1. Enumerate the sequence of major crises, beginning with the Kansas-Nebraska Act, that led up to secession, and explain the significance of each event? Uncle Tom's Cabin-composed in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe was an aboli-tionist who wrote this book to demonstrate the bad things that the slaves had to go through. This affected the way that northerners viewed slavery. It helped move along the cause of abolition and even Abraham Lincoln recognized that this book was one of the events that prompted the outbreak of the Civil War. Bleeding Kansas stunned Northerner Kansas-Nebraska Act was made in 1854 permitting the Kansas and Nebraska regions to choose for themselves using popular sovereignty if they wanted to be a free …show more content…
So "border ruffians" stormed into Kansas making violence on both sides of the issue and brought a lot of mayhem. 3. Trace the growing power of the Republican Party in the 1850s and the increasing domination of the Democratic Party by its militantly proslavery wing? Since the Republican Party has only been a thing for 2 years it has made a great showing for itself. The Republicans liked how they did in the election because they had 38% of the Electoral vote and 33.1% of the popular vote which is pretty good since they are new and they came in second place in the election. Also if you compare Fremont to Lincoln you can see that Lincoln was a much better presidential candidate by far. 4. Explain how the Dred Scott decision and John Brown’s Harpers Ferry raid deepened sectional antagonism? While the Dred Scott decision, which counted a slave as property could go with his mas-ter to a free state yet still remain a slave satisfied many southerners, it significantly upset the northerners. The Raid on Harper's Ferry by radical abolitionist, John Brown aggravated many southerners. The two situations made sharp divisions between the North and south and this lead to the Civil …show more content…
There was also a four-way campaign between Abe Lincoln who was a Re-publican, Stephen Douglas who was a Northern Democrat, John Breckinridge who was a South-ern Democrat, and John Bell who was a Constitutional Union. This two way Democrat split didn’t help that party at all because they had a better chance of winning if you are the only per-son from your party getting all the votes but in this case if they combined votes they would have won with one candidate. Lincoln won because he had most of the North on his side and some out
The Civil War between the Union and Confederacy preset stereotypes that would define both the Republican and Democratic party for the ensuing decades. The Republican party was associated with the Union, while the Democratic party was associated with the Confederacy. In short, following the end of the war, a victorious Union army ushered in an era of political dominance for the Republican party. Following an economic recession leading up to the election of 1896, Republican control was in jeopardy. Both of the major platforms began to reshape in order to appease the dissatisfaction of the American people.
The United States was a turbulent and politically divided place in 1850’s and leading up the Civil War. The Kansas Territory exemplified the treacherous nature of the U.S. experiencing all the issues that Congress tried to ignore in order to hold together the Union. Nicole Etcheson details the events in her book Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era. Most people used the name Bleeding Kansas to describe the violent atmosphere of the territory. The violence stemmed from Stephen A. Douglas’s idea of popular sovereignty that is allowing the people to vote on the admission of slavery into the state’s constitution.
Pro-slavery supporters had been carrying the election, but soon were charged with fraud by the anti-slavery supporters. Soon after, the anti-slavery supporters held another election, but the pro-slavery supporters refused to participate. The conflict between the two created a division within Kansas, therefore creating two legislatures in the territory. Soon after, violence struck Kansas. The Kansas territory had earned the nickname "bleeding Kansas" as the death toll rose.
1. The resolve over the Oregon and Texas disputes began with the “joint occupation” treaty in 1818, this allowed Britain and United States to both claim authority in the Northwest. This was the initial resolve amongst settlers from either nation. Because the large amount of settlers coming in to the Northwest in the 1840s. This caused an urgency for the United States government to solidify Americas Regions.
The second party realignment Sundquist focuses on is that of the 1890s. By the end of the Reconstruction period, the workingmen of the country became increasingly more interested in the economic issues that affected their livelihood, but the current party system was not arranged to be a representative of class interests (107). As economic issues caused growing tensions among the Democrats, a major realignment of party loyalties began to take its place. Using hypothetical scenario 3 of Sundquist’s conceptual model, a realignment occurred with the existing parties through the absorption of a third party. The workingmen organized the Populist party (formerly known as the Farmer’s Alliance) with the following demands: free silver, currency expansion
Harris Riaz 1. According to Martin Marty, explain the shift in the field of American Religion by the 1970s (make sure you identify the field of American prior to the 70s). Before the 1970s religion was characterized by emergence of various religious groups besides Protestants and Catholics. People who had spiritual needs that could not be addressed by these two groups were free to air their opinions.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and the author, Stephen A. Douglas, introduced slavery to Kansas, sparking the violence of “Bleeding Kansas.” The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for settlers to choose whether the newer territories of Kansas and Nebraska would be slave states or not. In the review of the book, The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854, by Allen Guelzo, he states, “The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 enjoys the dubious honor of being the only piece of legislation that caused the civil war... The result was “Bleeding Kansas,” the collapse of ‘popular sovereignty,’ and a lethal polarization of North and South” (Guelzo 1084). This act, as explained by Guelzo, created a massive rift between the North and South, a conflict that would progressively worsen and ultimately, lead to the Civil War.
The candidates in the presidential campaign of the year 1868 included two men, Ulysses S. Grant and Horatio Seymour. During these times, there was only two political parties: the Democratic and Republican party. Ulysses S. Grant represented the republican party and Horatio Seymour represented the democrat party. The issues that occurred during the presidential campaign were….
Leslie Price History final 1. What was the Trail of Tears? What impact did it have on American expansion? The trail of tears was the result of the 1830 Indian removal act.
Slavery tore this counrtry apart. Because they couldn't agree on the topic at hand, a war broke out. There is no question that slavery caused the American Civil
Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Articles of Confederation to the U.S. Constitution. Have at least 3 examples for each section of the diagram. Both established by the same people, and stated that no state could declare war without consent of the other states. Both allowed slaves, and had elected representatives.
Party system refers to the way parties are organized, the balance of powers between and within the parties, and the issues or ideas which the parties are organized around. The Federalist and Jeffersonian Republicans were the first party system to immerge in the seventeen nineties. The federalist focused on the concerns of New England merchants. The wanted to rebuild a relationship with Britain, assumption of debt from the revolutionary war, and programs with encouraged manufacturing. The Jeffersonian republics were run with southern agriculture in mind.
The Federalists and Democratic-Republicans were the first political parties to compete in the election in 1796. The 1796 election was the first election in American history were two opposite parties run for office. Both the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans adopted their titles from what they valued and believed in. The Federalists believed that the other party was irrational and dangerous to the United States government. The Democratic-Republicans accused the Federalists of being aristocrats.
Abraham Lincoln ran for the presidency with the Republican party, against three other candidates, which caused Lincoln’s opposition to be divided three ways. Because of this, Lincoln won the election, but this victory sparked much more conflict between the slave states and free states. This reveals the underlying bitterness between the Southerners and Northerners. The South felt like they were losing power since all of Abraham Lincoln’s votes were cast in the North, yet he won the presidency. Lincoln said he would not interfere with slavery in the South, but didn’t want slavery extending into federal territories, saying, “Let there be no compromise.”
USH 1. Why was the Bill of Rights written? 2. What is the purpose of the “American System”? 3.