The Civil War lasted 1861-1865. The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution: whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government; and whether this nation‚ born of a declaration that all men were created with an equal right to liberty‚ would continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world. The civil war was the United States bloodiest war in America history
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What actually caused the American Civil War? Some people simplistically answer that it was a fight against slavery. While slavery did have an important part to play in the lead up to the Civil War‚ there were other causes that fed the fight between North and South that finally erupted into secession and Civil War with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864. I would disagree with Martin Kelly’s assertion that slavery was just one of many reasons for war. Ultimately‚ all of these reasons he mentioned
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What is the most significant cause of the Civil War? 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
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main secondary causes of the Civil War? In the year 1860‚ the people of America believed that they were happiest and luckiest people across the globe however‚ the Civil War brought in a new era in the history of America the importance of the result is that it brought slavery in the US to an end. However‚ the politicians in the south and the north in the course of this war never believed the liberty of slaves to be the major concern of the war. When discussing the causes of the Civil War‚ there are two
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Slavery Was the Primary Cause of the Civil War The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ the War of Rebellion‚ or the War for the Southern Independence‚ began on April 12‚ 1861. In the history of the United States‚ African Americans have always been discriminated against. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich‚ greedy‚ Americans. They were given no pay and were
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The Civil War‚ 1861-1865‚ was between the Union -northern states that wanted slavery to be abolished and the Union to stay together‚ meaning the South wouldn’t separate- and the Confederacy- 11 states that wanted slavery to stay and to separate from the North‚ becoming its own country. The Civil War was considered the revolution of the United States‚ and a new beginning for the people in it. It included many things‚ like new‚ groundbreaking‚ and more modernized technology‚ The Underground Railroad
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The American Civil War is known as the war that finally ended slavery. The war began On April 12‚ 1861‚ and lasted four years‚ finally ending on May 9‚ 1865. During these four years‚ a rough estimate of 620‚000 soldiers lives would be lost. The Civil War would become one of the bloodiest and deadliest conflicts the United States would ever see. However‚ while slavery was a major cause of this war‚ it was not the only factor‚ there were several other causes and factors which led to war. One of the
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In the early 1860s America faced the bloodiest war in its history‚ known as the American Civil War. The country was broken up by a drastic sectional divide between the North and South‚ which would eventually end in greater conflict than any yet seen on American soil. While many factors were important contributions to the cause of the war‚ there is ongoing dispute on what the most significant cause was. The North and South had many conflicting fundamental ideas such as Northern industrialism versus
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The Russian Civil War Basic Work Rough Draft Intro The primary cause of the Russian Civil War was the breach between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks. This breach was caused by a number of events‚ one of them being the Russian Revolution‚ which occurred throughout 1917. The Russian Revolution consisted of two parts‚ the first part being the February Revolution‚ where Tsar Nicholas II was forced out of his position and the Russian monarchy was replaced by a provisional government. Most Russians
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when our founding fathers debated whether or not to include slavery in the constitution. But by the mid 19th century a final confrontation broke out when the south seceded to protect their institution of slavery leading to the start of the American Civil War. The north and south had two completely different economic structures. The north was a more industrial based society were most people worked in factories or at the harbor. But the south was more agriculturally based with farms and plantations.
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