Major Events leading to Civil War War of

Major Events leading to Civil War

War of 1812 Effects - 1830 - 1860 (Civil War) - U. S. shift from agrarian to industrial - Growth leads to questions and divisions - SECTIONALISM - Political / Social / Economic changes

Andrew Jackson - 1828 - 36 ●Sought a stronger executive branch and a weaker Congress ●Democratic Party ●Spoils System - Gov’t jobs given to those who help in the campaign. ●Favored more power with the States (ex. A & S act)

Jacksonian Democracy (political philosophy) • Expands suffrage (voting) to the common man (no property requirement but only white men) and majority rule. – Presented himself as a common farmer in contrast to the aristocracy of the past.

Voters 1824 - 350, 000 1840 - 2. 4 million

Nullification Crisis • Congress passed tariffs on imported goods, to protect Am. from competition. • South Carolina refused to pay the Tariff because they felt it benefited the North • Andrew Jackson tried to make them pay • Finally they compromised by lowering the tariff. • How did this show states rights?

The surrender of life is nothing to sinking down into acknowledgment of inferiority. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the States, and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union.

Indian Removal Act • Indian Removal Act in 1830, which forced thousands of American Indians to leave their homelands and re-settle west of the Miss. River (90, 000) • The Cherokee resisted. – Gold making U. S. go back on agreement in 1791 • Jackson stated, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” – Limits of Supreme Court • Trail of Tears (~3, 750 die)

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Missouri Compromise - 1820 • Missouri wanted to apply for statehood (the 24 th). • States were concerned about adding another slave state • Maine was added as a separate free state and Missouri as a slave state.

• After the Mexican American War there was a lot of new land to become states • The big question: – Will they be slave or free?

• Wilmot Proviso • A Northern Senator tried to pass a bill calling for no slavery in the new territory gained from the war with Mexico—the Wilmot Proviso • It failed to pass by only one vote. The votes were very sectional –North for and South against • What did this show the Southern States?

The Compromise of 1850 • California wanted to join the union as a free state • The South did not want this because it would up set the balance of free and slave states • Compromise: California was admitted and the fugitive slave law was enforced

Instant City: San Francisco • Pop. 200 when acquired from Mexico • By 1856, pop. is 50, 000 in 8 years. • It took N. Y. 190 years reach that pop.

Dialogue • Must cover all points on the slides • Pick two “characters to play • Write down dialogue and characters on paper to turn in • 15 -20 min.

Kansas Nebraska Act • Kansas and Nebraska were applying for state hood • What was the big question?

• The Kansas Nebraska Act called for popular sovereignty • On