he coming of the civil war is emerging violence is breaking out over Kansas and the division over the Nebraska Territory. Northern Congressmen are trying to ban slavery from Nebraska Territory in 1853. The Kansas- Nebraska act of 1854 was supposed to be the solution of the conflict because it split the Nebraska territory in two, Kansas would be the settlers, and Nebraska would be the free. In 1855 Elections in Kansas stirred up conflict, Missouri slave power intervenes in Kansas border, and casted phony votes. The creation of two governments in Kansas, 1. The Pro slave constitution and 2. The Free-settlers set up gov’t in Topeka in 1856, both of them claims to be legitimacy. This lead to violence breakout in Kansas, pro-slavery ruffians raid free soilers in Kansas, 1856. Irresponsible Agitators, bleeding Kansas, the murderers of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas, and the beating of Charles Sumner in Congress who called slavery a Sinful Harlot.
The political party rise conflict as well, such as the rise of the Republic party, and the election of Abraham Lincoln. The Northern advocates form of political party that was against slavery. The Republican party (1854) abolitionist, free-soilers and Northern democrats. Abraham Lincoln would give abolitionist speeches. The Republican Party’s platform lean more towards an anti-slavery agenda. Republicans viewed slavery as immoral and prohibit the expansion of slavery into all western territories, they oppose the admission of new slave state and forced the ultimate extinction of slavery. The Republican party was more of a Northern state ideal party, they had the same morals that the party did. However, the South opposes the Republican party. Stephan Douglass was in the democratic party, which was the mostly favorite by the South. The Southerners viewed the Republican party as revolutionary organization, because it threatened their way of life and their property rights. The interesting fact here is that the Southern States threaten with secession even before Lincoln won the presidential election.
The Civil War lasted (1860-65) slaves-states perceive the beginning of a Northern Revolution, initiate a counter-revolution. South Carolina decided to seceded from the Union and the appeals to the state right philosophy to leave the union. This lead to the formation of the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy- South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Texas. The President of the Confederate states was Jefferson Davis. The Spark of war, was the issue of the Federal forts in the Confederate States, Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The Confederate states were known for their great military
