2. As Southern states continued making more money for the Union they felt as if
they were in control. Many Southern states wanted states to have more
power than the federal government. Southerners felt as if the federal
government treated them unfairly by passing new laws. People in the North
felt that “state rights” would make the Union weaker. Jefferson Davis
created the Doctrine of State rights. The Doctrine of State rights was to lower
the tensions between the states.
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4. Harriet Beecher Stowe created Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a
book that showed what really went on, on plantations. The novel was
published in 1852. Many Northerners were angered by the treatment of the
slaves on the plantation. While people in the South were upset because the
book only showed slaveholders in a negative way.
5. William Lloyd Garrison created an anti-slavery newspaper called The
Liberator. The Liberator was created in 1831. Mr. Garrison was known for
being one of the most radical of abolitionist. The Liberator influenced many
people and made them side against slavery.
6. South Carolina was the first state to withdraw from the Union. Many states in
the Southern part of the Union was unhappy with the way things were and
wanted to start their own country. They soon named their own country The
Confederate States of America. Southern states were unhappy with the
decisions made with slavery, states rights and Abraham Lincoln. Many states
in the South wanted to make their own laws while the North wanted a strong
national government that would allow all the states to have equal laws. The
South feared that the North would vote to make slavery illegal in Southern
states because it was illegal in the North. Many Southerners didn’t want
Abraham Lincoln as president because it wanted a stronger national
government and also wanted to end slavery.
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8. Over the years sectionalism began to grow. As the nation began to grow and
people began to settle in areas many felt some places were better than
others. Sectionalism is one region putting their needs before another region.
The growing differences between the North and South caused sectionalism.
The South depended on slavery heavily while the North was more industrial.
The sectional conflict was caused by four different reasons. Those reasons
being slavery, tariffs, representation and states rights. The south wanted
more power because they feared that the North would pass laws to make
slavery illegal. The North was against slavery. The North supported tariffs
while the South opposed tariffs. Both the North and South wanted power to
pass laws.
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10. The Election of 1860 was an election that angered many Southerners. Many
people were angered by this election because Lincoln was the only President
elected that was a candidate within the anti- slavery party known as the
Republicans. They felt that he would get into office and take away slavery.
The Republican party was known as the anti-slavery because most people
within the Republican party were against slavery. Not one Southerner state
voted for Lincoln during the election of 1860.
11. Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom. He went to some free states
with his owner and felt that he was a freeman after going to those states.
The federal court felt that Scott was a citizen. The case soon went to the
Supreme Court. The Supreme Court felt differently about the case. The Chief
Justice said that African Americans could never become United States
citizens and that the Missouri Compromise wasn’t Constitutional. This
decision caused a lot of tension within the United States.
