The American Civil War was a civil war fought between the North and the South or the Union and the Confederacy‚ respectably. This was fought to determine the integrity of the United States as it defeated the bid for independence by the autonomous Confederate States of America. War broke out in April of 1861‚ the Confederate armies attacked Fort Sumter‚ and the war was ended by the Confederate Armies surrendering in 1865. The slavery debate revolved around many vital issues. The slavery debate will
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The American Civil War‚ the bloodiest war in America’s short history‚ was thought to be only caused over the issue of slavery. While that did play into many of the more sophisticated arguments‚ there were many other deciding factors of causing the war. The war was not caused by just economic struggles‚ or political disagreements‚ but rather a mixture of both. The economic struggle between the north and the south were all about deep-rooted beliefs. The International Improvements
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Hist. to 1876 Was the Civil War worth it? I believe that the civil war was worth it. Even though a lot of negative consequences came out of it‚ the positive outweighed the negative. The largest cause of the war was slavery. The North and South had contained their differences over slavery for sixty years after the Constitutional Convention. Compromise in 1787 had resolved the questions of slave trade and how to count slaves for congressional representation. The Compromise of 1850 was the last attempt
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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 keep other states from following South Carolina...no compromise on Earth could reverse the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Southern fears
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Pre-Civil War Study Guide Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession)
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During the time period of 1860 and 1877 many major changes occurred. From the beginning of the civil war to the fall of the reconstruction‚ the United States changed dramatically. Nearly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence which declared all men equal‚ many social and constitutional alterations were necessary to protect the rights of all people‚ no matter their race. These social and constitutional developments that were made during 1860 to 1877 were so drastic it could be called
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The Great Divide The issue of slavery was discussed in many ways. People talked about the morality of the institution (or lack thereof)‚ the economics of slavery‚ and the political issues that came about because of it. No matter how it was discussed‚ the North and South could not agree. Northerners thought Southerners were corrupting the soul of America‚ and Southerners thought Northerners were hypocrites. No matter which way they looked at slavery‚ the North and South had two antithetical
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Bleeding Kansas Before the Civil War‚ the territory of Kansas was unsettled as a slave state or a free state. This caused a conflict over who should settle this territory‚ right before the Civil War. This conflict was also called “Bleeding Kansas”. Later on‚ popular sovereignty‚ played a key role before the Civil War. The Kansas Territory became the center of attention in the battle between North and South over expanding slavery into the territories. Those southerners who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
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two sides‚ and the gap towards peace slowly grew father away with time. People were put on edge and things were ready to crack till one day‚ it did and that’s how the Civil War started. I believe that the Civil War was fought due to slavery not economic issues. These Acts/Laws are things I believe that brought up slavery in the civil war/ To begin with‚ our founding father had attempted to limit the role of the slavery issue in
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slavery had a critical role in bringing on the Civil War‚ which took place in the United States from 1861 to 1865. Disagreements on the status of slaves between northern and southern regions‚ the question of whether laws over slavery were determined under federal law or according to state‚ accompanied by contradictions in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were at the heart of the crisis that inevitably led to the American Civil War. In the United States‚ African Americans had been
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