With this, abolitionists posted poster warnings to the African Americans in the North that they could be captured and taken to the South (Document 4). However, the ironic part of all of this is that slaves couldn't read. They compared the policemen to kidnappers because now they were not out to protect people; they were out to kidnap African Americans to get a share of the profit from the commissions decision. The posters were designed to help the slaves from being caught. Also, white people can read these posters, the Abolitionists could possibly make others see how cruel everyone is treating slaves and get more people to help them out. Not all people were against slavery however. Representative Robert Toombs of Georgia, argued against a proposed law that would have banned slavery from land obtained as a result of the Mexican War (Document 2). He stated that if the legislation sought to drive them from the territories of California and New Mexico that was purchased by the common blood and treasure of the whole people that he would be for disunion. He argues that the people of the South have asked nothing but justice. .
Many compromises were made during the War, such as whether or not states should be free or slave states. There was the Compromise of 1850 that was deciding whether California should come in as a free state and the rest of South as a slave state. Senator William H. Seward of New York; which at that time was a free state, argued against approval of this Compromise in a Senate speech (Document 3). He opposed the compromise because he felt that for California to come in as a free state and to have the rest of the South be accepted to slavery is morally wrong. What made things worse is that people know this, but yet they still debate over the same questions. If arguments and comprises like this continued, the United States would break apart. In addition, the U.
The precedents that led to the Civil War were many. ... These precedents were the corner stones that lead to the Civil War. ... The ultimate cause was the well know conflict of slavery with the 19th century Christianity and the Slave vs. ... The South was agricultural and was against everything the North was and had. ... But that is war and the Civil War is one of the great and miserable experiences in the US history....
The Civil War The Civil War, which actually lasted a few years, was supposed to only last a few weeks or at the most a month or two. ... Naval warfare was another major point of the Civil War. ... The Civil War consisted of many land battles. ... The first battle was the Virginia vs. the Cumberland and Congress. ... In conclusion, the Civil War was a very crucial war. ...
The Civil War and the following period of Reconstruction resulted in change but left many serious problems unsolved. The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern part of the United States and the Southern part of the United States over several issues. ... Disputes over the status of African Americans led to a famous trial, Plessy vs. ... After the Civil War, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were added to the Constitution. ... The Civil War was both a victory for the North and a draw for the South because the North had received what it wanted, a complete u...
The atttitude of the South concerning slavery remained constant from early colonial days to the beginning of the Civil War whereas the attitude of the North underwent various alterations. ... It was not until nearer the war that the entirety of the North had rallied behind the abolitionist cause. The South's feelings about slavery were the same from beginning to end. Slavery was a necessary evil in the South. ... At first the North was not concerned with the South's actions, later they became increasingly concerned with slavery due to moral convictions, lastly political issues spl...
Racial Attitudes and Social Mores in the South from 1900-1950 The South in the early 1900's was a place of civil unrest. ... The South had a long and established series of custom for the interaction between the races before the Civil War occurred, and many Southerners were unwilling to give these ways up. ... A previous decision from the Supreme Court in the case U.S. vs. ... Alabama thought that it was its duty to defeat Liebowitz, and in doing this they would regain the honor that the South had lost after the Civil War and during Reconstruction. ... To the South, the Scottsboro...
The civil rights movement was like a war conducted on many fronts. ... Severe and unjust laws were created to instil segregation especially within the South. ... Brown vs Topeka Board of Education in 1954 was seen as a turning point in the political and legal arena. ... This was seen in the Brown vs Topeka Board of Education case. ... These sit-ins were done at a segregated department store's lunch counter in North Carolina called Woolworth's. ...
Your essay should include: slave codes, Jim Crow laws, Non-violent civil disobedience, Reconstruction, 14, 15 amendment, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. ... (crf-usa.org) Movements to obtain civil rights for Black Americans have had a special significance and after the Civil War a new movement for civil rights began. ... The Brown vs. ... The Brown vs. ...
Even after the Civil War ended, they were still required to fight for educational, social, and political equality. The post-war era brought aberration from the way of life that many had become accustomed to. ... The end of the Civil War, which brought about these Amendments, was the legal end to slavery in the United States, but it would be a long and difficult battle before those rights became a social custom in America. ... The 1896 Plessy vs. ... He made a comment that, in the South, was considered disrespectful to a white woman. ...
Jefferson Davis stated in the pre-Civil War years to a Northern audience, "You say you are opposed to the expansion of slavery... ... As the opportunity for economic advancement increased after the Civil War, the North felt as though it had done its part and both the President and Congress hastily turned their backs on the new, colored American Citizens. ... While, for the most part, blacks continued to vote in the North, blacks in the South saw an immediate attack on their franchise. ... The amendments to the Constitution had been made, but the whites did not take the time after 1866 t...
