The Fulfillment Of The United States During The Civil War

The Civil War era was determined by the unresolved issues of the Revolution. Two of the main issues being would the United states be a dissolvable group of sovereign states (The Confederacy) or an indivisible nation with a central government; the other being if the nation announcing itself to the world as an equal nation where all are created equal would maintain its identity as the largest slave owning country in the world. In January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their withdrawal from the United States of America and formed the Confederate States of America. Abraham Lincoln believed the only way to save the union was to declare war against those who wanted a divided nation. The North was victorious and as a result of this there was the Emancipation Proclamation. This war preserved the Unites States as one nation and ended slavery. The achievement of this came at a great loss. More lives were lost in this war than in all the previous wars
Once allies in the WWII against Germany, the United States and Soviet Union became enemies very quickly. The Soviet Union was flexing its muscles setting up pro communist regimes throughout Eastern Europe. America then had to reluctantly reverse its stance of not getting involved in European affairs and introduced the Truman Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine pledged to aid European countries be threatened by communist subversion. Whole soldiers of these two super powers (Soviet Union and the United States) did not battle each other directly. They continuously antagonized each other via military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations. President John F Kennedy played a vital role in the cold war era. In his words, he said the American people would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of