https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu Made with the best of intentions en-us 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC 2025-11-22 11:58:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789224 Slavery in the United States of America was institutionalized in the early stages of American History. The debate over slavery set fire to the expansion of slavery and ultimately started sectionalism in America. In the 17th century and 18th century about 645,000 Africans were imported to Americans to fulfill the labor requirements that were needed at the time. This appeal of having slaves do the work made slavery in America more desirable but also led to people disagreeing with it. It was not until the American Revolution, where these divisions among people started to form. Northern states one by one passed emancipation law and Southern states increasingly committed to slavery beginning the sectional division.  ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789224 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789225 The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was the first established guide to the expansion of slavery in the new territories gained from the Louisiana Purchase. The debate on whether Missouri should become a free or a slave state brought the idea of an equal number of representation in congress between slave states and free states. In order to keep the balance, congress passed a series of agreements that were known as the Missouri compromise. The compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and established a line through the western territories along the 36 30 parallel, dividing the north and south as free and slave. Although this compromise did succeed in settling the debate of slavery for a short while, it deepened moral issues posed by the growth of slavery, further established the difference in ideologies in the north and the south, and ultimately separated the country even more. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789225 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789226 The Mexican American War of 1946 was a direct cause of Texas declaring its independence and joining the Union in 1845. Mexico being unhappy and the United States being once again hungry for new territory began the Mexican American War. After 2 long year at war with Mexico, President Polk sent a special presidential envoy to negotiate a settlement. On February 2, 1848, Mexico and the United States signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the war and granted the United States new territories such as California and New Mexico completing the the territories of the United states. These territories obtained in the Mexican American War of 1486 caused further sectional strife over the expansion of slavery. These new territories undermined the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the proposal of admitting California into the Union disrupted the balance between free states and slave states. Tempers over California rose to dangerous levels between the Northerns and the Southern, both demanding either the expansion of slaver or the abolishment of slavery.]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789226 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789228 The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–American War. The compromise admitted California as a free state did not regulate slavery in the remainder of the Mexican cession, and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act. The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that compelled Northerns to return escaped slaves to the South. This new Fugitive Slave act increased section tension between the North and the South due to more and more northern not adhering to the law and increasing popularity for slavery to be abolished. The remaining territories of the Mexican American War were areas of popular sovereignty which meant that the people could decide on topics like slavery. This led to both northern and southern people moving to this region in order to establish their beliefs. This competition led to many violent insurrections and again increased the sectional tension between the North and the South. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789228 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789230 The addition of the two states, Kansas and Nebraska brought a lot of sectional tension into the US, which eventually led to the Civil War. At first, many southern states were in no rush to admit Nebraska as a state, this was because it lied above the 36 30 line. The 36 30 line was a cut off of where slavery could no longer exist. However, the Kansas Nebraska act allowed for the states to chose via popular sovereignty whether or not they would allow slavery. This violated the 36 30 line of the Missouri Compromise, and would now allow for slavery to exist and expand. The Northerners were beyond upset about this. The Kansas Nebraska act would lead to two sides, those that agreed with it and favored it (southerners/democrats) and those that strongly disliked it (northerners/republicans). The division of people, along with the on going issue of slavery, would lead to a pavement of sectionalism that leads directly to the Civil War. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789230 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789233 The Dred Scott & Sanford case of 1857 a case brought up all the way to the Supreme Court, Dred Scott was fighting on behalf of slaves and colored people to have equal rights. Scott had went to court to trial for freedom of false enslavement. Scott was able to earn his own, as well as Harriet's, freedom in January 1850. Scott filed a federal lawsuit with the US Circuit Court for the District of Missouri in November of 1853, with this file his freedom was repealed on May 15 of 1854 and he and his family were held in slavery. By December 1854 Scott had appealed his case to the Supreme Court, he lost once again. Although he did lose in the court aspect of the cases, he was able to gain a large following and support of abolitionists. These cases encouraged Northerners and Republicans all around to fight for the abolition of slavery as well as the rights for colored people. However, this was a problem for those in the south (democrats) as they wanted to keep and expand slavery, as well as stay superior to those of color and not allow them rights. The disagreements between the two parties was very large contribute to building the road to the Civil War. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789233 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789234 Abraham Lincoln was a candidate running on behalf of the Northerners/Republicans. He had previously tried running for a senate position but lost to Frederick Douglas in that race. While competing for the senate position, he and Douglas held many debates where the main topic would usually be slavery. Abraham Lincoln was not a fan of slavery and made it very obvious that he would do his best to stop the expansion of it. His views, ideas, and beliefs on slavery allowed him to gain a large following of "Lincoln Republicans." The exposure he gained from these debates allowed him to win the votes of many in the northern states that no longer favored slavery. However, when he was elected president the states that favored slavery strongly disliked his powerful position in office. This caused six states to secede from the United States. The disagreements and strong dislike for Lincoln alone was one of the largest causes of the Civil War. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789234 20006081 https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789235 At this time, various federal forts were becoming outposts in foreign land. Lincoln was trying to be very strategic about these forts and decided to send fresh supplies to bait in the troop stations. On April 12, 1861 confederate warships opened a 34 hour bombardment at Fort Sumter. On April 14, the garrison surrendered. This act of violence would begin the Civil war. Lincoln had began calling for troops to join the northern army, around 75k troops. When Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee refused to contribute volunteers, they cut off their ties to the federal government. ]]> 2021-11-08 17:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20002671/togm96amxf20ozxu/wish/1875789235