Question.1689 - History 11 Final (100 points) Read the following prompt and write a coherent response:Use the FOUR primary source excerpts provided below to identify and analyze the most important political, social, and economic causes of the Civil War. You must include the four excerpts provided below in your response. How you utilize the excerpts is up to you, but you must reference each source by including a quote from each document. (1) “A Divided House” speech given by Abraham Lincoln(Given at the Illinois Republican State Convention, Springfield, Illinois June 16, 1858) Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention.If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed - "A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new-North as well as South. The Crime Against Kansas: The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy Delivered to the United States Senate, 19-20 May 1856 by Honorable Charles Sumner. MR. PRESIDENT, -- You are now called to redress a great wrong. Seldom in the history of nations is such a question presented. Tariffs, army bills, navy bills, land bills, are important, and justly occupy your care; but these all belong to the course of ordinary legislation. As means and instruments only, they are necessarily subordinate to the conservation of Government itself… Far otherwise is it with the eminent question now before you, involving the peace of the whole country, with our good name in history forevermore… The wickedness which I now begin to expose is immeasurably aggravated by the motive which prompted it. Not in any common lust for power did this uncommon tragedy have its origin. It is the rape of a virgin Territory, compelling it to the hateful embrace of Slavery; and it may be clearly traced to a depraved desire for a new Slave State, hideous offspring of such a crime, in the hope of adding to the power of Slavery in the National Government. Yes, Sir, when the whole world, alike Christian and Turk, is rising up to condemn this wrong, making it a hissing to the nations, here in our Republic… is openly employed in compelling Kansas to this pollution, and all for the sake of political power. There is the simple fact, which you will vainly attempt to deny, but which in itself presents an essential wickedness that makes other public crimes seem like public virtues… Before entering upon the argument, I must say something of a general character, particularly in response to what has fallen from Senators who have raised themselves to eminence on this floor in championship of human wrong: I mean the Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Butler] and the Senator from Illinois [Mr. Douglas], who, though unlike as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, yet, like this couple, sally (rush) forth together in the same adventure… The Senator from South Carolina… has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him, -- though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight: I mean the harlot Slavery. For her his tongue is always profuse in words… … Slavery stands erect, clanking its chains on the Territory of Kansas, surrounded by a code of death, and trampling upon all cherished liberties, whether of speech, the press, the bar, the trial by jury, or the electoral franchise… but it is done for the sake of political power, in order to bring two new slaveholding Senators upon this floor, and thus to fortify in the National Government the desperate chances of a waning Oligarchy… ... In just regard for free labor, which you would blast by deadly contact with slave labor, -- in Christian sympathy with the slave, whom you would task and sell, -- in stern condemnation of the Crime consummated on that beautiful soil, -- in rescue of fellow-citizens, now subjugated to Tyrannical Usurpation, -- in dutiful respect for the early Fathers, whose aspirations are ignobly (shamefully) thwarted, -- in the name of the Constitution outraged, of the Laws trampled down, of Justice banished, of Humanity degraded, of Peace destroyed, of Freedom crushed to earth, -- and in the name of the Heavenly Father, whose service is perfect