HIST 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gettysburg Address, Union Blockade, Ostend Manifesto
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Cassius clay (no this is not ali) Nullification crisis (1833; federal tariff, states rights against federal, state sovereignty, secession) abolition & pro-slavery movements of the 1830s and 1840s. Crisis and compromise of 1850 (direct result of land expansion) Dred scott case (supreme court decision, 1857) Shifting balance of power between north and south. Southern politicians see continued territorial expansion as a continued hope for slavery (cuba, mexico and nicaragua) Northern politicians oppose expansion based on a fear of slavery. A national identity and union was still incomplete. This existed only as a concept, not as a pratically. Expansionism is viewed as a solution to domestic problems. Mid 19th century nation building in europe (germany, italy) and japan (to come) European conflict prevents nations from capitalizing upon us turmoil. (mexico and santo doming o are exceptions but short-lived) Northern and southern diplomatic efforts were concentrated on preventing or creating intervention/recognition on behalf of the confederacy.
