Why did Florida seceed from the United States in 1865?
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no, but they did in 1860, or was it 61/
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The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 and said that if a slave from the south escaped to the north, the northern people would have to return it. People in the north didn't like this law (or slavery) so they often disobeyed it. It also caused the Underground Railroad to change its route to Canada so the escaping slaves wouldn't be returned.
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The Union Reconstructed\n\nThe United States in April 1865, a time of crisis\n\n—Union faced a const. Crisis—what to do with 11 former confed. States?\n\nLincoln’s position—they were “out of their proper relation” with the US\n\nLincoln opponents maintained they were now conquered provinces.\n\n—Executive branch had assumed broad powers during the war.\n\n—Politically, Republicans supreme.\n\n—Opposition virtually nonexistent.\n\nPost-war economics\n\n—stark contrast between north and south.\n\n--South in ruins, physically and economically. plantations\nNational Reconstruction Politics\n\nPresidential Reconstruction\n\n5/29/1865 Johnson outlines two Reconstruction policies. Based on idea the South had never left the Union.\n1) Swear allegiance to the Const. And the Union. Would get amnesty and pardon and propertyrights back.\n\n2) Next proc. Set up way in which state govts. Could be reestablished. First, pres. Appointed a loyal governor. Then a state convention called of persons loyal to the union. Must ratify 13th amend. Void secession, repudiate confederate debt, elect new officials to congress.\nProblem-southern states send former confederates to congress.\n\nCongressional Reconstruction:\n—Split develops between C. and Pres.\n—14th Amendment\nWhy did Congress Amend the Constitution?\nSouthern attempts to regain economic and civil control\nBlack codes\nRacism, alive and well in north and south.\nCongressional Reconstruction Triumphant\n--at the end of the day it was clear president’s plan not working.\n1867---Congress outlines plan\nThe President Impeached\n—Congress restricted the presidents powers by passing the Tenure of Office Act\nBuilding an African-American community\n--FAMILY\n--Reunion\n--Privacy\n--SEPARATE CHURCHES\n--POLITICS\nEmancipation and the Nation\n1. Expanded Rights\n--1866 Civil Rights Act\n--14th Amendment, 1866\n2. Expanded Govt Power\n--Federal Level\n--Freedmen's Bureau\n--State level\nE. Retreat from Reform\n1. Southern Causes\n--Racial Violence\n--"Redemption"\n2. Northern Causes\n--Supreme Court\n--Panic of 1873\n--Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877
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The emancipation proclamation freed the SLAVES in the SOUTH during the Civil War as declared by the US President, Abraham Lincoln.\n\nThe 13th amendment to the constitution FORBADE slavery throughout the United States after the war was over (and this was the legal freedom for slaves in the border states and NORTH).
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The Homestead Act was passed in 1862 to provide land for anyone over 21 in the west of the United States. It never had anythign to do with Florida and is now not in effect.
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It was one of the original 13 colonies that formed the United States.
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Here goes!!!\nThe state was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
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Some causes of slavery were immigration from other countries.this is because the u.s. did not want other groups of people to come.another was that they did not like the immigrants for some odd reason.An effect was that conflict around the u.s. started.Another effect was the war between the north and the south.An effect was also the underground railroad that helped slave escape from slavery.hope this helped!         :-)
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Yes.  Lincoln understood that the nation was threaten to fracture beneath his feet and he did what had to be done.  Of course it is important to understand that the South never really left the Union--the Constitution doesn't give states the right to seceed, but they thought they did and he had to impel them to return (in their minds.)
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Mason and Dickson were Geographers who surveyed the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland, this became known as the Mason Dickson line.\n\nPennsylvania is the southern most Free state and Maryland is the northern most Slave state so it was used as a guide to who is in whose territory North or South.\n\nIt was not the line that separated the USA and CSA because Maryland did not Break off from the Union....Washington D.C. is south of the Mason Dickson, It shows the boundary where people south of it consider themselves southern and north of it consider themselves northern.
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You're a blabbering idiot....try reading something instead of posting inane comments masquerading as questions..\n\nThe Proclamation was issued in two parts. The first part, issued on September 22, 1862, was a preliminary announcement outlining the intent of the second part, which officially went into effect January 3, 1863, during the second year of the American Civil War. It was Abraham Lincoln's declaration that all slaves would be emancipated in all states which had seceded from the Union and which had not returned to federal control by January 1, 1863. The ten affected states were individually named in the second part. Not included were the Union slave states of Maryland, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky. Specific exemptions were stated for 48 counties of Virginia designated to become the state of West Virginia, and also for New Orleans and several named parishes in Louisiana already under Union control. That is, areas under Union control on January 1, 1863 were not affected. Lincoln did not think he had legal authority over these areas under his Constitutional war powers.\n\nLincoln himself had declared he had no constitutional authority to free the slaves. In addition, freeing slaves was still a risky political act, since there were still slave states loyal to the Union and the initial war aims were centered on preserving the Union rather than freeing slaves. As such, the proclamation was a military order issued by Lincoln in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief, rather than the equivalent of a statute enacted by Congress, or a constitutional amendment.
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Lincoln took office in March of 1861. Back then , the new President took office in March of the year following the elections. Now it's January. \n  But even before he took office, South Carolina called a convention and delegates voted to secede from the Union. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed. Then eventually also Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America.\n  At a convention of the CSA the next month, they elected Jefferson Davis their President and went on to establish a loose confederation of states. Notably, they added to their laws that Slavery would be legal in all of these States.
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The secession of states was when the Southern States decided to leave the union and form The Confederate States of America.  No, they were not inbred blue bloods who wanted to hold onto slavery (slavery was just as rampant in the North - it began there).  The CSA truly believed in the right for states to govern themselves as set forth in the Articles of the Constitution.  This secession led to the War of Northern Aggression (commonly known as the Civil Way), which lasted from April 1861 to April 1864.
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Slave owners in the south exercised even more control over their slaves because they were afraid of another uprising. \nIn the north, anti-slavery petitions were sent to Congress and, to appease the south, the Gag Rule was implemented.  That is, the petitions would be automatically tabled without being read.  All of served to widen the gap between north and south and fuel the fire.
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Many of the people who came to America from Europe in the 1700-1800's were people seeking religios freedom that they didn't have in Europe at that time. Much of that religios ferver has been passes through the years to the current Americans.
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During the 1850s, the compromise over land had made the country divided. Not only was it due to slavery, it was the lack of state's rights (that differ from the federal government). President Andrew Jackson even argued with his Vice President that states do not have any reason to disband from the country and its rules after the states have signed the ultimate contract, the Declaration of Independence. The secession of South Carolina demonstrated the frustrations of state's rights and slavery disputes.\n\nIf you need to cite any failed compromises, the biggest one that could be used would be the Missouri Compromise. It was eventually considered as a failure once Dred-Scott jurisdiction contested with it.
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Brad got it, but the question itself is incorrect.  The State of Franklin, formed in 1784 from land used by North Carolina to pay War debts, was part of the union held lands but never became one of the United States.\nThe ratification vote went 7 to 6 in favor, but this was 2 less than the number needed.  The land was then passed into the Southwest Territory which became the State of Tennessee a few years later.