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Pros And Cons Of The Civil War

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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it” (Lincoln). The United States was divided and on the razors edge sat one of the most debated subjects in US History, slavery. The anti-slave Union was locked in combat with the pro-slave Confederacy which was outnumbered two to one and losing men in events like the border wars later named Bleeding Kansas (Civil War Facts). The North had many advantages including larger populations due to large cities, and larger industrial and production capacities. They also produced ninety seven percent of the nation’s firearms, ninety four percent of the nation’s cloth and ninety percent of the nation’s footwear and had an army that had over two million …show more content…

After a series of tariffs were passed to protect the industry of the North, the South started to realize that these tariffs left the price of manufactured goods high and did not allow them to fluctuate with the economy as the raw materials of the South did. Some Southern states had derived the idea that if a law was deemed unconstitutional, then the states are able to nullify that law. South Carolina deemed these tariffs were unconstitutional and told Jackson that they were not going to pay them. Fearing that other states might follow and secede from the nation, Jackson prepared the military to mobilize and said that the tariff would be paid, even if at the barrel of a gun. This event was called the Nullification Crisis of 1832, and it would light the fire that burnt in the hearts of states’ rights activists during the prelude to the civil war and would open the door to Southern succession. This was the main catalyst of the Civil War because it demonstrated the political superiority of the North, the political inferiority of the south, and showed that abuse of power by the Northern …show more content…

At the time, states were divided on the line set by the Missouri Compromise and the states had to be evenly added, if a slave state wanted to join the Union, then a free state had to join as well, or vice versa. This made equal representation in the government possible because as states were added, they were added in equal amounts. The South had thought of an ordinance, “The ordinance is founded, not on the indefeasible right of resisting acts which are plainly unconstitutional and too oppressive to be endured, but on the strange position that any one State may not only declare an act of Congress void, but prohibit its execution; that they may do this consistently with the Constitution; that the true construction of that instrument permits a State to retain its place in the Union and yet be bound by no other of its laws than those it may choose to consider as constitutional” (Richardson). This ordinance would never make it through congress. When the Tariffs of 1832 were passed, invoking more taxes, South Carolina decided that they would not pay this tax, calling the tariff unconstitutional and standing against the Government of the North. The south wanted to stay the political equal of the North, and when their “law” was not even considered by congress, the felt that the days of “equal” representation were numbered. When President Jackson caught word of this, he told the governor of South

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Alan Martinez November 11, 2017 History 1301 President Jackson's Nullification Proclamation (1832). Pdf. In this proclamation, Jackson opposes the constitution and responds by saying that whoever does not listen will be punished. Also, he said if anyone tries to bring in goods then will close the ports.

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In order to calm things down, they made the Force Bill which forced them to pay the taxes. If they did not, then President Jackson had the right to harshly make South Carolina do it, by using the army. Jackson did not agree in letting a state nullify Federal

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Much of the disagreement between the north and south was caused by the status of slavery, particularly what would happen in expansion states. The northern states wanted to eliminate slavery from new states, and ideally they wanted no slavery in the country in general. On the other hand, southern states believed that slavery should expand with the country. For example, a man from Georgia argued that new territory should be able to have the choice as to whether or not they will have slavery. But the north, however, “insists that while the territory was partly acquired by Southern men, is partly owned by Southern men, that they shall be excluded from its soil”(Document B).

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I would think using the word “racist” when discussing the events from the 1860s and the Civil War would be appropriate. Quite frankly, there is almost no way not to use it, It was a major contradicting issue back then. How could someone state, “God himself has made them usefulness as slaves, and requires us to employ them as such,” and “Our Heavenly Father has made us to rule, and the Negroes to serve,” (Pictures of Slavery and Anti-Slavery: Advantages of Negro Slavery and the Benefits of Negro Freedom Morally, Socially, and Politically by John Bell Robinson) and it not be considered racist. This is a prime example of someone judging and stereotyping a human being just because their skin is a different color.

