One of the first main issues that required compromise to create a reasonable solution was the enactment of tariffs on the south. The main export of the south was cotton. Cotton was what supplied the south with almost all of its money. In about 1828 to 1833 the first major conflict between the north and south was created during the Tariff or Nullification Crisis. In 1828, the North enacted a tariff on the south that severely affected their cotton trade. The tax rates were as high as forty five to fifty percent. The tariffs were nicknamed the "Tariffs of Abominations" because the south was so disgusted at the high rates it was facing. The south spoke out against these high rates and the north lowered the tariff rates to thirty three percent. Despite lowering the tariff, South Carolina decided that they were not going to follow the tariff, and not pay it. The reasoning the state had was that they thought they should not have to follow any sort of law or tax that was not beneficial to themselves. South Carolina nullified the tariff and didn't pay them. The north was outraged at this act. The north thought that the if South Carolina was able to repeal the tariff and ignore it, who would be able to stop them from ignoring laws regarding slavery? The north and the federal government were offended and angry. An example of their displeasure is shown in Henry Clay's speech to the Senate when he states "I merely throw out these sentiments for the purpose of showing you that South Carolina having…
Because of the significant increase in industries in the North protective tariffs such as the tariff of 1828 greeted extreme tension between the north and the south. The tariff of 1828 was keyed the term "the tariff of abominations" by many southern because of as extreme rates. This tariff under president Jackson was opposed by V.P Calhoun who wrote the South Carolina exposition and protests, which similarly to the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions under Thomas Jefferson, stated that the federal government did not have the right to set these tariffs and that particular right is reserved for the states; Calhoun was a strong advocate of the states rights. South Carolina threatened to succeed the union with Calhoun saying “ the union next to our liberty most dear..” in response to Jackson’s strong statement “ our union it must and shall be preserved.” Henry Clay, the great compromiser, comes up with a compromise for the tariff, substantially while South Carolina agrees not to succeed the union. Tariffs such as the tariff of abominations created greater tension between the North and the South;…
The issue of slavery became an even greater concern when the Louisiana Purchase territories were to enter the Union as states. The question was, would new territories enter the Union as slave or free states? The South wanted a balance of power. They knew that if the North were to have more free states, then slavery in the south could be facing extinction through congress. In an attempt to conciliate with the South, the North agreed upon the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Through this, slavery was banned above the 36 degrees 30 minute line and Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine a free state. For a while, it retained the balance of power. However, tempers in the south rose again later in the 1820s over high tariffs. The tariffs benefitted the north but threatened southern cotton exports. In 1828, the tariff was around 50%. President Jackson modified it to around 33% in 1832 only to have South Carolina nullify it in the state. It raised the question of whether or not the federal government could legally impose protective tariffs and whether it was constitutional for a state to nullify a federal law. "South…
Tariff of 1828 This tariff was otherwise known as the “Tariff of Abominations” because of the outcomes it had on the southern economy, the financial system of the south. The purpose of the tariff was to benefit northern companies that were…
During the 1800's, Americans in the North and South often had conflict but could no longer resolve their political disputes through compromise by the year 1860. In this time period, compromise was not an option because slavery and states rights' caused political disputes between the north and south.The two political parties in the north and south lost their ability to cooperate and by the mid 1800's increased the issue of the division of the states.…
The Northerners opposed slavery, whereas the agriculture dependent Southerners supported it. It was on this issue that the most acerbic debates took place. For the unity and efficiency of the whole country, both sides gave in and made the most famous of the compromises, the Three-Fifth Clause, which won unanimous approval. Not wanting to loose the valuable revenues from the South, the Northerners compromised again in the Constitution by prohibiting Congress from outlawing the slave trade for at least twenty years in order to appeal to the masses. Was this necessarily the right and just decision? No. But it undeniably guaranteed the South as a part of the…
The conflict between the North and South stemmed back to 1846, when the U.S.A won a huge area of Mexican territory as the result of what became known as the Mexican War. The land acquired revived controversy over the extension of slavery, as many Northerners wanted the new territory to become a free state with no slavery, and many Southerners wanted slavery to expand. Numerous compromises were conceded, to try to resolve the sectional conflict, for example the Wilmot Proviso of 1846 attempted to exclude slavery from any territory gained as a result of the war. The Calhoun Doctrine issued in 1847, and known as ‘The Platform of the South’, asserted that the territories were common property of all the states. However the argument of whether slavery should be allowed to expand, still continued and even threatened to tear the union apart, therefore a compromise of some sort seemed essential.…
