Civil War Dbq

Civil War DBQ Americans are a democratic society that are driven for success. During the early nineteenth century the Americans were living off the buzz of the constitution and working together to form a functioning government. As Lincoln wisely said later on "A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The issue of slavery was one of such magnitude that division on such an issue would inevitably lead to a war, and could not have been avoided by compromise. With the Missouri Compromise initially dividing the country and the debate over slavery stretching on for over half a century the issue consumed the nation. After many failed compromise attempts, and vicious attacks of North on South and vise versa on a national and personal level, the government soon realized that war was imminent. This hostility towards each other did not exist at the start nor did the idea of secession. With the addition of Western territories. The issue of whether or not they were to be free was brought to the floor. Henry Clay engineered the Missouri Compromise, which divided the country by 36°30’ line leaving Maine free and Missouri as a slave state. With the country now officially divided the tension grew greater, and in Document B the Annual report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1834 claimed, that every American who own a slave as his property is a “MAN STEALER.” Later on as the Mexican War ended the United States had gained lands including California, New Mexico, and Utah. This sparked another debate, which lands would be free? The sentiment for these states to be free began to grow as books like Uncle Tom’s Cabin were published and the Free Soil Party gained popularity. Again, the North and South were pitted against each other and ended up on deciding for New Mexico and Utah to have popular sovereignty. While the slavery controversy was going on, so was the problem with nullification. From 1828-1833 high tariff levels were imposed on the South by the