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NOTES ON SECTIONAL TENSION leading up to civil war
Clay American system tariffs to protect Northern business
Clay tried to ease tensions, south and north, transportation between each other
South high tariffs losing business political conflict
Size = wealth … Bigger = wealthier / Smaller =Poorer
Westward Movement caused tension
Westward Expansion As American achieves manifest destiny, sates increase Congress
makes the decision to admit states
More states in free (or slave) = More free (or slave) voters
Missouri Compromise = wanted to become a slave sate, Maine created to ease tension
36’30 line = North above line = No slavery North of that line
More land may not be covered by 36’30
Dread Scott case = emphasised slaves are property, Taney emphasised
Free State = slave wherever you go, you may not be able to be bought
1850 Compromise = what to do with land got from Mexican War
California = Free State
Utah = popular sovereignty = population get to decide for themselves
Wilmot Proviso = 1846 = no land we got could ever be a slave, it passed the house not the
Senate
Free soil movement = Trying to stop spreading into new territory, 3
rd
political slavery
occurred = Republican Party developed = free soilers, anti-slavery Whigs, free soilers
Fugitive Slave Act = annoyed North = Slaves in Free states to be returned
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1840 repealed Missouri Compromise Line repealed
Kansas and Nebraska = use popular sovereignty = did not work
Kansa = “Bleeding Kansas” = both for and against moved to vote
John Brown dis before Civil war = lead the anti-slavery men = killed people, a whole pro-
slavery family
Railway system bind states - need to be organised = NK needed to be a state

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NOTES ON SECTIONAL TENSION – leading up to civil war Clay American system – tariffs to protect Northern business Clay tried to ease tensions, south and north, transportation between each other South – high tariffs losing business – political conflict – Size = wealth … Bigger = wealthier / Smaller =Poorer Westward Movement caused tension Westward Expansion – As American achieves manifest destiny, sates increase – Congress makes the decision to admit states More states in free (or slave) = More free (or slave) voters Missouri Compromise = wanted to become a slave sate, Maine crea ...
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