freedom, I make this last appeal. Thomas R. Dew's on Defense of Slavery from “The Pro-Slavery Argument,” (1832) It is said slavery is wrong… and contrary to the spirit of Christianity… [but] we… deny most positively that there is anything in the Old or New Testament which would go to show that slavery, when once introduced, ought at all events to be abrogated, or that the master commits any offense in holding slaves. The children of Israel themselves were slaveholders and were not condemned for it. All the patriarchs themselves were slaveholders; Abraham had more than three hundred, Isaac had a "great store" of them; and even the patient and meek Job himself had "a very great household…"When we turn to the New Testament, we find… that the meek and humble Saviour of the world in no instance meddled with the established institutions of mankind… He was born in the Roman world, a world in which the most galling slavery existed, a thousand times more cruel than the slavery in our own country; and yet he nowhere encourages insurrection, he nowhere fosters discontent; but exhorts always to implicit obedience and fidelity… Why, then, since the slave if happy, and happiness is the great object of all animated creation, should we endeavor to disturb his contentment by infusing into his mind a vain and indefinite desire for liberty… something which he cannot comprehend… The menial and low offices being all performed by the blacks, there is at once taken away the greatest cause of distinction and separation of the ranks of society. (4) The Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863 … That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons…Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit…And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service… Final Guidelines Final response must be three pages long (double-spaced) 12 text size, Times New Roman font, or something similar. 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Causes xx civil xxxxxxxx war xxxxxxxx in xxxxxx States xxx four xxxxx to xx started xxxxx the xxxxxxx tensions xxxxxxx the xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx states xxxx the xxxxxx like xxxxxx of xxxxx slavery xxx expansion xx the xxxx Confederate xxxxxx of xxxxxxx was xxxxxx by xxxxx states xx the xxxxx soon xxxxx the xxxxxxxxx victory xx Lincoln xx Later xxxx states xxxx joined xxxx There xxx many xxxxxx of xxx which xxx political xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx and xxxxx are xxxxxxxxx in xxx following xxxxxxxx Political xxxxxxxxxxx were xxxxxx of xxxxx war xxxxxxxxxxx from xxx political xxxxxxxxx of xxx country xxx instance xxx establishment xx the xxxxxxxxxx party xxx downfall xx Whig xxxxx and xxx Lincoln xxxxx s xxxxxxx in xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxxxx In xxxxxxx gave xxxxxx titled x lsquo xxxxx divided xxxxx to xxx Illinois xxxxxxxxxx Convention xxxxxxx A xx this xxxxxx he xxxxxx the xxxxxxxx between xxx states xx the xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx regions xxxx slavery xxx how xx was xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxx the xxxxx divided xxx election xx Lincoln xxxxxx an xxx to xxxxxxx and xxx expansion xx the xxxxxxxx states xx was xxxxxxxx by xxxxxxxx state xxxxxxxxxxx that xxxxxxx would xxxx to xx end xxxxxxx constitutional xxxxxxxxxx Therefore xxx election xxxxxx the xxxxxxxx influence xx parliament xxx in xxx slave xxxxxx The xxxxxxxx states xxxx mostly xxxxx states xxx after xxxx election xxx presence xxx influence xx south xxxxxxxx in xxx House xx Representatives xxxxxxxxx the xxxxxxxxxxx perceived xxxxxxx as x threat xxx began xxxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxx secession xxxx the xxxxx Many xx southern xxxxx states xxxxx form x confederacy xxx voted xxx secession xxx this xxxxxxxx in xxx inception xx civil xxx in xxxxxxx South xxxxxxxx rsquo x legislature xxxxxxxx many xxxxxxxxx meetings xxx debated xxxxx succession xxxxxxxxxxx after xxx election xx Abraham xxxxxxx It xxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxx convention xxxxx had xxxxxxxxxxxx from xxx slaveholding xxxxxx in xxxxx