Long Term Causes Of the Civil War State’s Rights -10th Amendment STATES RIGHTS -idea of nullification A STATE CAN IGNORE OR REJECT A U.S. LAW
Slavery -pro-slavery SOUTH: 15 states plus D.C. -anti-slavery: FREE STATES (N) Abolition: abolitionist -opposed growth of slavery … not in any territories
Nullification -Sedition Acts and Alien Acts Rejected by Va and Ky… forced to follow -Tariff laws: “Tariff of Abominations” SC refused to pay…. Forced by Andrew Jackson -Slavery issues … South was afraid the North would end slavery
Nullification -Sedition Acts -Tariff laws -Slavery issues
Sectionalism -issues become more and more regional in nature -slavery, tariffs, economics -industrial north -agricultural south
Compromise of 1820 -drew a line to determine the future areas of slavery -solved the slavery debate for about 20 years
Compromise of 1850 -Wilmot Proviso tried to block slavery in old Mexican areas but is defeated in Congress -California applies for statehood debate begins and Clay organizes compromise -California admitted as free state -South gets stronger Fugitive law -Popular Sovereignty to help decide future cases of slavery
Underground Railroad -many early attempts at escape relied on luck -network of anti-slavery advocates who helped slaves escape -many times slaves needed to get to Canada to be totally free -Harriet Tubman
Fugitive Slave Law -allowed slave catchers to go into free areas and capture runaway slaves -made it a crime to help any runaway -suspected slaves need not be given a trial or a chance to testify