The Causes of the Civil War: The Political, Cultural, Economic and Territorial Disputes between North and South

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McFarland, 2014 M10 16 - 308 páginas

While South Carolina's preemptive strike on Fort Sumter and Lincoln's subsequent call to arms started the Civil War, South Carolina's secession and Lincoln's military actions were simply the last in a chain of events stretching as far back as the early 1750s. Increasing moral conflicts and political debates over slavery--exacerbated by the inequities inherent between an established agricultural society and a growing industrial one--led to a fierce sectionalism which manifested itself through cultural, economic, political and territorial disputes. This historical study reduces sectionalism to its most fundamental form, examining the underlying source of this antagonistic climate. From protective tariffs to the expansionist agenda, it illustrates the ways in which the foremost issues of the time influenced relations between the North and the South.

 

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Preface
1
Slavery and Its Impact on Sectionalism 1619 to 1830
5
The Rise and Fall of Abolitionism 1750 to 1848
20
Economic Protectionism 1815 to 1828
31
Old Hickory Comes to Washington 1829 to 1832
53
The Bank War and Southern Nullification 1832 to 1834
76
The Turbulent Years 1834 to 1836
93
The Panic and SubTreasuries 1837 to 1840
106
A Time to Compromise 1847 to 1850
166
Sectional Politics 1850 to 1853
185
Filibusters 1849 to 1860
199
The KansasNebraska Act 1852 to 1854
207
Political Realignment 1854 to 1856
220
The Fight for Kansas 1854 to 1858
231
From Brown to Lincoln 856 to 860
248
The End of the Road 860 to 86
265

John Tyler and Texas Too 1840 to 1845
116
The Expansionist Agenda 1845 to 1846
135
Territorial Sectionalism 1846 to 1847
153
Chronology
283
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Página 11 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.

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Paul Calore has written on the causes of the Civil War, as well as books about its naval and land campaigns. He is a supporting member of the Civil War Preservation Trust, and lives in Seekonk, Massachusetts.

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