduced the Leavenworth Constitution / South introduced Lecompton Constution
5
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Bleeding Kansas limitations:
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Isolated event
- Condemned by Frederick Douglass ‘terrible remedy’
- And Lincoln who stated that ‘John Brown was no republican’.
- Free Soil Party Wyandotte Constitution
6
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Bleeding Kansas link:
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- Event of Bleeding Kansas.
- Caused by Douglas popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska.
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Mexican American war argument:
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- American Peace Society (primarily Northern society based in New York) were against.
- ‘45,40 or fight’ was slogan. Boundary of Oregon.
- Texas: Polk offered no aid so Southerners migrated to fight.
8
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Mexican American War limitation:
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Polk compromised to Northern demand on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- Ceded 55% of Mexican territory to USA.
9
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Mexican American war link:
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Caused Slave Power Conspiracy:
- Polk was a slave owner and started the war
10
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Missouri Compromise argument:
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11
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Missouri Compromise limitations:
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Two States joined Union after with no tensions:
- Arkansas (1836)
- Michigan (1837)
12
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Missouri Compromise link:
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13
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John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry argument:
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John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry limitations:
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- Hoped that 4000 slaves would join his cause, but they didn’t.
- Black driver warned Virginians of attack.
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John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry link:
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