Did you know America’s bloodiest battle fought on their own soil was the Civil War? The Civil War was fought on American soil between the northern states and the southern states. Many causes provoked the war‚ which would affect the nation for decades to come. Slavery‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ and John Brown’s attack on Harpers Ferry‚ Virginia‚ were some of the many causes. In turn hundreds of thousands of soldiers died‚ the South’s economy was devastated‚ and the northern ideals flourished. In
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that in the Civil War‚ America lost the most men ever? After four years and over 600‚000 American lives‚ the Union (North) prevailed in wearing down and forcing the Confederacy (South) to surrender. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ and the Dred Scott case contributed greatly to the Civil War. After the Civil War‚ the Southern economy was devastated with millions of homeless‚ while the northern economy boomed. Eli Whitney created one of the first causes of the Civil. In 1793 Eli
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Who Won the Civil War? The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history‚ in where Americans killed each other and still‚ some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. Many people in today’s world would tell you that the union won the war‚ but the question should be from an economic and political view. Who was the true victor of the American Civil War? Even from a political stand point with the history we know the union
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points was the Civil War. The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the northern and southern American states over slavery. One event in history‚ the Civil War‚ should not have occurred due to the deaths‚ assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ Jim Crow laws‚ and reconstruction. The Civil War caused a significant amount of deaths. Because of diseases‚ battle wounds and poor quality prisons‚ “The Civil War was the deadliest war in the history of the United States.”6 The civil war produced the largest
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms‚ it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” This statement that created by President Abraham Lincoln demonstrates the necessity of the Civil War. If the United States were to remain divided‚ the strength of these two nations would be degraded and allow the continuation of an immoral practice; slavery. “Politicians‚ business leaders‚ newspaper editors‚ and others desperately sought a last-ditch compromise that would
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American Civil War – Yankees and Confederates: mid-19th Century Historical Investigation American Civil War – Yankees and Confederates: mid-19th Century To what extent was the Civil War inevitable? To a great extent the Civil War was inevitable. In 1861‚ the Civil War in America began‚ lasting four years and causing terrible destruction. The factors of different economies‚ slavery and human rights‚ different views of the Constitution‚ the westward expansion and Lincoln’s election contributed
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There were many economic and political causes of the Civil War in the terms of conflict over economic policy and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Many documents‚ people‚ and events in history help to causes of the Civil War such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Missouri Compromise‚ Texas annexation‚ Wilmot Proviso‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Gadsden Purchase‚ the creation of the Republican Party‚ and the Dred Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854. The act
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Causes Of The Civil War Civil war was from 1861-1865 and began when a confederate shot a union at Fort Sumter‚ but what led to the Civil War was slavery. Slavery was a major cause of the Civil War because Northerner were against slavery‚ while the southerner were pro-slavery. The tension between the two side led to the civil war. Abraham Lincoln declared "government cannot endure permanently half slave‚ half free"(historyplace.com). Slavery is the main cause of the civil war comparison to the western
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The beginning of the Civil War was caused by various components occurring in the United States. The role of Slavery brought on the Civil War. With different means of economic prosperity‚ the north was more industrialized while the south depended on more agriculture. Different political ideology‚ the south wanted more power to the states while the north wanted more power to the federal government. The Civil War was a gradual progress‚ the evolving challenges in individual’s civil rights faced led to
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The Civil War: Battle of the Prison Camps “100 of the Boys left last night & 2 more were going out this morning & they were shot. poor Boys such is life. some die one way and some another.”1 From the diary of a common Union soldier’s experience in Andersonville emits an expression that seems to encapsulate the life of many soldiers serving in prison camps at this time. The Civil War‚ 1861 to 1865‚ remains a crucial period in the history of America. It was regarded as ‘war of States’‚ that is
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