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States’ Rights. SOUTH Believed that states had the right to rule themselves. NORTH Believed in a strong national government. SOUTH Government created by the states. States have the right to reject laws that would hurt them. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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SOUTH
Believed that states had the right to rule themselves
NORTH
Believed in a strong national
government
SOUTH
Government created by the states.
States have the right to reject laws that would hurt them.
Since states voluntarily joined the Union, they could voluntarily leave –secede.
NORTH
Government created by the people.
Only the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional.
Only the people of the US could dissolve the Union. Attempting to destroy the Union was treason.
Even though the United States had been established decades earlier, many people still felt that the states should have FINAL AUTHORITY, not the
federal government.
vs.
Slave Population in 1860• Slaves were about 4 million of the total
black population in the country.• By far, the MAJORITY lived in the South.• About 11.5% of the slaves lived in Georgia.
Great Awakening (2)• In the 1820’s a
second Great Awakening swept the country.
• One result of this religious revival was increased and interracial support for abolition (movement to do away with slavery).
Northern Whites
Some Southern
Whites
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
Abolitionist = a person who demanded the immediate freeing of slaves• Morally wrong• Violates religious
teachings• Results in cruel and
inhumane treatment of slaves
• Violates democracy
Abolitionist Activities• Made speeches• Conducted meetings• Published
newspapers• Organized and
offered their homes as safe houses for runaway slaves in the Underground Railroad
• Wrote books and articles
John Brown
Fanatical abolitionist who planned a slave
rebellion; led an unsuccessful raid on armory at Harper’s Ferry, VA.
Former slave who escaped to freedom; public speaker who traveled around the country
describing the evils of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
Dred Scott Decision (1857)a Supreme Court decision adds fuel to the fire...
• Dred Scott was a Missouri slave.
• He sued for his freedom because he had lived for a period of time with his master in the free state of Illinois and free territory of Wisconsin.
• The Supreme Court said Scott could not sue because he was a slave, and slaves were not citizens.