How Did The Civil War Shaped America Today

The Civil War started April 12, 1861 and ended May 9, 1865. This war was fought because people in the North wanted to end slavery whereas, people in the deep south wanted slavery to continue. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, this declared that “all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free.” Jefferson Davis “was the president of the confederate states of America.” He wanted slavery to continue in the confederate states of America. Enslaved African Americans were brought from Africa to America work as servants for the Dutch. They were forced to cook, clean, work in the fields, care for the family that enslaved them, and leave their own families behind. Over 22 million people fought in the Civil War, and “approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, starvation, and common diseases.” Within those millions of people that fought were African Americans
Though they were still enslaved in a way, African Americans felt like they should be allowed to “have a voice within the government” Northern states fought so that African Americans could have equal rights within the government. This lead to the 15th amendment which allowed African American men to vote. The Civil War has shaped America into what it is today.

Although the Civil War ended decades ago, it still restricts African Americans today in numerous ways. Africans Americans are living in poverty, depending on the government, and jobless because of the conditions we were put in after the war. We were promised equality within our country after the war was over. The promise failed, being that codes were formed against us that allowed for the government to control how we