HIST 105 1st Edition Lecture 22 Outline of Last Lecture I. MissionariesII. Female Moral ReformIII. Public SchoolsIV. Bible SocietiesV. Anti-CrimeVI. Anti-SlaveryVII. Communes and Free Love VIII. Whigs and Democrats IX. Jackson as President Outline of Current Lecture I. NullificationII. Possible Causes of the Civil WarIII. Manifest DestinyIV. TexasV. Oregon Current LectureI. Nullificationo 1828- High tariff (tax on imports) encourage Americans to buy American goods. - Europe hates out tariff and they retaliate by buying U.S. cotton at low prices- South Carolina (home to John C. Calhoun)- Presents to South Carolina the theory of nullification (state can nullify a federal law) - Idea borrowed from Madison and Jefferson’s response to the Sedition Act- South Carolina could pass a law where they would not collect the federal tariff and then hopefully their ports will be flooded with European Ships and Europe give thanks by paying a higher price for cotton - Andrew Jackson also hates the tariff- Pursuades congress to lower tariff - New tariff not low enough for South Carolina- South Carolina decides not to collect the tariff.- South Carolina threatens to secede if federal government tries to force SC to collect the tariff - Congress passes the “Force Bill” - At same time, Andrew Jackson also gets a lower tariff passed II. Possible Causes of the Civil War 1.) Irrepressible Conflict These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Idea floated by Senator Seward in 1858 - Two section can’t get along and must separate - Two Conflicts: Economic Conflict - Two form of Capitalism no longer exist North: Free Labor South: Slave Labor Which one will dominate the territories? Social Cultural - Economic systems are part of a larger culture 2.) Money Power Conspiracy by the North - View popular in South after the war over - Northern industrialists move to the South after the War and Build factories and employ whites - No documentation to prove this theory 3.) Slave Power Conspiracy by the South - Popular in the North prior to the Civil War - Federal government has been taken over by slave owners in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches Executive: Not John Adams of John Q. Adams Legislative: Kansas-Nebraska Act Judicial: Dred Scott Decision 4.) “Blundering Generation” - Inept Politicians - 1840s: 1 term wonders (presidents) an strong congress (congress dies off in 1850s)- Bad Choices- Weak Leaders5.) Extremists Push U.S. to War - Media III. Manifest Destiny - “Obvious Fate” - U.S. need to spread coast to coast IV. Texas o 1821: Texas was a providence of Mexico - Mexico will invite Americans to Texas with Slaves- Wanted to tax Americans- Tejanos - Cattle Ranches and Cotton Plantations o 1829: Mexico bans slavery o 1835: Americans rebel against Mexico - Alamo- Goliad -“Remember Goliad, Remember the
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