accurate to call the American Revolution a civil war. The colonists were under British control at the time‚ between regions of the same country. It becomes a war between two nation states. Within the colonies‚ Revolutionaries were not only fighting against the British but also with the Loyalists who still believed and agreed with the king. As Britain being the overall state‚ it was a war within their sovereign‚ but also within their country. But‚ the American Revolution was the
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you know when the civil war started in 1861 African Americans were not allowed in the army? It wasn’t until January 1st 1863 when they allowed African Americans to slowly make their way into the army. On January 1st Lincoln enforced the emancipation proclamation; declaring all slaves in the North states free. The African Americans would participate in tasks like spying and guiding soldiers through familiar lands as an advantage. Throughout the whole war about 200‚00 African Americans served. African
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SLAVERY The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the
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The Civil War had an effect on us. The Civil War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. More Americans died in this war then in all other wars combined. In this war we did not fight against other people‚ we fought brother against brother and the nation was torn apart. There are many reasons why this war took pace. Fist the nation was come together and then the southern states were not allowed to secede. Then the South was placed under military rule and divided into military districts
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political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of two of the following: With the upset in balance of the Mexican War‚ antislavery activists were upset about any potential compromise while with the Kansas-Nebraska act‚ they settled with the idea of them being in a state of popular sovereignty. The acquisitions of the Mexican War triggered an upset in the balance of free and slave states. The solution of extending the Missouri Compromise line of 3630’ angered both proslavery
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The deadliest war in American history is known as the American Civil War killing nearly 620‚000 soldiers and a mass amount of civilians. The War Between the States was fought between Southern slave states and the United States federal government. Southern states formed a group called the Confederacy‚ which went against the beliefs of the Union. Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Abraham Lincoln sought different views on slavery. Lincoln believed that all slaves should be
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The American civil war was a necessary event and it determined the kind of country that we have today. The civil war was a result of the southern states seceding and both sides fighting in effort to enforce their view of slavery. If the civil war wouldn’t have happened‚ then the southern states would have been their own country and so would the union. In theory this works‚ but both the north and the south were dependent on each other for economic reasons. Working together‚ the north and the south
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Was slavery the true cause of the American Civil War? The disagreement over abolishing slavery was the true cause of the American Civil War. The main issues that caused the Civil War to happen were the division of the North and South. At the time‚ the United States was split in the North or the South‚ not only due to borders‚ but due to strongly held beliefs. Both sides disagreed on different points. Overview The civil war started on April 12‚ 1861. This war lasted up to four years‚ and then ended
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The 54th Massachusetts‚ the first African American regiment in the Civil War‚ set standards for other similar regiments to come. This did not meet elation‚ however. The white soldiers at this time did not like the idea. They thought these men were uncivilized‚ uneducated boys with a gun who did not know the basics of combat. Although the 54th Massachusetts met resentment and disbelief at the beginning of their operations‚ the attitudes of the white men changed‚ and changed drastically. The 54th
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sound of the rebel cry had finally subsided‚ The American Civil War had had already taken a deadly toll. Four years of gruesome fighting had decimated the population. Half a million of three million men had been wounded in combat. Over two hundred thousand others had been killed. Frontal assaults turned into suicidal dashes that resulted in victory for no man. Advancements in weaponry surpassed ancient tactics dating back to the Revolutionary War and inflicted staggering casualties. Railways allowed
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