Connect to Self:The last time i had a disagreement with a friend we gave each other the needed space and accepted each others ideas instead of being stubborn and continuing to fight. A major political issue could be were we get our oil from,Things like our president and Obama care,and whether or not to get involved with ukraine.
Causes of the Civil War
Political Causes Social Causes Economic Causes
south believed in states right and the ability to declare a law unjust and to later be known as nullification
slavery was always a problem but the north believed it was an evil while the south believed it as an way of life |
South had lords who owned manors on cheap plots of land and whom which wanted low land prices to continue expanding slavery
North wanted high tariffs to prevent there labor force from moving westward and discourage foreign products north thought slavery was bad south just the oppiste |
In the south they revolved around agriculture and slavery to power that societies economy
In the north they revolved around industry and there economy revolved around manufacturing goods,and free labor forces In 1828 through 1832 a crisis emerged were the north passed a high tariff on imported goods which really angered the south because the relied on imported goods when they traded cotton for imported items |
Timeline Progressing Towards War..
1820:Missouri applied to become a state which upset the delicate balance of peace between the slave and non slave states which led to the Missouri compromise which settled the matter and drew an imaginary line between the states
1828-1832:U.S. passed two tariffs Which hurt the south's economy
1846-1848:Mexican Cession us obtained vast amounts of lands from mexico after the Mexican war
1850:The comprimise of 1850 was a plan which promted to admit California as a free state implant harsher fugitive slave laws and devide the new mexico territorys into utah and new mexico and allow the states to vote on the topic of slavery for them selves
1852:Uncle toms cabin a horrificly dramatic nove which ''exposed'' the evils of slavery shocking many northeners
1854:Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was an act which pleased southerners but outraged northerner for the act repealed the missuri comprimise allowing the states to vote on the issue of slavery for them selves
1856:Bleeding kansas small scale civil war over the kansas nebraska act of 1854
1860:Aberham lincon was elected and the south was horrified over having a one sided presedent who openly spoke out against slavery
Connect to Self: The side i would have taken in this period would have been with the south even though they were for slavery they still had standerds and no matter how you look at it the south would not have a say in goverment anymore with aberham linconn in office because he was a very one sided opinion and the south voted for there rights and should have been able to keep that right.