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NCHS-5-1
The causes of the Civil War
Resources: Slavery a Positive GoodResource Type: Primary Source John C. Calhoun was vice president of the United States (1825-32) and U.S. senator from South Carolina for most of the period from 1832 to 1850. Calhoun on the Compromise of 1850 Resource Type: Primary Source John C. Calhoun became the South's most powerful advocate as senator from South Carolina for most of the period from 1832 to 1850. Bleeding Kansas Resource Type: Primary Source In the summer of 1856, advocates of Free States flocked to Kansas in anticipation of the popular sovereignty vote. A House Divided Resource Type: Primary Source Abraham Lincoln accepts the Republican Party's nomination for U.S. senator from Illinois. Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas, the proponent of popular sovereignty. National Democratic Party Platform of 1860 Resource Type: Primary Source In 1860, the Democratic Party split along sectional lines, leaving the Southern Democrats as the dominant party of the South. In the 1860 presidential election, the Southern Democrats won every state of the Deep South, the first states to secede. Crittenden's Proposed Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source Abraham Lincoln has been elected President and the threat of secession hangs over the Union. What is Crittenden's plan? Response to the Crittenden Amendment Resource Type: Primary Source This editorial responds to Crittenden's proposal to amend the Constitution. Mississippi's Declaration of Secession Resource Type: Primary Source The first state to secede was South Carolina, doing so on December 20, 1860. Before the end of February, all the states of the Deep South (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) had seceded. Illustrations of the Pro-Slavery Argument Resource Type: Primary Source These illustrations support the institution of slavery. Why? Calhoun on the Compromise of 1850 Resource Type: Primary Source John C. Calhoun became the South's most powerful advocate as senator from South Carolina for most of the period from 1832 to 1850. | | |||||||||
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