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The Civil War

The Civil War. Slavery and States Rights. Growing National Divisions. Slavery was one issue that divided the nation along sectional lines North had immigrant labor to work in factories South had an agricultural economy that relied upon slave labor. Growing National Divisions.

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The Civil War

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  1. The Civil War Slavery and States Rights

  2. Growing National Divisions • Slavery was one issue that divided the nation along sectional lines • North had immigrant labor to work in factories • South had an agricultural economy that relied upon slave labor

  3. Growing National Divisions • Economic differences led to sectional disagreements • North wanted tariffs to protect industries • South opposed tariffs because they increased the price of imported goods • South believed that the states had the right to ignore tariffs and other federal laws • Under the states’ rights argument, state power was greater than federal power

  4. Act. Growing National Divisions • Westward Expansion and Division • Compromise of 1850 • Created a way for territories to become states • Fugitive slave law • Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854- states could decide whether to be a slave or a free state • Missouri Compromise-no slave states north of 36 30”.

  5. Growing National Divisions • Supreme Court and Division • Dred Scott decision-court ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court • Congress could not ban slavery in federal territories

  6. Texas Joins the Confederacy • Republican Abraham Lincoln won election and received no electoral votes from the South • South was afraid that he would abolish slavery • South Carolina seceded form the Union • Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana soon followed

  7. Texas Joins the Confederacy • Texas called a special meeting to discuss secession • This angered the Unionists • Unionists were people who wanted to stay in the Union and work out differences over slavery • 1 out of 4 Texans were Unionists, including Sam Houston • March 2, 1861, Texas seceded form the Union after the people of Texas voted. • Sam Houston was forced to resign as governor because he refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy

  8. The Confederate States of America • In February of 1861, Montgomery, Alabama, representatives from seceding states formed a new government. • Confederate Constitution emphasized sovereignty or supremacy of the state and the right of the people to own slaves • On March 5, 1861, Texas wrote a new constitution, which was basically the same document, but the references to the Confederacy.

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