1860 Dbq Analysis
Many aspects and events throughout the time period of 1860 through 1861 had an overall contribution to the secession of several Southern states. Slavery was one of the major issues that led many conflicts between the Northern states and the Southern States. These compilation of events progress to the secession of the Southern States from the Union afterwards and the formation of the Confederate States of America. In 1846, David Wilmot proposed the Wilmot Proviso, declaring Congress banning slavery in all territories, that may join the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War. Even though this proposal did not pass the Senate, the quarrel over slavery led to division of the Union. The Northerners were influenced by a
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This decision led proslavery and antislavery settlers submerging into Kansas in April violence began to occur in the town of Lawrence. Three days later, John Brown and seven of his men murdered five proslavery males near Pottawatomie Creek. However, Brown wasn’t finished and attacked the town of Harper’s Ferry in 1859. These unfortunate events gave the Southerners an idea to secede from the Union. According to Document 2, “...The North is accumulating power, and it means to use that power to emancipate your slaves...Disunion is a fearful thing, but emancipation is worse. Better leave the Union in the open face of day, than be lighted from it at midnight by the [arsonist’s] torch.” This basically means that even though some southerners did not own slaves, they’ll be willing to secede, because they don’t want to witness the revolt of free slaves that wants revenge from the south. They were terrified and secession was the best choice at the …show more content…
South Carolina had no other choice but to secede from the Union as they found this result to be unacceptable. Four months later, the people of six other states who elected Jefferson Davis ( Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana) followed South Carolina’s footsteps. Later Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee joined the session. In total of eleven states seceded from the Union as an outcome of Lincoln’s
This decision led proslavery and antislavery settlers submerging into Kansas in April violence began to occur in the town of Lawrence. Three days later, John Brown and seven of his men murdered five proslavery males near Pottawatomie Creek. However, Brown wasn’t finished and attacked the town of Harper’s Ferry in 1859. These unfortunate events gave the Southerners an idea to secede from the Union. According to Document 2, “...The North is accumulating power, and it means to use that power to emancipate your slaves...Disunion is a fearful thing, but emancipation is worse. Better leave the Union in the open face of day, than be lighted from it at midnight by the [arsonist’s] torch.” This basically means that even though some southerners did not own slaves, they’ll be willing to secede, because they don’t want to witness the revolt of free slaves that wants revenge from the south. They were terrified and secession was the best choice at the …show more content…
South Carolina had no other choice but to secede from the Union as they found this result to be unacceptable. Four months later, the people of six other states who elected Jefferson Davis ( Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana) followed South Carolina’s footsteps. Later Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee joined the session. In total of eleven states seceded from the Union as an outcome of Lincoln’s