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The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States between northern states (union) and southern states (confederacy) from 1861 to 1865, in which the Confederacy determined to secede from the country as an independent nation. The differentiation between the social structure and economy of North and South, most notably over slavery; were the root of the conflicts between the colonies that dates back almost 100 years from the Civil War, generations of political plans had been unable to triumph over these differences.
From the very start of history that was recorded and known, slavery was not a problem, it was considered conventional, and existed in every colony in the United States. As time passed, slavery slowly faded away in the North for the reason that there wasn't a lot of gain or necessity. At the time, almost all of Americans had the same view; they thought slavery would disappear forever.
Before the war, most of the southern states like South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana were large producers of various crops, but the main crop was the plantations of cotton that would be transported to the North to be finished into fine goods (Martin). These plantations needed many workers to plant and harvest cotton for the reason that the process was very complex and required a lot of labor. At this time, African Americans were shipped to the states from European countries and sold at very inexpensive prices. Slaves weren’t needed in the North because they didn't have as many large farms as the South did, and were mainly about industries and factories. For the low cost and needs of workers, Southerners bought these Africans (which were referred to as slaves) to...
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...nterest in limiting the spread of slavery into new states to prevent fewer plantations of the South, which could reduce the South’s economic, affecting the political power (Leidner). The final straw, Abraham Lincoln’s presidency was a major factor of the Civil War because he was a northerner, anti-slavery, southerners thought he had the Northerners interests and intended to eradicate slavery. They fretted knowing if Lincoln had the North’s best interest; the South’s political power would drop, and they would be severely damaged economically. It is clear that to every causes of the war, economics seems to be the key foundation. To the south, slaves were central part of the plantations, without slaves, the South would enter a great depression. Slaves was so important to the South’s economic, they would resort to anything to prevent slavery from being abolished, even
The Civil War, beginning in 1861 and ending in 1865, was a notorious event in American history for many influential reasons. Among them was the war 's conclusive role in determining a united or divided American nation, its efforts to successfully abolish the slavery institution and bring victory to the northern states. This Civil War was first inspired by the unsettling differences that divided the northern and southern states over the power that resided in the hands of the national government to constrain slavery from taking place within the territories. There was only one victor in the Civil War. Due to the lack of resources, plethora of weaknesses, and disorganized leadership the Southern States possessed in comparison to the Northern States,
In Apostles of Disunion, Dew presents compelling documentation that the issue of slavery was indeed the ultimate cause for the Civil War. This book provided a great deal of insight as to why the South feared the abolition of slavery as they did. In reading the letters and speeches of the secession commissioners, it was clear that each of them were making passionate pleas to all of the slave states in an effort to put a stop to the North’s, and specifically Lincoln’s, push for the abolishment of slavery. There should be no question that slavery had everything to do with being the cause for the Civil War. In the words of Dew, “To put it quite simply, slavery and race were absolutely critical elements in the coming of the war” (81). This was an excellent book, easy to read, and very enlightening.
At the time, the South depended on slavery to support their way of life. In fact, “to protect slavery the Confederate States of America would challenge the peaceful, lawful, orderly means of changing governments in the United States, even by resorting to war.” (635) Lincoln believed that slavery was morally wrong and realized that slavery was bitterly dividing the country. Not only was slavery dividing the nation, but slavery was also endangering the Union, hurting both black and white people and threatening the processes of government. At first, Lincoln’s goal was to save the Union in which “he would free none, some, or all the slaves to save that Union.” (634) However, Lincoln realized that “freeing the slaves and saving the Union were linked as one goal, not two optional goals.” (634) Therefore, Lincoln’s primary goal was to save the Union and in order to save the Union, Lincoln had to free the slaves. However, Paludan states that, “slave states understood this; that is why the seceded and why the Union needed saving.” (634) Lincoln’s presidential victory was the final sign to many Southerners that their position in the Union was
The American Civil War was a major war in the United States between the Union and eleven Southern states which declared that they had a right to secession and formed the Confederate States of America. They were led by Jefferson Davis who was elected as their president. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States and rejected any right of secession. The United States Civil War began as an effort to save the Union but it ended in a fight to abolish slavery. Tens of thousands of soldiers on each side, in battle after battle, had the courage to march in regular order against the withering fire of the defenders, while those around them fell with hideous and usually fatal wounds for many different reasons. Southerners fought for their rights and their way of life. Blacks for on another and for the end of slavery. Northerners fought to keep the Union together and latter on the end of slavery. Blacks fought for Religion, to demonstrate to all that blacks are just as capable as whites in battle and to show Gods righteousness.
In conclusion the election of Lincoln as president in 1860 caused a civil war because it was falsely perceived by the south that Lincoln would threaten the state’s constitutional right to slavery. This false idea was due to a rift between the northern and southern states in both an economic and ideological manner. That is the north was based on industry and generally was opposed to slavery. But the South was an agricultural society which ran on slavery and, due to Nat Turner’s Insurrection and John Brown’s stand at Harper’s Ferry, was fearful of the north’s involvement in the governing of states as well as being opposed to this on the basis of state’s rights. The election of Lincoln caused the south to succeed from the union causing civil war.
