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1619-1865 | The Peculiar Institution AKA slavery

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1619-1865 | The Peculiar Institution AKA slavery

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As states made their own laws, the North and South became increasingly culturally different. The South dug their heels into slavery as a necessary evil, but really just economic purposes. The slave population vs free blacks in the regions were incomparable.

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The Market Revolution started the trend of less farmers and increased infrastructure in the North. The revolution advanced the North, but the South stayed relatively similar. The North became completely different culturally, resulting in separation between the 2 .

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The invention of the cotton gin made cotton plantations much more profitable than previously. Because of cotton's new found profitability, the South invested in slavery economics while the North was more urban.

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The admission of Missouri as slave state and Maine as free state and will follow 36 30 line. The congressional side of the compromise highlighted the dis union and reinforces and us vs. them thinking; therefore, the states were divided in people’s minds because they saw the other states as the enemy. The 36 30 line was a literal division of the country.

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The South took a very harsh stance on the rebellion. The Northerners were disgusted by the amount of slaves and freed blacks killed. Because of this, they were convinced that the institution of slavery needed to be removed from the United States.

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The war gained land that would debated for disputed slavery policies. The disputes of the war was resolved with the compromise of 1850. The compromise made both sides unhappy, because neither got what they wanted.

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The discussion of the bill clued the South in on the North’s feelings on slavery and the south. Knowing that one of their most defining characteristics were unwelcome, the south began talks of succession. It was "The Moment I Knew" the South wanted to leave and a civil war was inevitable.

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The South became upset with California being a free state; however, they also got their way with no regulations on Mexico and a re upped Fugitive Slave Act. The FSA forced people who didn’t want to be involved to become an integral part in returning enslaved.

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Enlightened the North of what life was like on plantations. Their anti-slavery views were further supported. H.E.R.'s song, written in 2020, expresses the same sentiments as Uncle Tom's Cabin by pointing out the way black people are treated by singing, "You're taking my life from me/I can't breathe/Will anyone fight for me?"

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The violence put the groups head to head and put them at an emotional distance where they could never get back together

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Ruled against the Missouri Compromise. For many Northerners, the Dred Scott decision implied that slavery could move, unhindered, into the North, and Southerners viewed the decision as a justification of their position. North differentiated themselves to stop slavery. North saw them as people to the South they were just slaves.

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The debates directly put Democrats and Republicans head to head on the issue of slavery. Douglas, for popular sovereignty, debates Lincoln, for equality. The debate divided the nation even more because it explicitly showed that the argument was with people in the country.

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"It's a raid/ Oh no" John Brown was an anti slavery extremist, meaning he resorted to violence. After Bloody Kansas and raiding armory to give weapons to the enslaved, John Brown's Raid was stopped by the marines and resulted in 7 casualties. The raid displayed the aggression each side would take on the basis of slavery causing the sides to distance themselves further.

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"If you don't like who's in there, vote 'em out
That's what Election Day is all about," but not in 1860 because the South were denied a chance to vote em out. Abraham Lincoln was not included on all the ballots in the South; therefore, Lincoln was the North's president and created a divide because not even the whole country had the same ballot. Lincoln also used strong anti-slavery rhetoric making it clear that the North, who Lincoln represented, was against the ways of the South.

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The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the Civil War. Now that blood was shed, it was clear that "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (TV)" without a war.

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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor's Version)

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We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Taylor's Version)