Civil War DBQ
Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, once said, “The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.” This quote, said by Abraham Lincoln, means that the best way to win a war, is to ally with the enemy and then attack them. The tensions were high between the North and South and they were about to go to war. The Civil War was caused by societal tensions about slavery, and the results of tariffs and slavery on the economy. There were many things that caused the Civil War, and one of the causes of the Civil War was societal tensions over slavery. One reason the Civil War was caused by the societal tensions about slavery. There were two documents that fit this category and those were Document G by Frederick Douglass and Document L by Roger
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Document B and Document C were the documents that had fit in this category. Document B was a page with graphs that showed the resources of the Union and Confederacy. Evidently, this showed that the North had plenty more of an machine based industry than the South and the South had many more farms and slaves. This also showed that the North had larger population than the South, and very little slaves only in the border states. The North had not nearly as many cotton factories and that was their intentions to abolish slavery which resulted in more tension between the North and the South. This will also affect why the Civil War started. Accordingly to the graphs that showed on Document C, the resources of the Union and Confederacy, Hinton Helper wrote about how the South should change. Clearly, this shows that Helper thinks that the South should make more cotton factories like the North and become a self sufficient region. Also Hinton says that the South is dependent on the North to build most of their railroads, canals, and other public improvements. This caused the Civil War, because if the South did make all the improvements of being a self-sufficient country, the North would be mad that they have competition and the South has the source of cotton from the slaves. This would cause tension between the North and South. Many people were killed in the Civil War and many people will not forget about this ever. The Civil War was caused by economic outcomes of tariffs and slavery and slavery tensions on the society. The Civil War could have begun for many reasons, but it is hard to pinpoint one single thing that started it
Document B and Document C were the documents that had fit in this category. Document B was a page with graphs that showed the resources of the Union and Confederacy. Evidently, this showed that the North had plenty more of an machine based industry than the South and the South had many more farms and slaves. This also showed that the North had larger population than the South, and very little slaves only in the border states. The North had not nearly as many cotton factories and that was their intentions to abolish slavery which resulted in more tension between the North and the South. This will also affect why the Civil War started. Accordingly to the graphs that showed on Document C, the resources of the Union and Confederacy, Hinton Helper wrote about how the South should change. Clearly, this shows that Helper thinks that the South should make more cotton factories like the North and become a self sufficient region. Also Hinton says that the South is dependent on the North to build most of their railroads, canals, and other public improvements. This caused the Civil War, because if the South did make all the improvements of being a self-sufficient country, the North would be mad that they have competition and the South has the source of cotton from the slaves. This would cause tension between the North and South. Many people were killed in the Civil War and many people will not forget about this ever. The Civil War was caused by economic outcomes of tariffs and slavery and slavery tensions on the society. The Civil War could have begun for many reasons, but it is hard to pinpoint one single thing that started it