1. Causes of the Civil War
The formation of these new states gave rise to a new question: should these new states welcome slavery within their boundaries? ... Furthermore, the latitude line of 36-30 (the southern border of Missouri) was set, and it was declared that any new territory north of this boundary would be non-slavery land. ... Therefore the South and their prominent political leaders were staunch defenders, and promoters of slavery. ... I would demonstrate what I had been saying all along - that popular sovereignty was a political fiction, a lullaby designed to put northerners to sleep and clear the way fo...
Although the Wilmot Proviso did not become law, the issue it raised - the extension of slavery into the western territories - contributed to the growth of political factionalism. ... The treaty also settled the Texas border dispute in favor of the United States, placing the Texas-Mexico boundary at the Rio Grande. ...
The Republican Party's role in changing the south politically and societally, and how the definition of freedom changed over time through 1860 and 1877. ... In the 1850s the Whig Party submitted to the sectionalizing effects of the slavery issue while also forgoing to operate as a national political party. ... One of these different outlooks on slavery occurred in Kansas, where the question was whether the new territory would be slave owning or free which erupted into violent and political turmoil. ... They felt if confining slavery within its current boundaries that this institution a...
Frederick Douglass began his life as a common slave but proved to be a phenomenon by breaking free of all boundaries placed upon him. ... Frederick Douglass believed it was possible to fight slavery using the American political system, he and other political abolitionists created an anti-slavery Liberty Party. ... Douglass also felt that woman did not gain full equality with regards to their rights in America and strongly supported the woman's rights movement, "In respect to political rights we hold a woman to be justly entitled to all we claim for man All the political rights which it i...
They also had wanted to change the American-Canadian boundary. ... Before the era of good feelings, there was much rivalry between the political parties. ... This left the Democratic-Republicans unchallenged in American politics. ... During the Era of Good Feelings, political issues arose. These political issues would soon dominate American politics for the next forty years. ...
Shelby made it clear that woman should not cross the boundary between social and domestic dealings. ... Now, John, I don't know anything about politics, but I can read my Bible; and there I see that I must feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and comfort the desolate; and that Bible I mean to follow (89). ...
The majority of slaves did recognize that the ability to read and write was crucial to both religious practice and to the assertion of individual and political rights. ... Furthermore, whites believed that by educating them, slaves would discover that they should have certain rights; the slaves would become aware of their abilities to succeed in a life beyond the boundaries of their plantations. ...
