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Civil War - Coggle Diagram
Civil War
States Rights
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The federal government restricted constitutional liberties (freedom protected by the Constitution or Bill of Rights)
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The Fugitive Slave Act upset Northern abolitionists because it ruined their efforts of freeing the slaves
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stowe's Novel encouraged others to speak out, and led to the March toward the civil was
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The Fugitive Slave Act required slaves to return back to their owners even if they escaped to a free state
Southerners were upset about Stowe's Novel because they thought it was one sided and aimed to disrupt social order in the south
Election Of 1860
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Lincoln didn't like slavery. As President he felt confined, and was worried about the reactions of in the loyal border states where slavery was still legal.
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Slavery
A Cash crop is produced at farm, then sold at a market for profit
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In the south slaves were bought and used to do work, and had no rights
All members of the abolitionists movement were religious, they believed that slavery violated define law. and gave bibles to the enslaved
Industry vs. Agriculture
The Northern workforce has free labors. Free labors are paid very low and can come and go to any jobs of their choosing
The Southern workforce buys slaves and gave them no rights because they don't believe in doing their own work
In the south you needed good climate to be able to have a good harvest season. With out a good climate the crops would die.
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Sectionalism
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New states caused regional division because if a new state was added and allowed slavery it was contribute to the Democrats, but if another was a free state it would contribute to the Whig party, and it would be unbalanced but they wanted to compromise.
Sectionalism is overemphasized political, economic, and social loyalty to a region of a country rather than the country as a whole
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