https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w Sachiko Berrocales P.2 en-us 2020-09-10 13:36:58 UTC 2026-02-27 18:42:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/718825986/d516ebbb0156a3f8cd5cb83abb7e44ee/Like__Fr__What_The_Hell.png sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740542470 Many Americans felt loyal to their own region. 11 states of the 34 states wanted to withdraw from the Union. The North, South, and West were all divided because of differences. Each country cared for itself and wanted the government to make laws or rules that benefited them.]]> 2020-09-11 23:15:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740542470 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740546853 The biggest issue when moving West was slavery. Many abolitionists wanted to end slavery while many pro-slavery Southerners wanted to continue the practice of slavery. Both had reasons for wanting to continue or end slavery.]]> 2020-09-11 23:21:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740546853 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740552092 The extension of slavery in new territories emerged when the nation expanded westward. Multiple compromises helped settle the issue at first. The "popular sovereignty" system was applied to other territories, which allowed people living in those territories to decide for themselves whether they wanted to keep slavery or not. The Fugitive Slave Act was also included, which was a more strict fugitive slave law. The Fugitive Slave Act was abhorred in the North. ]]> 2020-09-11 23:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740552092 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740560642 The Kansas-Nebraska Act said that popular sovereignty would be applied to determine slavery in remaining territories. This caused "Bleeding Kansas", where anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers fought violently with each other. A fight also happened on the floor of the Senate where an anti-slavery senator was beat over the head with a cane by a South Carolina senator.]]> 2020-09-11 23:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740560642 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740563159 The Republican Party was formed in 1854 as a response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Republican Party was originally called the "anti-Nebraska" movement.]]> 2020-09-11 23:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740563159 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740566363 Dred Scott, (a slave), tried to sue for his freedom since he lived in a few free slave states. The Supreme Court ruled that Scott could not sue since he wasn't a U.S. citizen. This ruling caused protests throughout the North.]]> 2020-09-11 23:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740566363 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740574035 John Brown, a white abolitionist, hoped to stir up slave revolts in the South, but was overwhelmed by U.S. troops. Brown was hanged 2 months later. His attempt to create slave revolts caused fear among Southern whites.]]> 2020-09-11 23:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740574035 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740576591 All of these issues caused the system of compromise to break down.]]> 2020-09-11 23:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740576591 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740578368 Southerners were supporters of states' rights. The differing views of states' rights was another cause of the civil war. Southern states felt they had the right to cancel laws if they found the laws unconstitutional. They also felt they had the right to decide about slavery since is was a state right decision. ]]> 2020-09-12 00:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740578368 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740587166 Abraham Lincoln won the Republican nomination for the Presidential Election.The South thought that Lincoln was anti-slavery and in favor of Northern interests and were convinced that he would get rid of slavery. Abraham only felt that slavery couldn't expand to new territories. The Democrats were split over slavery. South Carolina
issued its “Declaration of the Causes of Secession”, this represented South Carolina's need to secede from the United States. South Carolina's withdrawal from the Union was the election of Abraham Lincoln as president.]]> 2020-09-12 00:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740587166 sachikoberrocales https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740604976 Six more states seceded from the Union. In February 1861, the Confederacy was formed. After this, the Civil War started at Fort Sumter in South Carolina when Confederate forces fired on the fort on April 12, 1861.]]> 2020-09-12 00:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sachikoberrocales/dem96zawnk8uuj9w/wish/740604976