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however, the tax on foreign goods would significantly raise the cost of living in the South as the its main economy was based on the production of cotton and did not make anything else. John c calhoun the senator of south carolina deemed the tariff as void and unconstitutional and nullified it. Jackson became furious and argued that a state did not have the authority to nullify a federal law and threatened to send troops in to enforce the law. However henry clay the vice president at that time resolved the issue by decreasing the tariff to the point it became reasonable. Jackson did not think about the states that would have a problem because of the tariff.

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This also was a critical event to the coming of the Civil War as it separated the north and south even greater by physically dividing them into two

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Most of the other Southern States were fully convinced that Andrew Jackson was ready and capable of making good on his threats. Fortunately for the nation as a whole, the U. S. Congress was already working on a compromise bill in an attempt to settle the issue and soon passed the Compromise Tariff of 1833. On March 13, 1833, the South Carolina convention reconvened and repealed the original Ordinance of Nullification but as a symbolic gesture, nullified the Force Bill. The United States had seemingly avoided the crisis but over next few years, most would realize that the crisis had merely been delayed. There has been a popular contingency among American historians and authors that tariffs were only a pretense and that South Carolina’s true motive was the defense of slavery.

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The Nullification Crisis was an event that happened between the years of 1828 and 1832. There were many reasons that this crisis occurred. Many of these reasons could have been avoided from happening. The event that really started it all was the Tariff of 1828. One of the tariffs done during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, it was tax on goods that were imported and sold.

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This made Jackson have to make an ultimate decision, either he should support the tariff or if he should not. He thought about the union and if the south secedes, then it would not be called The United States. Furthermore, Jackson was known as the common man, which

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In the early 1830’s, South Carolina had the idea that they could nullify the law. This meant that the states could disregard some of the federal laws. A man named John C. Calhoun Promoted the idea. In 1828, there was a tariff passed that put a tax on all imports. Calhoun and a lot of Southern states were outraged.

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When Congress issued tariffs on foreign goods, Southerners believed that Congress favored the North since this tariff would benefit them. John Randolph spoke of this issue, arguing that Congress was being unfair since the South was not benefiting from the actions of Congress at all while the North benefited (Doc A). As for political conflict, there was a clear case of factionalism and political rivalry in 1824 (Doc I). With these conflicts amongst the varying factions and political parties, the political tension and sectionalism within America continued to grow. Accusations and anger from the South further separated them from the North, which did not contribute “good feelings” to the country at

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The South wanted to secede from the Union, but Mr. Jackson would force the military on them if they decided to do so. Congress then passed the Force Bill and the Compromise Tariff to help settle down the South; Jackson ended up preventing the South from leaving the Union. When Andrew Jackson

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However, these differences show that the North and South were actually two distinct countries held together by one constitution. The North felt that decisions regarding slavery and its legality were entrenched in the central government while the South felt that such decision belonged to the individual states. In the times preceding the war, both sides could not reach a compromise. Bonner mentions, “Because secession and war were permitted to come, warned Russel, "We are not entitled to lay the flattering unction to our souls that the Civil War was an inevitable conflict (Bonner, 195).” Hence, these differences could only be addressed through war.

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The Nullification Crisis was sectional crisis that occurred in 1832 to 1833 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson that involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government. The crisis occurred when the Tariff of 1832 and the Tariffs of Abominations were opposed by the south, mostly led by South Carolina who deemed the protective tariffs unconstitutional. In response South Carolina passed the Ordinance of Nullification and threatened to succeed if the federal government didn’t pull back the Tariffs. Andrew Jackson later got congress to pass the Force Bill which gave him the power to use military power to collect duties of on the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. South Carolina repealed its nullification, but were still against

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Not surprisingly, these taxes coupled along with the unequal tariffs greatly increased tensions with Southerners. After those tariffs were passed Southerners felt that the Federal government was passing unfair laws that specifically targeted them. They believed that individual states had the right to ignore or “nullify” any law that the Federal government passed.

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