Civil War: a war between citizens of the same country. This was the end result of the enlargement and expansion of slavery throughout the United States of America. Back in the mid-1800’s‚ the United States was expanding fast towards the west but there were large decisions to be made: What states should be slave states? How can we balance out everything? Should we expand slavery to the north? The controversy all was because of a difference of perspective. The southern farmer is bound to favor slavery
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In the mid-1800s‚ there was conflict surrounding the idea of slavery. This conflict led to a division of the nation and had a huge impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln. Slavery was considered necessary in the Southern States‚ but as a united nation both the North and the South couldn’t have their way. The Northern States wanted to prohibit slavery‚ however the Southern States wanted to allow slavery. This led to many disputes‚ violent uproars‚ and protest throughout the nation. In 1854
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was a connection between the requirement of African American people to fight in the war against the union rebellion and Lincoln’s idea about slavery. Lincoln was a wise man and knew what to expect and what had to be done. He has to come to an agreement. Lincoln promised freedom to the slaves if the slaves were willing to fight in the war against the union army. The book Abraham Lincoln‚ slavery‚ and the civil war book states that “why should they do anything for us‚ if we will do nothing for them
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Joshua Brackenridge January 25‚ 2013 Period 6 TITLE The American civil war was the beginning slavery‚ but ending slavery came with many consequences and lost lives. Many authors have written songs‚ books and poems about the civil war; the most interesting thing is that they all have their own point of view. Three selections which portrayed the enemy in different ways are: “swing low sweet chariot”‚ “Willie has gone to the war”‚ “go down Moses”. Each of these selections presents a unique perspective
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the addition of many new territories in the United States‚ the issue of slavery had never been so prominent and controversial in the states. Due to the Fugitive Slave Act that forced citizens to assist in capture of runaway slave‚ idea of citizens deciding whether territories would be free or slave states - known as popular soveirgnty‚ as well as the varying interpretations of the constitution‚ especially on the subject of slavery‚ there was great discord and sectionalism in the United States. This
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Slavery was the underlying cause of the American Civil War. With two strong believes there was nothing that could change the mind of the south‚ so the two groups were leaded to solve it in the battle field. Slavery a very important issue that cause a lot of damage in order to get a good solution. First in the 1850s it banished the Whig party and destroying the two national party system and later on in the 1860s it caused the biggest war that the United States has gone through. The union was divided
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Throughout the 1800’s‚ up until about 1860‚ the North and South had an immense amount of struggles‚ both economically and socially‚ that led them to the Civil War. The main difference they fought over was their opinions on slavery. These problems led to years of conflict and misery among the states. The North and South were extremely different when it came to their economy. For instance‚ the North had more so factories‚ unlike the South‚ which relied on farming. The immense amount of railroads
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Slavery survived in America for centuries after the first slaves were brought over in 1619. Historians argue over whether or not slavery could have ended sooner than it had and without a violent conflict. Many historians believe that slavery was on the decline prior to the invention of the cotton gin and would have ended in a whisper through lack of use caused by the release of slaves out of moral and economic reasons tied to the loss of a cash crop‚ while other historians believe that slavery would
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The Civil war is said to be the war that resulted in the most casualties in history. Although it did not directly begin as a war against slavery‚ the Civil War would eventually lead to a war to abolish slavery. Slaves before and during the civil war lived in other regions of the United states. However they may have been slaves all the same‚ but they lived very different lives. Even after the war was over and slaves were freed their lives would all still be different based on their origins. First
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