Sectionalism CFA 2

8. That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom; That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law," it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States.

The Republican Party Platform of 1860 Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1860

This excerpt explains that the Republican Party desired -

• a. To expand the territory of American to the Pacific Ocean

• b. To give citizens free land to settle territory that has not yet become a state

• c. To prevent slavery from spreading to territories in the United States

• d. To start a nation separate from the southern states

The Republican Party was founded on the basis that –

• a. Slavery be allowed in every state

• b. Tariffs should be lowered to increase competition

• c. African Americans are citizens

• d. Slavery should not spread outside the South

This headline would be published after –

• a. The 13^th Amendment was ratified

• b. Lincoln’s election in 1860

• c. The Dred Scott v. Sandford court case

• d. The Compromise of 1850

“Physically speaking, we can not separate. We can not remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country can not do this. They can not but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.”

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address, 1861

According to this excerpt Abraham Lincoln holds that -

• a. Slavery should be allowed to spread to western territories

• b. The Unites States should seek to acquire more land from Mexico

• c. The 13 Colonies should not have seceded from Britain

• d. Despite differences all our states must remain a part of the Union

“Whereas slavery, throughout its entire existence in the United States, is none other than a most barbarous, unprovoked, and unjustifiable war of one portion of its citizens upon another portion-the only conditions 'of which are perpetual imprisonment and hopeless servitude or absolute extermination-in utter disregard and violation of those eternal and self-evident truths set forth in our Declaration of Independence: ”

John Brown

Provisional Constitution and Ordinances of the people of the United States, 1858

Based on this excerpt, John Brown was motivated to capture Harper’s Ferry to –

• a. Start a slave revolt

• b. Secede from the Union

• c. Take up arms against President Lincoln

• d. Provide food and clothing to slaves