The battle of Fort Sumpter was important because it motivated the North to gather an army and begin fighting. It was a big mistake of the South not to allow the Union to bring supplies to the fort. Another important conflict was the ship Alabama, made for the Confederacy by Britain. Then Britain bought two battle ships that the South was building, to avoid starting a war with the North and having them invade Canada. The battle of Bull run is important because it led to the South being overconfident in their victory. The Seven Days Battle was significant because it demonstrated to the North and President Lincoln that total war against the South was necessary.…
The United fought a Civil War because of sectionalism. “ They started many tobacco plantations and brought in black slaves from Africa to provide most of the labor. “ the North’s economy came to depend more on trade than on agriculture. Industry and commerce were centered in the North. The North and South had two totally different economies (Doc 3).In conclusion if slavery was going to get rid…
Looking at the graphs on population and troops, why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy?…
issued the Emancipation of Proclamation which led to the freedom of slaves and allowed blacks…
Lincoln rejected the idea of secession and only a month after becoming the president, he lead the Civil War against the Southern states to preserve the Union and to spread equality and democracy. The Civil War is the bloodiest conflict that America has ever endured there was over 600,000 dead Americans in five years. Lincoln had assigned Ulysses Grant to lead the Northern armies as a ruthless warrior and an exceptional strategist. In 1862, Lincoln announced his Emancipation Proclamation, which granted freedom to slaves who were in the South meaning in the areas that were rebelling against his government and did not recognize his authority. This was the turning point where the war wasn’t only to create one Union but also to end slavery all around the nation.…
The non-extension of slavery into the western territories disrupted the nation in the 1800s. President Lincoln’s indifferent attitude towards slavery interfered with the nation southern states and states where slavery existed. Lincoln cared about the union as it was unraveling. Most people at that in the North supported a war to restore the Union but not as a military crusade to end slavery. The American Civil War was an economic conflict not a race issue between the Union and the Confederacy.…
As a result of two documents, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth amendment, President Lincoln was able to achieve this feat. “Lincoln noted the morality of his decision, writing that he believed emancipation to be "an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity." The document had immediate practical benefits as well, as the British government backed away from recognizing the Confederacy soon after Lincoln issued the Proclamation” (Behrend). Clearly, freeing the slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation was the best course of action. Due to the bold declaration, Lincoln was made a statement of the Union’s power which deterred a powerful foreign entity from joining the war. Not only does the Constitution, which is the highest law in the land, justify Lincoln’s action, they were morally called for. If not for the Civil War, our nation would have continued to support a dark practice which enslaved fellow human beings. Along with achieving the goal of freeing slaves, the Emancipation prevented Britain from joining the war. This would have tipped the scale in favor of the South and could even jeopardize the nation’s freedom. The Thirteenth Amendment was also necessary to free all slaves. “This amendment abolished slavery and gave Congress the power to pass laws to enforce the abolition...The end of the Civil War and the…
The United States of America was filled with tension because of numerous events. In the day that Abraham Lincoln became president, Southern states seceded. To make the situation even worse, the Civil War took place to resolve this conflict between the South and the North. President Lincoln was left with the trust to unite the Confederacy and the Union once again. President Lincoln’s duty of preserving the Union was more important to him than to give the slaves freedom because he just wanted to use the African-Americans for military force, political power, and to end the Civil War.…
From The Bottom to The Top At the beginning of the Civil War, Abe Lincoln made it clear that the goal of the Union was not to end slavery, but rather to keep the country as a whole (The 54th Massachusetts Infantry, n.d.). However, over time it became evident that the Civil War was not a war to only keep the Union together, but also to end slavery. Groups such as, northerner abolitionists, helped argued and persuade that the Civil War was being fought to end slavery and that African Americans should have the right to be able to fight for their freedom in the war. It was not until almost two years into the war when Abe Lincoln delivered his Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, that changed the Union’s view of the Civil War. From this…
The Advent of emancipation added the number of free Americans by a great deal. This transformation of status weakened the south, strengthening the North. The slaves in the south were a possible force in aiding the Confederates against the North, which would have been a grand blow to the Union government. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was a genius step of weakening south, economically, socially and force wise. The European colonists and slave masters who completely depended on slave labor and slave trade would never join hands with the Union government and so were a possible force together with the Confederates. Gradual emancipation and the abolishing of the slave trade and forced labor was a stealth weapon of weakening the possible force and the South. Many freed slaves began running to Union lines, and this provided the Union with more soldiers (Howell, 2006).…
President Lincoln supported emancipation as a critical component of the war. Specifically, his view on abolition of slavery changed from being a war measure towards a war aim. The emancipation of slavery was the forefront issue of the Civil War. Consequently, Lincoln viewed emancipation as a secondary issue aim to preserving the Union. As a war measure, emancipation was effective in politically destabilizing the confederacy, by taking away Southern support from Europe. Furthermore, encouraging a gradual emancipation consolidated the border states and to side with the Union. Border states were strategic territories for the Union. For example, Kentucky determined who controlled the Ohio River, and overall depleted the Southern war capacity.…
A war that originated because the nation was divided ultimately marked the beginning of a truly unified United States. The Civil War put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North, the South, and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South, and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although many lives and untold millions were lost in personal belongings, livestock, and structures, the Civil War set in motion the progression towards a unified Nation. During the 18th and 19th century, slavery was a very significant aspect of the development of the nation. The economic, social, and political development of the nation during this period was directly associated to slavery even though society condemned it as morally wrong. The following will detail the significance of slavery in the economic, social, and political development of the 18th and 19th century America. Additionally details will show the economic, social, and political impacts of the conflict as well as why a democratic nation failed to address the crisis peacefully.…
President Lincoln had two goals for the Civil War - the abolishment of slavery and the unification of the country under the Union. These two goals overlapped in a couple of ways. First, President Lincoln believed that for the country to succeed it had to be unified and progress to grow as one nation. Second, for the nation to be one, it could not be divided into the Union and the Confederacy where each side continued to fight the other. The common dispute and central cause for the separation in both goals was slavery. The solution: end slavery. President Lincoln believed that slavery had to be ended to propel the nation into a prosperous future. In 1863, President Lincoln set forth his objective to abolish slavery by creating the executive order, the Emancipation Proclamation. It did not free all slaves in all states, but it directed freedom in 10 states and pushed the other states into a route to outlaw slavery. This caused more division among the states.…
The most significant cause of the American Civil War was the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. Because of Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery, the emancipation proclamation, and the formation of different parties, the Civil War began. With Lincoln’s views opposed to slavery, it caused a lot of disagreement with some of the states. Abe believed that blacks should have equal rights, and that they should be treated the same as everyone else. He tried to stop the spreading of slavery and to try to put an end to it all together. He released a document called the Emancipation Proclamation. In it, he gives several million slaves freedom. He aims the document towards the south. It did…
The civil war spawned some of the most gruesome battles in america’s history, but besides the immeasurable loss of life what truly made the war such a significant event in America's history? After the Union victory in the plight to end slavery and provide equity among the races, life changed many ways for blacks and whites, but some things never changed despite the efforts of Abraham Lincoln and his supporters. The country was split in two with the North in power and the South creatively opposing the fair treatment of blacks. The conclusion of the civil war brought many positive and negative repercussions that changed the balance of the United States and eventually led to the nation we have today. Much of this is shown in…