U.S. Pre-Civil War
Sectionalism
the start of the Civil War? What advantages and disadvantages does each side of the conflict have at the start of the Civil War?
Abolitionism Emancipate all slaves End racial discrimination and segregation 1830’s
Social Partly fueled by the Second Great Awakening Belief that everyone played a role in God’s plan to end slavery American Anti-Slavery Society Large movement of women involved
Political Free-Soilers want to restrict slavery from spreading- Thoughts slaves took white jobs Southerner's saw the North unified against them Gag-Law’s to keep the peace (prevent Anti- Slavery talk)