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historydepartment · Site Admin Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 8

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edalven · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 37

I had part one of our reading, called Slavery, Sectional Strife, and War. It said that "one issue much more than any other split the nation: slavery. Particularly, the issue of westward expansion was the impetus for the national controversy. In a nutshell; The North, who supported Lincoln, wanted the new territories to be free states, but allowed slavery to continue in the "Old South". The South, who apposed Lincoln, would not accept this compromise and seceded from the Union. I believe this was the main cause of the Civil War. As for the strengths and issues of the United States in the early nineteenth century, I came up with some lists from notes and such.

Strengths

Issues

BChangy · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 33

Why did the north support Lincon? What created this seperation between a country that was suppose to be united?

edalven · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 37

BChangy · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 33

Correct me if I am wrong, you said, "when people in power favor personal or local interest over national interest, divisions occur[s]," the fact that Lincon was in favor of Republican veiws instead of the entire country's views, lead to division in the United States.

The idea suggest that Lincon being human caused the country to fall apart. This goes back to question: What makes a government work? Allowing a single man who may sway to a particular view have power over a country was the biggest issue of the 1800's if you look at it this way.[/quote]

mswartz · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 43

Brianna, you asked why the north supported Lincoln. Just adding onto what Eli said, I felt people who were pro slavery had a very all or nothing type of attitude. At one point they said it was a " do or die" situation and on page 38 of the westward expansion packet it says, " Southern planters, on the other hand, came to see control of the West as essential to the survival of slavery." With the idea of all or nothing, Lincoln had an uncompromising position against the expansion of slavery(in the west) Concluding, the south did not support Lincoln.

Eli, you mentioned that "The Republican party drew its strength and ideas almost entirely from the North." I found that quote pretty ironic considering that present day (I believe) the North to be more democratic than the south.

BChangy · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 33

You pulled from the text the quote: " Southern planters, on the other hand, came to see control of the West as essential to the survival of slavery." and concluded that: "With the idea of all or nothing, Lincoln had an uncompromising position against the expansion of slavery(in the west)."

The question seemed to be on everyones mind (like the text says on page 14 of "Slavery, Sectional Strife, and War") "What would happen to the balance of power between the free states and slave states in the U.S. Senate?"

Everyone was worried about themselves, going back to my response to Maddy's post that the biggest issue during this period was the worry of a balanced economy.

zaronson · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 17

This is just a side note to Martha's comment "Eli, you mentioned that "The Republican party drew its strength and ideas almost entirely from the North." I found that quote pretty ironic considering that present day (I believe) the North to be more democratic than the south"

FUN FACTTTT
This is true that many people usually think of northern states as blue (democratic) and southern states as red (republican). But at one time the democratic party was most prominent in the southeastern part of the country until now being very strong in the Northeast, Great lakes region and pacific coast. another FUN FACT is that it is the largest political group in america with almost 72 million Americans (thats about 42% of the U.S. Populations) where as 55 million (about 32% of the U.S. Population) Americans are Republicans

Hey_look_its_EVAN · Joined: 07 May 2010 Posts: 20

Is it just me or did alot of thier strengths cause the issues

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