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The Divisive Politics of Slavery
1. Look at the graphic to help organize your thoughts. List four events that heightened tensions between the North and South.
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The Compromise of 1850
includes a new fugitive
slave law
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1852, Uncle Tom's Cabin
book on slavery stirs strong reactions
1857, Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court case causes sectional passions to explode
1859, John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry
attempt to start a slave uprising intensifies sectional feeling in the country
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The South identified Abolitionism with violent revolution.
Rivalry between the French and the Dutch in North America lead to increased Indian warfare. The rivalry pushed the Indians to secure more furs and items for trade and more warfare broke out over competition.
The beating of Charles Sumner show that the relations between the North and South created events that led to the Civil War.
Tonkin Gulf "incidents." Naval engagement(s) between the USN and North Viet Navy in August '64.
Korean War
It increased tensions further between the North and the South
abolitionism
The publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which popularised the Underground Railroad. The decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case - apparently ruling that there was no such thing as free soil. The John Brown raid on Harper's Ferry, which appeared to confirm Southern suspicions that the Abolitionists were planning violent insurrection.
The Abolitionist Movement!
Some northern states used personal liberty laws to nullify the figitive slave Act, written to help the south.
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California's application for statehood.
the book: Uncle Toms Cabin by: Harriet Beecher Stowe
After being declared official ambassador of Rock & Roll, James Brown's wailing vocal attack on Harpers Ferry was greeted with jubalation in both North and South. John Brown's attack and its effect on the tension between North and South is another story.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
It increased tensiond between the north and south.