The Civil War was when the United States split because of the injustice of slavery. The North insisted to free the slaves, but the South refused (Wulf et al). After four years of fighting, the south surrendered at the Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865. By that time, over 680,000 americans had died. Even though the war was over, there was still tension between the North and the South, and their anger was directed at Abraham Lincoln, which eventually lead to a story that changed the United States forever (O’Reilly and Zimmerman 33-37).
Throughout the years, many people have been taught that the reason the Civil War happened, was to abolish slavery all through the United States. Although that is true, there were more reasons why the Civil War occurred.Referencing will be done on different articles and writers to support the findings of the authors. The article “Slavery, the Constitutional, and the Origins of the Civil War” by Paul Finkelman, discusses about the North (union) and the South (confederacy) and the disagreement of the territories following the constitutional laws regarding slavery, the article explores both sides of the territories and their beliefs of how the situation of slavery should have been dealt with. The article “The Economic Origins of the Civil War” by Marc Egnal, discusses the North’s (union) and the South’s (confederacy) economic situation that could have pushed the two territories to engage in war with one another. Finally, the last article “Politics, Ideology, and the Origins of the American Civil War” by Eric Foner, focuses on the Norths (union) and Souths (confederacy) views on politics and ideas of how each territory is ran and how they have affected the North and the South. These historians supplied specific and different explanations that explained what exactly caused the United States to enter into a Civil War. With the information provided by the authors, the evidence will lead us to the answer of what caused the Civil War.
The majority of speculations regarding the causes of the American Civil War are in some relation to slavery. While slavery was a factor in the disagreements that led to the Civil War, it was not the solitary or primary cause. There were three other, larger causes that contributed more directly to the beginning of the secession of the southern states and, eventually, the start of the war. Those three causes included economic and social divergence amongst the North and South, state versus national rights, and the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Dred Scott case. Each of these causes involved slavery in some way, but were not exclusively based upon slavery.
Contrary to what today’s society believes about Lincoln, he was not a popular man with the South at this period in time. The South wanted to expand towards the West but Lincoln created a geographical containment rule keeping slavery in the states it currently resided in. Despite his trying to rationalize with the South, Lincoln actually believed something different ”Lincoln claimed that he, like the Founding Fathers, saw slavery in the Old South as regrettable reality whose expansion could and should be arrested, thereby putting it on the long and gradual road ”ultimate extinction” (216). He believed it to be “evil” thus “implying that free southerners were evil for defending it”(275). Lincoln wanted to wipe out slavery for good and the South could sense his secret motives. By trying to trick them, the South rebelled as soon as Lincoln became president and launched what is today known as the Civil war.
The Civil War was a battle between the northern states and the southern states. The southern states wanted to secede
The American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States, or simply the Civil War in the United States, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865, after seven Southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America . The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery, especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Foreign powers did not intervene. After four years of bloody combat that left over 600,000 soldiers dead and destroyed much of the South's infrastructure, the Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and the difficult Reconstruction process of restoring national unity and guaranteeing rights to the freed slaves began.
The Civil War was the first war Americans fought on their land and between themselves. Many events led up to the beginning of the Civil War, but the one thing both north and south wanted was equal territory. North wanted the same amount of land, if not more, for the free states while the south wanted the same thing for the slave states. During the 1800s, the free states and slave states began to dispute over new territories. The government attempted to end disputes by making the territories either free or slave depending on the territory previously added to equal out the free and slave states; however, this led to sectionalism between the north and south causing the Civil War.
The Civil War from 1861-1865 between the North of America. who wanted the abolition of slavery, and the South who wanted to keep. slavery resulted in victory by the North, and slavery was later abolished. The syllable of the syllable. The South had lost its pride, and this was the reason for it.
After thoroughly assessing past readings and additional research on the Civil War between the North and South, it was quite apparent that the war was inevitable. Opposed views on this would have probably argued that slavery was the only reason for the Civil War. Therefore suggesting it could have been avoided if a resolution was reached on the issue of slavery. Although there is accuracy in stating slavery led to the war, it wasn’t the only factor. Along with slavery, political issues with territorial expansion, there were also economic and social differences between North and South. These differences, being more than just one or two, gradually led to a war that was bound to happened one way or another.
The American Civil War was a major war fought from 1861 to 1865. This war was caused by an extensive controversy of the 1800’s, slavery. This war officially began in 1861, when the Confederate forces made their attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina soon after our President Lincoln was inaugurated. The nationalists defied secessionists of the Confederate States, from whom which advocated for states' rights to expand slavery. Among the thirty-four U.S. states in February of 1861, seven out of those thirty-four states personally declared their secession from the U.S. The Confederacy was never clearly seen by the United States government, or by any foreign countries. The only states that remained loyal to the U.S. were Northern