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Long Term Causes of the Civil War
Westward Expansion, Slavery, and Failed Compromises.
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Sectionalism
More loyal to the region than country (or state)
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Manifest Destiny
The belief that white settlers were destined to expand across North America
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Manifest Destiny was used as a justification for
Westward Expansion
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Why did Congress attempt several compromises?
If the West would accept or reject the institution of slavery
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Popular Sovereignty
The government can only exercise authority if granted permission to do so by it’s people
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What were these three compromises?
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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When Lincoln was elected, what happened?
Southern states seceded. and formed the Confederate States of America
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Anaconda Plan (“Great Scott’s Snake”)
A plan to block of all ports trading to the South, this involved a naval blockade.
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Tariffs
Tax on imported goods
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Abolitionists
The Abolishment of Slavery
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Reconstruction Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th.
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Battle of Gettysburg
South was trying to push further North, met with resistance. Bloodiest war on American soil.
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Gettysburg Address
A speech made by Lincoln, which encouraged the union to keep on moving.
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Why did the South secede when Lincoln got elected?
He was an abolitionist.
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13th Amendment
Outlawed Slavery
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14th Amendment
forbids state from denying basic protection and providing of human rights, and denying anyone from equal protection against the law.
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South was reliant on
Slavery
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Gettysburg Address was inspired by
Giuseppe Mazini
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North was more advanced
than south
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Aftermath of the Civil War
Black People Migration
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Vicksburg Battle (Sherman’s March)
Weakening the South. burning crops, blocking routes, etc.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Defining that it was a slave issue, “freeing” all slaves in the south via letter. Didn’t do much.
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19th Amendment
The right for women to vote
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First Failed Compromise
Missouri Compromise (1820),
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Second Failed Compromise
Compromise of 1850
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Third Failed Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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The South traded with/got support from
Britain
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North wanted to raise this, and the south didn’t want this.
Tariffs
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In the South, this percentage of slaves made up the population
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