Why Did The Civil War Exist Essay
The civil War and what led to it, has been a debatable subject since 1861. One of the main reasons that the war progressed is due to slavery and certain areas that was not yet to be called a state.
Although, the civil War brought about a turning point for a lot of citizens, these issues still exist today, and it is not based on any particular people, but based on government boundaries, to still include racism, poverty, politics, and some forms of slavery. Back then, when this all began Abraham Lincoln had become the President. “Opening the address he stated: “I have no purpose, directly, or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists” (Civil War Politics and Racism).
President Abraham Lincoln was very …show more content…
aware that there is an ongoing battle between the Northern states and the South. In the Northern states, they were advancing and fast! They no longer had to rely on slaves to do any jobs, as in the South, slaves were a must! This is an interesting topic simply because back then, slavery was about labor, where now slavery can be as unique as in, “human trafficking.”
Slavery is just when someone’s freedom is being abused and being held in bondage, both of these are done on a daily basis, still being taken for granted.
To begin, the people in the south felt as though they had no rights. It was all about power!
There was some confusion on if the states should have more power, or the federal government. The fact that the South required farming, which means there had to be laborers to doing some physical work, and those workers were slaves. Another things, the South was not expanding fast enough. Slaves would have to put in really long hours and days because they were responsible for things such as, cotton, wheat, tobacco, rice, sugar…to name a few, but most of all cotton. “In the early eighteenth century, tobacco was the dominant cash crop in the South. However, after the invention of the cotton gin in
1810, cotton took over, and by 1859 cotton made up 61 percent of all American exports. The cotton industry depended on slave labor, and the institution of slavery helped create a small class of wealthy landed gentry in the South” (Civil War Politics and Racism). These slaves committed to these task because for one (1), they did not have a choice, and two (2) the rewards were clothes, food, shelter, and some medical assistance. Nonetheless, they just wanted for their voices to be heard and to be freed up from slavery. That way they could work real jobs and get paid real currency, without doing so many dirty jobs and physical contact.
Then, there is the North. They were a little more predominant. They had all the big cities, banks, jobs, and a host of other things, but they were slave free. “The North started the Civil War with big advantages over the South, especially in terms of manufacturing power, food supplies, and number of people. Rail networks of more than 22,000 miles carried shipments of food and equipment from farms to cities. Twenty million people, more than a fifth of them recent immigrants, provided a large pool of soldiers and of workers for farms and factories. In 1860, the North had nine of the ten largest cities. (In the South, only New Orleans, Louisiana, made the list.) New York City had reached a population of one million. Industry in the northern cities consisted of manufacturing, cloth milling, shipping, and businesses, such as stores, financial firms, and professions such as doctor and lawyer.”
(Baxter, Roberta) With all of this excitement, how not could the North, be excelling the South! The North had way more people than the south and the war was on the grounds on the South, meanwhile the
North are profiting from the sales of the supplies, for the war. They were winning all the way around!
Until they had to start finding ways to improvise for some things that they did not own or could not purchase. “The start of the war meant that items that had come from the South were cut off. For people in the North, tobacco, sugar, and cotton became very expensive and then impossible to buy.
They stopped using these things, making substitutions as they could. For example, they raised more sheep for wool to replace the cotton not available from southern plantations. Honey replaced sugar.”
(Baxter, Roberta) The South had to stop providing some of these things to the North because they had to try to find ways to gain some type of power. They knew that these items listed was how they profited off the North, but it was war time and the South did not have a lot of options.
