The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Disputes between North and SouthWhile South Carolina's preemptive strike on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's subsequent call to arms started the Civil War, South Carolina's secession and Lincoln's military actions were simply the last in a chain of events stretching as far back as the early 1750s. Increasing moral conflicts and political debates over slavery--exacerbated by the inequities inherent between an established agricultural society and a growing industrial one--led to a fierce sectionalism which manifested itself through cultural, economic, political and territorial disputes. This historical study reduces sectionalism to its most fundamental form, examining the underlying source of this antagonistic climate. From protective tariffs to the expansionist agenda, it illustrates the ways in which the foremost issues of the time influenced relations between the North and the South. |
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... Constitution but to take necessary military actions to preserve the Union. Of course, some truth can be found in both views, at least in the immediate sense of the times. But even in a more enlightened age, a simple explanation for the ...
... constitutional and congressional powers. In writing this book my goal was two-fold. I wanted first to reduce the complex subject of sectionalism to its most fundamental form, and secondly, to illustrate how the most troubling political ...
... Constitution. Years later, Je›erson conceded that he had “long since given up the expectation of any early provision for the extinguishment of slavery among us.” Further, “The laws do not permit us to turn them loose, [even] if that ...
... Constitution allowed the Congress to consider legislation outlawing the African slave trade, but only after twenty years had passed. Predictably, between ¡787 and ¡807, the South managed to ratchet up its demand for more slaves than ...
... constitutional right to repossess a fugitive slave, no mechanism for enforcing the law was ever established. And without the power to enforce the law the provision was quite meaningless. In the South this oversight was of major concern ...
Contents
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Economic Protectionism 1815 to 1828 | 31 |
Old Hickory Comes to Washington 1829 to 1832 | 53 |
The Bank War and Southern Nullification 1832 to 1834 | 76 |
The Turbulent Years 1834 to 1836 | 93 |
The Panic and SubTreasuries 1837 to 1840 | 106 |
A Time to Compromise 1847 to 1850 | 166 |
Sectional Politics 1850 to 1853 | 185 |
Filibusters 1849 to 1860 | 199 |
The KansasNebraska Act 1852 to 1854 | 207 |
Political Realignment 1854 to 1856 | 220 |
The Fight for Kansas 1854 to 1858 | 231 |
From Brown to Lincoln 856 to 860 | 248 |
The End of the Road 860 to 86 | 265 |
John Tyler and Texas Too 1840 to 1845 | 116 |
The Expansionist Agenda 1845 to 1846 | 135 |
Territorial Sectionalism 1846 to 1847 | 153 |
Chronology | 283 |
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