Controversial Events In American History: The American Civil War
The American Civil War
The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other (about 600,000 men died) and still, some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north, confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property, then they should not be counted toward voting representation in Congress. Southerners argued that the slaves were human beings, and eventually came to accept the three-fifths compromise, by which five slaves counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right?
Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did not have any rights, the Confederates only wanted more power in Congress, and of course the Union will not yield any power and that created a conflict, therefore in my opinion the …show more content…
Union was right.
What are really state rights? This is where the whole conflict started; the Missouri Compromise and “Balance of Power” began to be questioned. The Missouri Compromise was by proposed by New York Representative, James Tallmadge, the amendment was to ban slavery in Missouri even though there were more than 2,000 slaves living there and to every ‘free state’, there also had to be a ‘slave state’ to be ‘equal’. The confederates of course did not like this idea of ‘losing’ a state that had slaves; so the South demanded that the North recognize its right to have slaves as protected in the Constitution. Of course the Confederates wanted the power in the House of Representatives, and if they lost the freedom of having slaves they would lose many of their not-many businesses’ because they south didn’t have a strong economy, and most of the workers were mostly slaves that were paid a really cheap wage working on cotton plantations. Therefore in 1860, 11 Southern states withdrew from the Union and set up an independent government, the Confederate States of America this led to the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Union was correct, slavery had to ‘end’ in order for all states to be ‘equal’, and everyone was to be equal and slaves to not just be property. The Union ‘won’ the war and 558,052 Americans died to form what is now America, a free expressionism country where all states are ‘equal’ and there is democracy. What created the Confederacy helped to destroy it. Southern state governors fought with Jefferson Davis to prevent him from having power to fight the war. They ‘stopped’ troops and supplies while the Confederate Congress spent its time arguing over the states instead of fighting a war to achieve what they wanted.
The Confederates wanted power, The Northern states already had the political and economical power but they did not want to share or yield any of the power the northern states had in Congress.
The North had to pursue an aggressive strategy, because they couldn’t force the Confederate States back into the Union without invasion and victory, Northerners were not in complete agreement over the abolition of slavery, and they also owned slaves but they wanted to extinguish slavery on the south, which is kind of contradictory. The Southern States felt that each State should make its own laws also known as “State's Rights", therefore some Southern States wanted to secede, or break away from the United States of America and govern themselves because the thing wasn’t working out. But after all The Union won the war and everyone was ‘equal’ and slavery has ended and the United States of America was ‘united’ and slavery had ended and it stabilized the U.S. Economy because all thirteen states worked
together.
The Civil War was basically a materialist, selfish war among Americans to have more power and be separated and known as South or North, or Union or Confederate, but it ended up being a good thing, ‘ending’ slavery. The Civil War officially ended on Appomattox, negotiations began between Lee and Grant in the McLean House near Appomattox Court House, and the terms of surrender were discussed. The Union had a better equipped and a strategy against the Confederates; the Southerners had a ‘militia’ basically had no strategy what so ever, that is one of the main reasons why the South lost. The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other for economy and wealth.
The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other (about 600,000 men died) and still, some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north, confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property, then they should not be counted toward voting representation in Congress. Southerners argued that the slaves were human beings, and eventually came to accept the three-fifths compromise, by which five slaves counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right?
Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did not have any rights, the Confederates only wanted more power in Congress, and of course the Union will not yield any power and that created a conflict, therefore in my opinion the …show more content…
Union was right.
What are really state rights? This is where the whole conflict started; the Missouri Compromise and “Balance of Power” began to be questioned. The Missouri Compromise was by proposed by New York Representative, James Tallmadge, the amendment was to ban slavery in Missouri even though there were more than 2,000 slaves living there and to every ‘free state’, there also had to be a ‘slave state’ to be ‘equal’. The confederates of course did not like this idea of ‘losing’ a state that had slaves; so the South demanded that the North recognize its right to have slaves as protected in the Constitution. Of course the Confederates wanted the power in the House of Representatives, and if they lost the freedom of having slaves they would lose many of their not-many businesses’ because they south didn’t have a strong economy, and most of the workers were mostly slaves that were paid a really cheap wage working on cotton plantations. Therefore in 1860, 11 Southern states withdrew from the Union and set up an independent government, the Confederate States of America this led to the outbreak of the Civil War.
The Union was correct, slavery had to ‘end’ in order for all states to be ‘equal’, and everyone was to be equal and slaves to not just be property. The Union ‘won’ the war and 558,052 Americans died to form what is now America, a free expressionism country where all states are ‘equal’ and there is democracy. What created the Confederacy helped to destroy it. Southern state governors fought with Jefferson Davis to prevent him from having power to fight the war. They ‘stopped’ troops and supplies while the Confederate Congress spent its time arguing over the states instead of fighting a war to achieve what they wanted.
The Confederates wanted power, The Northern states already had the political and economical power but they did not want to share or yield any of the power the northern states had in Congress.
The North had to pursue an aggressive strategy, because they couldn’t force the Confederate States back into the Union without invasion and victory, Northerners were not in complete agreement over the abolition of slavery, and they also owned slaves but they wanted to extinguish slavery on the south, which is kind of contradictory. The Southern States felt that each State should make its own laws also known as “State's Rights", therefore some Southern States wanted to secede, or break away from the United States of America and govern themselves because the thing wasn’t working out. But after all The Union won the war and everyone was ‘equal’ and slavery has ended and the United States of America was ‘united’ and slavery had ended and it stabilized the U.S. Economy because all thirteen states worked
together.
The Civil War was basically a materialist, selfish war among Americans to have more power and be separated and known as South or North, or Union or Confederate, but it ended up being a good thing, ‘ending’ slavery. The Civil War officially ended on Appomattox, negotiations began between Lee and Grant in the McLean House near Appomattox Court House, and the terms of surrender were discussed. The Union had a better equipped and a strategy against the Confederates; the Southerners had a ‘militia’ basically had no strategy what so ever, that is one of the main reasons why the South lost. The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other for economy and wealth.