Now, completing a little research will give the reading audience several reasons of what could have caused the Civil War, but it was ultimately pertaining to slavery. “To a lesser extent, the Northern press must accept its share of blame for antagonizing Southerners by damning and lampooning them as brutal lash-wielding torturers and heartless family separators. With all this back and forth carrying on for at least the decade preceding war, by the time hostilities broke out, few either in the North or the South had much use for the other, and minds were set. One elderly Tennessean later expressed it this way: “I wish there was a river of fire a mile wide between the North and the South that would burn with unquenchable fury forevermore, and that it could never be passable to the endless ages of eternity by any living creature” (Military History Magazine).” The immediate cause of Southern secession, therefore, was a fear that Lincoln and the Republican Congress would have abolished the institution of slavery— which would have ruined fortunes, wrecked the Southern economy and left the South to contend with millions of freed blacks. The long-term cause was a feeling by most Southerners that the interests of the two sections of the country had drifted apart, and were no longer mutual or worthwhile.” (Military
History Magazine) Other opinions let us know that based off some facts of the cause of the Civil War, things was beginning to bother everybody! The North and the South! Nevertheless, the south was still doomed! Other recorded causes of this was included Fort Sumter, Southern Secession, The Raid on
Harper’s Ferry, John Brown, The Missouri Compromise, The Underground Railroad, Harriet Beecher
Stowe’s Uncle, and several more. The list goes on and on, even today.
While we know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, it did not appear that he was bothered by that. Along with him, sit is documented that he did not have to fight this battle alone! Slavery was a problem period and even today, it still is a problem. No, there are not a lot of recorded stories where slaves are still picking cotton or doing any farming, although there are still some farms that exist. The entire world has advanced and the North is still moving faster than the South. The economy is still progressing, while slavery is happening every day.
Mothers are still slaves to their families, no matter the race, ethnic, or backgrounds. Fathers are still slaves to their jobs and their bosses, regardless of their color, religion, beliefs, and so on… Our kids are still slaves to their teachers, coaches, jails, prisons, and etc… No, it is not as bad as in the 1800s, but was more decades, we still share the experience. We do have states now and federal government. We also, still have elections, where people vote for various parties, so that a group of people can make decisions for millions of people. Yes, we still have issues with race, poverty, politics, and slavery. “The impact of the war on the home front affected both sides because this was a war fought on American soil. Once the war was over, the economy and population of the North began to recover. The South, however, faced deprivation and struggles for years to come.”
(Baxter Roberta) Seemingly, no matter who is in office, the Constitution/ Amendments, laws provided, the Emancipation Proclamation, nor anything to come, will be able to justify slavery, as well as, the present the entire world, with reasons to stop the hate and just be great! Some things are just
gone always be, what they will be, to include war!
Although, the civil War brought about a turning point for a lot of citizens, these issues still exist today, and it is not based on any particular people, but based on government boundaries, to still include racism, poverty, politics, and some forms of slavery. Back then, when this all began Abraham Lincoln had become the President. “Opening the address he stated: “I have no purpose, directly, or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists” (Civil War Politics and Racism).
President Abraham Lincoln was very …show more content…
aware that there is an ongoing battle between the Northern states and the South. In the Northern states, they were advancing and fast! They no longer had to rely on slaves to do any jobs, as in the South, slaves were a must! This is an interesting topic simply because back then, slavery was about labor, where now slavery can be as unique as in, “human trafficking.”
Slavery is just when someone’s freedom is being abused and being held in bondage, both of these are done on a daily basis, still being taken for granted.
To begin, the people in the south felt as though they had no rights. It was all about power!
There was some confusion on if the states should have more power, or the federal government. The fact that the South required farming, which means there had to be laborers to doing some physical work, and those workers were slaves. Another things, the South was not expanding fast enough. Slaves would have to put in really long hours and days because they were responsible for things such as, cotton, wheat, tobacco, rice, sugar…to name a few, but most of all cotton. “In the early eighteenth century, tobacco was the dominant cash crop in the South. However, after the invention of the cotton gin in
1810, cotton took over, and by 1859 cotton made up 61 percent of all American exports. The cotton industry depended on slave labor, and the institution of slavery helped create a small class of wealthy landed gentry in the South” (Civil War Politics and Racism). These slaves committed to these task because for one (1), they did not have a choice, and two (2) the rewards were clothes, food, shelter, and some medical assistance. Nonetheless, they just wanted for their voices to be heard and to be freed up from slavery. That way they could work real jobs and get paid real currency, without doing so many dirty jobs and physical contact.
