... avoided if the south wasn't so dependent on cotton profit, but they had been left behind by northerners who were more economically diverse due to trade and industrialism. The south made a living off of the cash crop cotton, being known as King Cotton, manufacturing the cotton production in the union. The ... in the north and south. In the year 1860, it can be seen that the North had way more railroads than the south, showing the importance of trade in the North rather than the South. Also, shown in Document B, the map displays the importance of slavery in the south, conveying that the ma...

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... but to "form a more perfect Union;" that is, to create a new and better one" (6). At the convention, the southerners declared that "they are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" (Stampp 5). Southern whites felt that they were acting in the tradition of the Revolution of 1776; therefore, they had a right to national independence and to nullify a constitutional ... economic interest linked all slaveholding sates" (Crofts 106). Lincoln, along with many Unionists, hoped that the economy of the South would be modeled after northern states with agricultural, industrial, and...

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... , had become very profitable, and the South depended on the plantation system's use of slave labor to meet the demand for cotton. The North was an industrial region, based on trade and factories. Labor was needed to run the factories, but immigrants, not slaves, provided the work. The different economic needs between the two regions caused hostility. The plantation system used ... . Later, the compromise was considered unconstitutional after the Dred Scott Case, in which a slave sued for his freedom because his master had taken him to free territories. Along with deciding that he did not ...

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... , which was also known as the Missouri Compromise. This compromise was formed at a time when there was equilibrium between slave and Free states, with eleven of each. The Missouri Compromise was an attempt to maintain the balance in the Senate. As Maine was admitted as ... a free state, Missouri was simultaneously added as a slave state. Furthermore, the latitude line of 36-30 (the southern border of Missouri) was set ... conspiracy was to suppress all abolitionist dissent. The second was to repeal the Missouri Compromise and extend slavery into the territories. The next was to expand it...

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... river." Slaves, in return, often argued about the superiority of their own master as a pastime, since their master or a spy for their master might be near. Ultimately, slaves are not free as they do not have the choice to not work at their own will. Fitzhugh asserts that negro slavery in American is a "benign and protective institution," and that "They love ... refuted when Douglass works at the shipyard and then moves up north. Fitzhugh's paper states that black people are "unfitted for the mechanic arts, for trade, and all skillful pursuits." Douglass clearly proves that incorrect by ...

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... , became one of the most famous cases in its history. The court decided that all people of African ancestry, slaves as well as those who were free, could never become citizens of the United States and therefore could not sue in federal court. After being transferred from one owner to the next, Scott ... the kind of guarantee for slave labor [proslavery firebrands] sought. Some went so far as to demand the resumption of the Atlantic slave trade."(WBA, pg. 582). It was imperative that Scott win his freedom or else the south would win again and proslavery would further spread, even to the ....

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... seen as discriminatory to the South. They also felt betrayed by the North's desire to develop a tariff because it would hinder their ability to trade cotton for foreign goods. The North's views reflect a region desiring to hold the Union together as one country. They felt it unconstitutional for any ... the slave labor was very important to the cotton production process. Some Southerners argued that slaves of the South were better cared for than the free factory workers of the North. They felt that they provided shelter, food, care, and regulation for a race they felt was unable to ... ...

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... , the territories of New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah would be organized without mention of slavery. Regarding Washington, the slave trade would be abolished in the District of Columbia, although slavery would still be permitted. Finally, California would be admitted as a free state. There was some fear that, in the event of strong antislavery legislation, the Southern states might withdraw from the ... Union altogether. To pacify slave-state politicians, who would have objected to the imbalance created by adding another free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. The Compromise ...

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... all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that ... why the North wanted slavery abolished that bad. Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. They said that the slaves were better cared for then the free factory workers in the North....

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... issues, mentioned by Henry Clay, were the "Five Bleeding Wounds." In the compromise, the California admission issue was resolved and it was admitted as a free state, also, there would be no more slave trade in Washington D.C., and the border dispute between Texas and New Mexico ended in favor of New Mexico. However, there is one issue that kind of generated ... the settlers of a territory to decide whether they accept slavery or not. This settlement somehow aggravated the problem between the North and the South in congress about the balance of free and slave states, then later on lead t...

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... to count the electoral votes and Hayes ended up winning. Freedman's Bureau - The Freedman's Bureau was set into place in 1865 to help the former slaves learn how to live free. They were fed, helped to find work, and educated. Settling The West As Americans made their way to the west they used what was called the Oregon Trail. It took ... it was cheaper to farm because they didn't need fences, and the land was cheaper. Homestead Act - In 1862 the Homestead Act was passed, providing 160 acres of public land free to any adult citizen or head of family who had lived on the land for five yea...

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... officially acknowledged. In 1839, he presented a resolution to the House of Representatives concerning slavery. It stated that every child born in the United States after July 4, 1842 should be considered free. Although, with the exception of Florida, Adams thought that no new state should be admitted to the Union with slavery. In the District of Columbia, slavery and slave ... trade wouldn't be allowed to exist after July 4, 1845, according to Adam's resolution. However, there was a "gag" rule at that time which prohibited all discussions of slavery. This blocked any discussion ... i...

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... to the Spanish slavers which is in violation of international law. In 1840 the Mendians' trial began in the District Court in Hartford, Connecticut. Tappan helped suppress the illegal slave trade which uncovered evidence to support the Mendians' story. The documents establishing them as ladinos were forged. The judge, persuaded by this evidence, concluded that even under Spanish law, the Mendians ... were free men, and ordered President Van Buren to have them transported back to Africa. Van Buren ordered the government's lawyers to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. Attorney Roger Sh...

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... known that they could not settle the differences between the states committed to slavery and those oppossed. The three-fifths rule, the constitutional promise not to halt the international slave trade until 1808, and the banning of slavery in the Northwest Territory were all attempts to avoid confronting differences between the North and South. Some Northerners thought Southerners would recognize the ... president in 1800. But by the 1830s the market revolution had tied Northeastern factories and Northwestern farms into a roughly unified, commercialized North. Most Northerners were comm...

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... Claifornia Gold Rush put more pressure on the slavery issue. The gold rush brought many foreigners into America in hopes of quick riches. This caused many problems for example if a free black man tried to stake his claim at land he found gold on he was denied it. This also applied to many foreigners who were put into indentured servitude. Once ... compromise of 1850. Clays compromise had four masin points to it. The first was admission of California as a free state. Formation of territoreial governments in the rest of land from mexico without restrictions on slavery was the second. Thir...

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... was both an affirmation of his new control over his own fate and an admission that he still had a tenuous hold on his own freedom. While Douglass had learned a skilled trade, prejudice prevented him from making use of it. Douglass' description of the racism in the North hints that he considers ending slavery as only the first step in the emancipation ... risk and more reward than for the white Americans of his day. He had to learn to think of himself as a human being rather than as a beast of burden, as a free man rather than as a slave. This required him to educate himself at the risk ...

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... laws open for vague interpretations. The preference for the white indentured servants quickly decreased, as the planter felt financially disadvantaged as more white slaves earned freedom. In the meantime, slave trade grows as the economy is stimulated and the British want a piece of the pie. In 1775, the tensions between British authorities and the new settlers lead to the Revolutionary War ... . During the first half of the 19th century, the country migrated west. The north was against slavery spreading into new states. An intuitive plan was devised by pro-slavery and "free soil" factio...

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