1. Intro
a. Prior to the Kansas Nebraska Act, America was dominated by a two party system of the Democrats and the Whigs, with third parties have little to no success. However, after the disintegration of the Whig party due to the Kansas Nebraska Act, numerous third parties sought to solidify their position. The Know Nothing party experienced a short surge from 1853 to 1855, the sectional conflicts led to the demise of the Know Nothing Party as well. On the other hand, 1856 saw the surge of the Republican Party as they managed to win both majorities in Congress and the Presidency election of 1860.
b. Socially, the Republicans
2. Political
a. After the expansion of American territory through the Mexican American War, Gadsen Purchase, and etc., the issue of slavery became a national debate. Northern abolitionists wanted to abolish slavery in general, but the general sentiment in all northerners viewed slavery as immoral and wanted to halt the expansion of slavery into the new territories. In the Wilmot Proviso, Wilmot stipulated that slavery be prohibited in the new territories, but the southerners saw this as a deliberate attack on not only their way of life but their political power as well. The Republicans were able to acquire the votes of northerners through their anti slavery sentiment and Bleeding Sumner, in which Republican Senator Sumner was beaten for condemning slavery. In addition, the republicans appealed to the Free soilers, because if slavery expanded into the west, the rights of free labor would be denied.
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on the controversy of slavery within these new territories. Some of the major players in the scheme of finding a solution to the debate over slavery in the west were, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the idea of Popular Sovereignty, and John Brown. The Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 created a popular sovereignty in the Kansas and Nebraska territories west of Missouri, and thus nullified the Missouri compromise by reopening the issue of slavery into the states (Brinkley 364). The Missouri compromise stated…
many years and many laws were enacted as compromises to prevent the Civil War, but by the 1850s, things were coming to a head. The sparks that ignited the two sides into an actual war were the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and the Abolition movements by Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 carried the result of the stalemate between the North and the South over the location of the proposed Transcontinental Railroad. The Northerners wanted the railroad to run from Chicago…
through these compromises. The outcome they did not want was war, so they would try to keep the Northerners and Southerners satisfied through the means of compromise; basically telling them what they wanted to hear. With the Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Compromise of 1850, the war had been able to be postponed for years to come. The Missouri Compromise was actually triggered by the request to permit slavery, in Missouri and in the year of 1819. As a result the North was not was…
between the North and the South was reduced for a short period of time because of certain political compromises, like the Missouri Compromise, but the actions of the federal government increased sectional tensions too because of the failure of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott Case. Sectional tension between the North and the South was reduced for a short period of time because of the Missouri Compromise which addressed Missouri as a state and solved the state addition conflict. Sectionalism…
Slavery Americans in favor of the anti-slavery movement and the hindrance of the expansion of slavery throughout the states have used moral and political tactics to combat slavery enthusiasts. Henry Clay’s Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska act are great examples of the moves made by the movement. In making the decision of whether a state was to be a free state or a slave state many northerners and southerners conflicted against each other. Many In opposition to slavery resided in the…
Southern states. But, there were other fairy large contributing factors to the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise although its subject was slavery forged a larger divide within the states and sparked the beginnings of larger rumbles. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, which lead to he rise of new political parties and the demise of the Whig Party. The political ideal of nullification that allowed for a state to void a law passed by Congress. Secession was the threat some states gave to leave the Union…
of slavery there was much more events and action that had occurred to introduce the civil war. Events and actions such as the Composition of 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Book Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Lack of Great Leaders, The Kansas and Nebraska Act, The Bleeding of Kansas, John Browns Raid, and the Election of 1860 foretold the future of America. The Compromise of 1850 was a set of bills passed in Congress which tried to settle the issue of slavery, which was about to split the nation. The legislation…
pairs * Split Maine and Massachusetts into two free states, to add in Texas as a slave state * Trying to prevent Slaveocracy * Kansas/Nebraska Act (1854) * Stephen Douglas wanted to build railroad across the country to facilitate trade. * Needed to organize Nebraska territory into the states of Kansas and Nebraska * Under the MO Compromise they should’ve been free, however, to get the bill passed by the Southern congressmen he modified it and stated that…
Ap Ch 14 Test Key Terms Missouri Compromise-Created in 1820, this created a "line" that banned slavery north in the Louisiana Purchase-(36 degrees-30' North latitude). Kansas-Nebraska Act-Created Nebraska and Kansas as states and gave the people in those territories the right to chose to be a free or slave state through popular sovereignty. REPEALS MISSOURI COMPROMISE Freeport Doctrine-Doctrine developed by Stephen Douglas that said the exclusion of slavery in a territory could…
how crucial the slavery dispute was to both the North and South because each region unified to dominate the economic development of the West. The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Dred Scott evaluation quickened the slavery dispute and emphasized tensions between the North and South, pushing the U.S. closer to the Civil War. In addition, the Kansas-Nebraska Act invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which had held the nation together by appeasing both regions, by tolerating slavery north of the 36’30…