Then, there is the North. They were a little more predominant. They had all the big cities, banks, jobs, and a host of other things, but they were slave free. “The North started the Civil War with big advantages over the South, especially in terms of manufacturing power, food supplies, and number of people. Rail networks of more than 22,000 miles carried shipments of food and equipment from farms to cities. Twenty million people, more than a fifth of them recent immigrants, provided a large pool of soldiers and of workers for farms and factories. In 1860, the North had nine of the ten largest cities. (In the South, only New Orleans, Louisiana, made the list.) New York City had reached a population of one million. Industry in the northern cities consisted of manufacturing, cloth milling, shipping, and businesses, such as stores, financial firms, and professions such as doctor and lawyer.”
(Baxter, Roberta) With all of this excitement, how not could the North, be excelling the South! The North had way more people than the south and the war was on the grounds on the South, meanwhile the
North are profiting from the sales of the supplies, for the war. They were winning all the way around!
Until they had to start finding ways to improvise for some things that they did not own or could not purchase. “The start of the war meant that items that had come from the South were cut off. For people in the North, tobacco, sugar, and cotton became very expensive and then impossible to buy.
They stopped using these things, making substitutions as they could. For example, they raised more sheep for wool to replace the cotton not available from southern plantations. Honey replaced sugar.”
(Baxter, Roberta) The South had to stop providing some of these things to the North because they had to try to find ways to gain some type of power. They knew that these items listed was how they profited off the North, but it was war time and the South did not have a lot of options.
Now, completing a little research will give the reading audience several reasons of what could have caused the Civil War, but it was ultimately pertaining to slavery. “To a lesser extent, the Northern press must accept its share of blame for antagonizing Southerners by damning and lampooning them as brutal lash-wielding torturers and heartless family separators. With all this back and forth carrying on for at least the decade preceding war, by the time hostilities broke out, few either in the North or the South had much use for the other, and minds were set. One elderly Tennessean later expressed it this way: “I wish there was a river of fire a mile wide between the North and the South that would burn with unquenchable fury forevermore, and that it could never be passable to the endless ages of eternity by any living creature” (Military History Magazine).” The immediate cause of Southern secession, therefore, was a fear that Lincoln and the Republican Congress would have abolished the institution of slavery— which would have ruined fortunes, wrecked the Southern economy and left the South to contend with millions of freed blacks. The long-term cause was a feeling by most Southerners that the interests of the two sections of the country had drifted apart, and were no longer mutual or worthwhile.” (Military
History Magazine) Other opinions let us know that based off some facts of the cause of the Civil War, things was beginning to bother everybody! The North and the South! Nevertheless, the south was still doomed! Other recorded causes of this was included Fort Sumter, Southern Secession, The Raid on
Harper’s Ferry, John Brown, The Missouri Compromise, The Underground Railroad, Harriet Beecher
Stowe’s Uncle, and several more. The list goes on and on, even today.
While we know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, it did not appear that he was bothered by that. Along with him, sit is documented that he did not have to fight this battle alone! Slavery was a problem period and even today, it still is a problem. No, there are not a lot of recorded stories where slaves are still picking cotton or doing any farming, although there are still some farms that exist. The entire world has advanced and the North is still moving faster than the South. The economy is still progressing, while slavery is happening every day.
Mothers are still slaves to their families, no matter the race, ethnic, or backgrounds. Fathers are still slaves to their jobs and their bosses, regardless of their color, religion, beliefs, and so on… Our kids are still slaves to their teachers, coaches, jails, prisons, and etc… No, it is not as bad as in the 1800s, but was more decades, we still share the experience. We do have states now and federal government. We also, still have elections, where people vote for various parties, so that a group of people can make decisions for millions of people. Yes, we still have issues with race, poverty, politics, and slavery. “The impact of the war on the home front affected both sides because this was a war fought on American soil. Once the war was over, the economy and population of the North began to recover. The South, however, faced deprivation and struggles for years to come.”
(Baxter Roberta) Seemingly, no matter who is in office, the Constitution/ Amendments, laws provided, the Emancipation Proclamation, nor anything to come, will be able to justify slavery, as well as, the present the entire world, with reasons to stop the hate and just be great! Some things are just
gone always be, what they will be, to include war!