State Right or Federal Right?
Summary
Bill of rights
A big issue right before the Civil War was how much power the federal goverment really should have over its people. The people in the north belived in a strong federal government. The southern states belived that each state government should have more power, and should be able to make important desions on its own. Southerners claimed that the federal government wasn't allowed to to stop them for having slavery because of the 10th Amendment. "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Southerners also made all their money by agriculture, meaning they are basically farmers. To be a farmer you need to tend to the land and right now the slaves tended to the land. If slavery was banned then the south's economy would drop because no one would work in the feilds.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was a war hero in the west and was chosen to be the presdent of the Conferate States. The confederate states wanted to secede from the union so that way they could form their power government. At first he didnt want to be presidet, he wanted to be a genral in the army. He ended up taking the job, bcause of his moderate stance on leaving the union and, when states tried to determinr laws for their new counrty argued against it, and he elected good leaders for the army. But he ran the
army in a poor way, he argued with his genrals. In 1866 he was tried for treason. He was released in 1868.Davis’ popularity and effectiveness were not higher than the numbers of Confederate lostes in the last years of the War. On April 2, 1865, he and the other members of the Confederate government were forced to flee from Richmond, VA before the oncoming Union Army. He was captured by Northern soldiers near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, Virginia for two years. He was never tried for treason, but was released on a bond in May 1867.
army in a poor way, he argued with his genrals. In 1866 he was tried for treason. He was released in 1868.Davis’ popularity and effectiveness were not higher than the numbers of Confederate lostes in the last years of the War. On April 2, 1865, he and the other members of the Confederate government were forced to flee from Richmond, VA before the oncoming Union Army. He was captured by Northern soldiers near Irwinville, Georgia on May 10, 1865. He was imprisoned at Fort Monroe, Virginia for two years. He was never tried for treason, but was released on a bond in May 1867.
Important Events
Sack Of Lawrence
The Kansas Nebraska Act allowed Kansas and Nebraska territiries to deside using popular sovenity if they wanted be a free or slave territories. By 1856, Kansas had a lot of violence, both pro- and anti-slavery forces fought over the state's future. After the Act was passed both anti slavery and pro slavery forces rushed supporters to Kansas to vote against or for slavey, this lead to the formation of two goverments.This leasd to the Sack of Lawarence. The Sack of Lawrence was a pro slavey group that came to arrest the leaders of the anti slavery government and not finding them, took their anger out by buring the city of Lawarence. This angered abobolitinist John Brown, who led an attack that become known as the Pottawatomie Massacare, during this he and his men killed 5 pro slavery men.