Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing
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THE WAR BETWEEN SOUTH AND WEST The middle of the XIX century was a period of worsening economic and political conflict of Northern and Southern States. For a long time two dissimilar type of economy existed and developed in the framework of a single state‚ of course‚ competing among them‚ but not bringing the situation to tensions. However‚ in this period it became increasingly clear the inevitability that contradictions of the two systems will turn in the armed struggle for power‚ for the victory
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Ryley Dinsen APUSH 4th 12/16/12 Controversy before the Civil War During the expansion westward of United States‚ controversy between the Northern and the Southern States quickly arose. This was primarily due to the disagreement of what these new western territories would become- free or slave states. The Southern States wanted these new territories to support slavery so they could send more pro-slavery senators/ representatives to Congress‚ which was the opposite for the Northern States. Many
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cooks and cleaners that men knew them to be. In 1861‚ the American Civil war broke out among the Northern and Southern states. The war lashed out simply because of moral issues. Abraham Lincoln‚ who was elected as President prior to the war in 1860‚ was an Anti-Slavery‚ Republican man. That alone arose tension between the states. The Civil War opposed neighbor against neighbor and in some cases‚ brother against brother. Though that war had been considered “a man’s fight”‚ women felt the need to help/fight
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time the north did not want slavery in their country so the started the civil war. During the civil war‚ many acts were made like the Kansas-Nebraska act. The civil war ended with almost one fifth of the soldiers dying and many were wounded. Why did Texans fight? Texans fought in the Civil War because they had a immense love for Texas‚ wanted state rights‚ and most importantly to preserve slavery. Texans fought in the Civil because of their love for Texas. “Tell him not to enlist till just before
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In 1861‚ when the Civil War broke out‚ the Confederacy and the Union both had numerous advantages and disadvantages and there were multiple women and slaves that contributed to the war. To begin with‚ the Confederacy had its significant advantages that helped it push through the war‚ one of which was its strong leaders. Many believed “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee were some of the best officers even before the war. Also‚ they had the advantage of fighting on their own soil. They knew the
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States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves‚ but to preserve and protect the Union‚ but later Lincoln decided that ending slavery was a key step necessary to winning the war. He was assassinated on April 15‚ 1865 by John
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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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The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 in the United States of America after seven Southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Foreign powers did
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of the most prominent questions in history was‚ “Was the Civil War inevitable?” many have formed an opinion and a much agreed with conclusion has come about. Secession was inevitable based on the events that occurred from 1800-1859; The War with Mexico‚ the Acquisition of Oregon and Texas‚ and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were three of these important events that led to the inevitable secession and Civil War. Without these events the Civil War and the secession of the South could have been avoided and
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