The compromises from 1846 to 1861 were, by their intentions, to postpone the struggle between the north and the south temporarily but not to solve it. The foundational problems, like the the slavery itself, the differences in social structure and economic system and the expansion of slavery, were left. The increasing struggle between the abolitionists and slave owners and between the newly formed Republican Party and the Democratic Party kept putting those questions in front of the US people. The compromises themselves failed to satisfy the wants of both sides, enraged the north and frightened the south, so up to the election of Lincoln, the tension built up to a climax and finally broke out to become a civil war.…
The rupture in the United States that the argument over slavery had made was far too deep and wide to be mended by compromises alone. During the early 1800s, Americans were optimistic about fixing the slavery issue by passing laws and bills that satisfied both the North and South, but they were proved largely ineffective. It seems that sectionalism had begun to overcome nationalism. Northerners tended to not only disagree with themselves having to comply with fugitive slave laws and with slavery being legal in new states, but also with the South being allowed to practice slavery altogether. The South demanded that Northerners help return the Souths legal, property (runaway slaves), that citizens of the South who wished to move west be allowed to bring their slaves with them, and that the North not mess with the keystone of their agricultural economy. Hostilities between the two sections were seen everywhere from Church to politics, and at such levels that made it clear that no compromise could have possibly made everyone happy.…
The Antebellum period from 1800 to 1850 marked a time of sectionalism in American history. Furthermore, new territories gained during western expansion added to this conflict between different sections of America. Southern states wanted new slave territories, while the North wanted to contain the spread of slavery. While Western expansion contributed to growing sectional tensions between the North and South from 1800-1820, sectionalism intensified significantly from 1820-1850.…
When the United States went to war in 1812, Americans were stopped from importing factory goods from Great Britain (their wartime enemy). Without competition from foreign nations, northern industries made a handsome profit. During peacetime, the congress tried to maintain the good times for the new northern industries by raising tariffs (taxes) rates from 1816-1828. But the effect of this tariffs wasn 't so good for south, the tariff made manufactured goods more expensive, the tariff also reduced the market for British-made cotton cloth, which meant that the south would sell less raw cotton to their major costumer, Great Britain. When even higher tariffs were passed the south revolted. Violent conflict was avoided, but further increased the sectionalism of the nation.…
The first issue is about Freedom, the slaves are still legal in south while north outlawed slavery, which causes tension between south and north. The North were fighting so hard to oppose slavery while the south were opt out on slavery.…
In early 1860’s the Civil war took place, against the North and the South parts of America. In the time that was taken to reach the civil war, many small disagreements and arguments took place that eventually led to having an immense war. However, around three decades earlier, South Carolina had been having disagreements with the federal government. On May 19, 1928 the Congress of the United States passed the Tariff of 1828. The tariff was designed to protect industries in the northern United States which were being driven out of business, by low-priced imported goods by putting tax on them. Well it seems as if this was a great idea, until, the south started to feel the effects of it, on their antebellum economy. The south called the tariff of 1828, “Tariff of Abominations”. “South Carolina felt that the protective features of tariffs were harmful to them and they also claimed that they were unconstitutional because they favored North over the South.” (u-s-history.com)A government should serve their people with equality and liberty. Instead the federal government chose to be unfair and help the north because that’s where they…
In the nineteenth century, the great nation of America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however, by 1850, tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery, and the zeal that many people had in defending their own view of slavery. The division of political parties, economic standing, and moral beliefs that slavery caused in the Antebellum Era ultimately led to the collapse of a united nation.…
In addition to the tension between the north and south congress placed a tax on goods bought outside of the country otherwise known as tariffs. In 1828 and 1832, congress raised tariffs higher and higher. These taxes were hated by the southern states for they did not have many factories unlike they’re northern counterparts, and thus they paid tariffs more often. In one instance a southern state refused to pay the tariff nullifying the tax congress had placed this event known as the nullification crisis drove the wedge between the north and south further…