The South was fighting for what they believed in. The North had more men. The South favored slavery and the North opposed it. The South felt that they was fighting a second war of independence while the North felt it was to free the slaves. Southerners made their living from small farms an the Northerns from factories an trade. South wanted to lower taxes on goods but the North wanted to raise them so the South would buy their products. The North believed the union must be saved an the South wanted states rights.
Tariffs was permitted in the constitution to allow the United States to collect revenue. It raised taxes on imported goods. Southerners did not want the taxes raised but Northerners wanted the South to have higher taxes so they would buy their goods. They compromised to roll back taxes to the level they were in 1861. They agreed on internal improvements such as more lighthouses for shipping. Lighthouses mostly benefited the the North an the shipping of their goods.
The south felt that the president an congress only had powers to the Constitution. The North an West wanted a government that would do more for them an favor expansions. Lincoln did not believe federal government had power to abolish slavery. He found a way to end slavery with his constitutional war powers. On Janurary 1, 1868 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It allowed people being held as slaves to fight in the army to end slavery. Many of the Union soldiers accepted it saying they had no love for abolitionists or African Americans. They would support it if that's what it took to reunify the nation.
Fugitive slave laws was a Compromise of 1850. It did not allow fugitives a trial by jury or the right to counsel or testify on their behave. Lincoln also suspended the write of habeas corpus. A court order that required authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why that person was being jailed. Lincolns action expanded the presidential powers to meet the crises of wartime. Since then some of the presidents have cited war on national security as a reason to expand powers of the government.
Tariffs was permitted in the constitution to allow the United States to collect revenue. It raised taxes on imported goods. Southerners did not want the taxes raised but Northerners wanted the South to have higher taxes so they would buy their goods. They compromised to roll back taxes to the level they were in 1861. They agreed on internal improvements such as more lighthouses for shipping. Lighthouses mostly benefited the the North an the shipping of their goods.
The south felt that the president an congress only had powers to the Constitution. The North an West wanted a government that would do more for them an favor expansions. Lincoln did not believe federal government had power to abolish slavery. He found a way to end slavery with his constitutional war powers. On Janurary 1, 1868 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It allowed people being held as slaves to fight in the army to end slavery. Many of the Union soldiers accepted it saying they had no love for abolitionists or African Americans. They would support it if that's what it took to reunify the nation.
Fugitive slave laws was a Compromise of 1850. It did not allow fugitives a trial by jury or the right to counsel or testify on their behave. Lincoln also suspended the write of habeas corpus. A court order that required authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why that person was being jailed. Lincolns action expanded the presidential powers to meet the crises of wartime. Since then some of the presidents have cited war on national security as a reason to expand powers of the government.