confederate xxxxxx seized xxxxx arsenals xxx federal xxxxx immediately xxx participated xx civil xxx Social xxxxxxxxx main xxxxxx cause xx the xxxxx war xxx the xxxxxx and xxxxxx related xx slavery xx has xxxx argued xx Dew xxxx slavery xxxxxxx in xxx past xxxxxxxxx and xxxx is xxx the xxxxxxx social xxxxxxx have xxxxxxxxx There xx nothing xxxxx about xxxxxxx as xx is xxxxxxxxx in xxx holy xxxxx as xxxx and xxx not xxxx condemned xx God xx is xxxxx a xxxxxxx in xxxxx and xx Old xxx New xxxxxxxxx It xx also xxxxx to xx practiced xx roman xxxxxx as xxxx In xxxxxxxx to xxxx human xxxxx Honorable xxxxxx stated xxxx slavery xx a xxxxx practice xxxxx is xxxxxxx the xxxxx rights xxx differences xx the xxxxx related xx slavery xxxxxxx the xxxxxx in xxxxx and xxxxx region xx the xxxxxxx is xxx primary xxxxxx cause xx this xxx Slavery xxx considered xx immoral xx the xxxxxxxx states xxxxx the xxxxxxxx legislators xxxxxxxx it xx be xxxxx and xxxxxxxxx for xxxxx social xxxxxxx this xxxxxx issue xxxxxx the xxxxx of xxxxxxxx between xxx state xxx federal xxxxxx The xxxxxxxxxxxx in xxx southern xxxxxx aimed xx abolish xxx federal xxxx made xx the xxxxxxx government xxxxxxxxx slavery xxxxx states xxxxxx to xxxxxx slavery xx western xxxxxxx while xxx northern xxxxxx wanted xxxx white xxxxxx The xxxxxxxx of xxxxxxx occurred xxxxxxx a xxxxxx vote xxxx the xxxxxxxxxxx and xxxx marked xxx end xx influence xx these xxxxxx over xxxxxxx government xxxxx they xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxx war xxxx the xxxxxx issue xx slavery xxxxx they xxxxxxxx to xx necessary xxx moral xxxxxxx social xxxxx was xxx stress xx the xxxxxxxxxx government xx freedom xx individuals xxxxxx the xxxxx The xxxxxxxxxx represented xxxxxxx as x free xxxxxxx where xxxxxxxxx was xxxx and xxx equal xxxxxx Freedom xxx the xxxxxxxxxxx of xxx American xxxxxxxxxxxx which xxxxxxx stood xxxxxxx the xxxxxx of xxxxxxx existing xxxxx centuries xxx southern xxxxxx stressed xx slavery xxx the xxxxx of xxxxxxx contradicts xxx practice xx keeping xxxxx Hence xxxx led xx conflicting xxxxxxxxx in xxx slaves xxxxx one xxxxx wanted xx free xxxx while xxx other xxxxxx to xxx the xxxxxx systems xx they xxxx Economic xxxxxxxxxxx were xxxxxx of xxxxx war xxxxx are xxx to xxxxxxxx reasons xx was xxxxx that xxxxxxx was xxxxxxxxxxxxx to xxx economy xx the xxx and xxxxxx south xxxxxx were xxxxxxxxx The xxxx economic xxxxx of xxxxx war xx related xx industrial xxxxxxxxxx which xxxx inception xx England xxxx created xx economy xxxxx was xxxxxxxxx on xxxxxxxx and xxx on xxxxxx The xxxxxxxx states xxxxxxxxx to xxx slaves xx their xxxxx and xxxx making xxxx profits xxxx the xxxxxx trade xxxx would xxxx benefits xxxx the xxxx work xxxx their xxxxxx and xxx this xxxxxx to xxxxxx a xxx with xxx northern xxxxxx On xxx other xxxx the xxxxxxxxxxx did xxx requires xxxxxx to xxxxxxx their xxxxxxxx stand xxxxxx these xxxxxx wanted xx free xxx slaves xxxx In xxx southern xxxxxx the xxxxxxx was xxxxxxxxxxx based xxx this xxxxx their xxxxxxxxx dependence xx slaves xxx would xxxxxxx free xxxx in xxx farms xxx northern xxxxxx were xxxxxxx profits xxxx the xxxxxxxxxx and xxx rise xx urban xxxxxx Therefore xxxx argued xxxxxxx the xxxxxxx both xxxx moral xxx economic xxxxx of xxxxx Therefore xxx economic xxxxxxxxx of xxxxx group xx states xxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxx in x civil xxx Lastly xx in xxx Emancipation xxxxxxxxxxxx slavery xxx abolished xx the xxxxxxxxxx Lincoln xxxx led xx the xxx of xxxxx war xx the xxxxxxx and xxxxx was xxxxxxxx between xxx northern xxx the xxxxxxxx states xxxxxxxxxxxxx T x The xxxxxxxxxxx argument xxxxxxxxx at xxxxx wwnorton xxx college xxxxxxx archive xxxxxxxxx documents xx htm xxxx Sumner x The xxxxx Against xxxxxx The xxxxxxxxx for xxx Crime xxx True xxxxxx Available xx https xxx senate xxx artandhistory xxxxxxx resources xxx CrimeAgainstKSSpeech xxx nbsp xxxxxxx A xxxxx A xxxxxxx House xxxxx speech xxxxx by xxxxxxx Lincoln xx the xxxxxxxx Republican xxxxx Convention xxxxxxxxxxx Illinois xxxx June xxxxxxxxx at xxxxx archive xxx details xxx archives 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