Name __________________________ Civil War Persuasive Essay Question Instructions: Answer the following question in a well-developed‚ five-paragraph persuasive essay: “Was the Civil War inevitable or preventable?” Suggestions and requirements: Your answer should be equivalent to at least 5 paragraphs of 5-6 average-length sentences each. Your answer can be “yes‚” “no” or somewhere in between. Make sure you understand the wording of the question fully before you begin. It would
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After the Civil War‚ there was huge amount of attempts to alter the society in the Southern states. The main ideas in the North were to merge blacks into society as quickly as possible.But of course the South was not as eager. In fact‚ the South wanted to expire all chances for the Reconstruction effort because they knew what it was leading to. Due to their social lack of interest in equal rights‚ their political violence towards blacks and their opponents The South killed Reconstruction because
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quickly‚ however‚ this meant that the conflict between slave and free states continued to rise as well. Because of this‚ the Mexican American war only escalated the high tensions; the question of what was to be done with the possible acquisition of an extremely large territory was posed‚ in regards to the balance of slave and free states. Abolitionist saw that the war posed an extreme threat to this balance‚ and would only expand slavery to the land that would be acquired. Henry Clay‚ a senator‚ expressed
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Before the Civil War America was divided. The two division‚ north and south‚ were located in the same country but were very different from each other. The North and the South made it very clear that they live different lifestyles. Their terrain was different along with their tariffs. These sectional differences in way of life led to the American Civil War. The daily lifestyle of a southern was very different from the lifestyle of a northerner. In the south many were farmers. They grew cash crops
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The Civil War The Civil War started in 1861 and lasted for four years until the south surrendered in 1865. The war was between the northern states and the southern states of the United States. Since the War there has been a lot of discussions among historians arguing about the cause of the war. Historians have yet to agree if the cause was social‚ political‚ economical or a mix of them. Most of those who believe it was because of economic reasons believe that it was because of The Sectional
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Civil Peace DBQ In Germany‚ in 1914‚ a civil peace was declared at the time of the proclamation of war. This meant that all previous inner and exterior conflicts would be put to the side until after the war. At the same time that this was declared‚ the troops were being mobilized to fight. German citizens’ opinions changed from being excited during the proclamation of war to ignoring the main effects and law of civil peace during the war‚ and then to being upset and frustrated after the war. I
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Ever since declaring its independence from Britain‚ America has developed on the foundation of compromise. Upon the drafting of the Constitution‚ the Founding Fathers were succumbed to compromise in order to incorporate the needs of the different parts of the nation. During the early eighteenth century‚ Americans achieved reconciliation of political disputes‚ predominately between the North and the South‚ through compromise. By 1860 this was no longer feasible and the nation was faced with disheartening
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In the nineteenth century‚ the great nation of America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however‚ by 1850‚ tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery‚ and the zeal that many people had in defending
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The Three Causes of the Civil War During 1861 through 1865 over three million men fought in the Civil War. We did not go to war to end slavery and slavery is what divided us but not in war. The Missouri compromise wanted to settle the issue between sectionalism and nationalism. Nationalism is the patriotic feeling for your country and Sectionalism is the interests in a specific local place. What are the three main causes of the Civil War? The three main causes of the Civil War were the Dred Scott Case
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Civil Rights DBQ In the 1960’s the movement for African American civil rights dramatically changed due strong activist‚ presidential commitments‚ and numerous protest. Every part of what helped changed the civil rights movement was a key aspect in the gaining of African American civil rights. All of these movements were composed of inspirational leaders such and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X in which there goals were to end all injustices for not only African Americans but for
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