History 2301E Final: The Civil War
20 Jan 2012
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Revolutions of the 18th century y economic y transportation y social y religious y. Industrial y consumer (having capital to purchase luxury goods) Civil war y focus on abraham lincoln (mcpherson) y douglas-lincoln debates y lincoln against slavery, but more for the union y constitution caused differences between north and south y causes: missouri compromise, nullification of 1832. tariff of abomination; claims tariffs were unconstitutional, missouri to enter as a slave state if maine could be a free state; shows federal government had great deal of power therefore null and void. taxes threatened slave system: mexican american war, wilmot proviso. any land gained from mexico should be free. constitution allowed them to take their slaves wherever they wanted because they were property: compromise of 1850. admission of california as free, utah and new mexico as slave states: fugitive slave law. made north realize how bad slavery was.
