How Did The Civil War Start

The Civil War was a devastating event that took place in America’s past. Many lives were taken during this tragic time. The Civil War started in 1861 when the Confederate states attacked Fort Sumter. The Confederate states included Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. The Union states included Oregon, California, Nevada, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Jersey, and Connecticut. The Confederate states were made up of mostly agricultural areas, while the Union states consisted mostly of manufacturing and business areas. Abraham
Slavery started it all. Even in the early stages of American history, there were arguments about the legality and morality of slavery, but the subject was mostly ignored since no one could reach a conclusion. The issue could only be ignored for so long however, and it eventually tore the country in half. The Confederacy believed that slavery should be legal, while the Union believed that slavery should be illegal. Many of the plantations in the Confederate states relied on slavery for cheap labor, and without it, they believed that they would not be able to afford to keep running their farms. That is partially why the southern states wished for slavery to be legal. Many people in the Union states had no use for slaves, so had no reason to want them to be legal, as their economy was more business and manufacturing based. In addition, the Union states felt, in general, that it was demeaning to keep other human beings as
The Union won and eliminated slavery once and for all, bringing a new era to American history, and with it, more peace for the land. The farmers of the south eventually recovered and managed their land without slavery. The decades long issue ended, along with the war, when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on May 9th, 1865. This war nearly destroyed America, yet the outcome of the war held America together. Abraham Lincoln had defeated the south and reunited America for a better future. The Civil War was the most devastating war in American history, yet the outcome brought a better future all. Even so, not everyone felt that way, and Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14th, 1865. Because of his outstanding victory in the Civil War, he was unappreciated by many in his time, even though he changed history for the