SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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Secessionists were upset with the balance of power in the legislative branch and taxation in the Union.
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Secessionists were upset with the election of President Lincoln and the issue of limiting the expansion of slavery.
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Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the unbalance of power in Congress.
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Secessionists were upset with the Dred Scott decision and the election of President Lincoln.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Republican Party was committed to restricting the growth of slavery, and its victory in the election of 1860 was the trigger for secession by Southern states.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lesson Summary. In December of 1860, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union. The decision to secede from the union was a result of the building tensions in the United States during the 1800s over the institution of slavery, states’ rights, and tariffs.
Detailed explanation-3: -4. That Americans are not enemies, but friends. 5. Secession would destroy the world’s only existing democracy, and prove for all time, to future Americans and to the world, that a government of the people cannot survive.
Detailed explanation-4: -South Carolina became the first state to secede from the federal Union on December 20, 1860. The victory of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election triggered cries for disunion across the slaveholding South.
Detailed explanation-5: -Southern theorists claimed that secession is constitutional because of the compact nature of the Union, while the North countered that secession is unlawful because of the perpetuity and indivisibility of the Union.