Civil War

Long Term Causes of the Civil War

Long Term Causes of the Civil War

Westward Expansion, Slavery, and Failed Compromises.

Sectionalism

More loyal to the region than country (or state)

Manifest Destiny

The belief that white settlers were destined to expand across North America

Manifest Destiny was used as a justification for

Westward Expansion

Why did Congress attempt several compromises?

If the West would accept or reject the institution of slavery

Popular Sovereignty

The government can only exercise authority if granted permission to do so by it’s people

What were these three compromises?

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

When Lincoln was elected, what happened?

Southern states seceded. and formed the Confederate States of America

Anaconda Plan (“Great Scott’s Snake”)

A plan to block of all ports trading to the South, this involved a naval blockade.

Tariffs

Tax on imported goods

Abolitionists

The Abolishment of Slavery

Reconstruction Amendments

13th, 14th, and 15th.

Battle of Gettysburg

South was trying to push further North, met with resistance. Bloodiest war on American soil.

Gettysburg Address

A speech made by Lincoln, which encouraged the union to keep on moving.

Why did the South secede when Lincoln got elected?

He was an abolitionist.

13th Amendment

Outlawed Slavery

14th Amendment

forbids state from denying basic protection and providing of human rights, and denying anyone from equal protection against the law.

South was reliant on

Slavery

Gettysburg Address was inspired by

Giuseppe Mazini

North was more advanced

than south

Aftermath of the Civil War

Black People Migration

Vicksburg Battle (Sherman’s March)

Weakening the South. burning crops, blocking routes, etc.

Emancipation Proclamation

Defining that it was a slave issue, “freeing” all slaves in the south via letter. Didn’t do much.

19th Amendment

The right for women to vote

First Failed Compromise

Missouri Compromise (1820),

Second Failed Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Third Failed Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

The South traded with/got support from

Britain

North wanted to raise this, and the south didn’t want this.

Tariffs

In the South, this percentage of slaves made up the population

1/3