Rachel Eagon

Burgess-6

DBQ Essay
In the years of 1860 and 1861, the southern states of the
U.S. decided to secede from the Union. There are many reasons,
but I will just give a few.
The main reason for secession in the nation was slavery. All
the Northern states wanted abolition, and emancipation, for all
slaves to be free. Yet, the South had a nearly opposite opinion
about that. They wanted to keep slavery, and to keep it forever.
And, neither of the parties were willing to compromise about this
issue.
For example, this disagreement between the two parties
shows in a Pittsburgh newspaper in October of 1860, describing
this complication. It says that Lincoln and the Republican party
are major threats to the disunion of the country by describing
that if he became President in this upcoming election, the South
would be at risk of losing their land and Lincoln would have
abolished slavery, so they would then all secede.
Another reason is that the North and South are opposites on
every opinion they would have on something. This is an example
of a showing of results in the presidential election of 1860. It's
basically split in half between the North and South. And that is
why there are different parties in politics: Northern Republicans
and Southern Democratics. There are two different parties, for
two different sides of opinions on things. So most people voted
for Lincoln in the North, while most people in the South voted for
Stephen Douglas and Breckinridge.
Politics aren't so organized now, between the North and
South, Republicans and Democrats. It's more mixed up all around
the country. And we all know that the main reason for secession
from the Union was non-slavery, emancipation, and the risk of the
South losing their land. But after the abolition of slavery, the
Missouri Compromise gets repealed. And that then turns into a
whole another story.