The Causes of the Civil War The Causes of the Civil War Before the Civil War was a war was fought there were many differences that developed between the North and South. From the Southern point of view‚ the War was for Southern Independence. From the Northern point of view‚ this war was seen as a revolution. This war started as a result of many years of differences between the North and South. The North and the South there were many cultural‚ social‚ political‚ and economic differences
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meet at the Appomattox courthouse so Lee can sign these terms to surrender. Although Lee was outnumbered and had little men left to fight another battle he would meet with Grant. Lee would sign the terms‚ and Grant would give them food and let them keep their horses. Then everybody went home‚ and everything went back to normal. Grant would led an important impact on the war for the Union. Grant would fight in a lot of the battles for the Union. Grant led his troops to a win at Fort Henry then to
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Before the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States of America In 1960. In 1661 the Civil War began because Fort Sumter is attacked. The people there surrender. Then that’s when it all started. Most people thought that the war would be over by Christmas. The Northerns were quick to join the Union Army. Pro-Union people were generally opposed to slavery and like stronged federal government. From there the War last until 1965.Civil War soldiers went on foot most of the
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The civil war started on April 12‚ 1861‚ and lasted all the way until May 26‚ 1865. It was the most costly war‚ killing more civilians and soldiers compared to any other dispute and destroying many Southern towns. The Civil War‚ also known as The Second American Revolution‚ was a battle amongst the Union Army and The Confederate States Of America‚ resulting in Union victory. Abraham Lincoln played a major role in the Civil War. He was one of our most important presidents in American history because
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lead to The Civil War lasting from 1861-1865. The Civil War was known as the bloodiest four years in American history. America was split up into two parts which were the North and South. The North was known as the Union and the South was known as the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union. Jefferson Davis supported the idea of having slaves‚ unlike Abraham Lincoln who wanted to get rid of slavery. The whole war started when
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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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lincoln once stated “Those who deny freedom from others deserve it not from themselves” . Led by south Carolina six southern states left the union to form the confederate states of America. This alarmed sam Houston now the governor of texas‚ he believed that a civil war would be a tragedy for the nation and a disaster for the south one month later war broke out between the north and the south. Why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war because they wanted to protect their loved
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conflicts on waterways in the trans-Mississippian Theatre led to the Union control of the Arkansas and White Rivers and in the long run the control of the Mississippi River by the Union. Naval battles in the trans-Mississippian theatre during the Civil War achieved victory in the West for the Union. Control of the Mississippi River stood crucial for both sides as it was the lifeline for materials and reinforcements for both the Confederate and Union armies. These confrontations‚ on and around trans-Mississippian
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Civil War and the Destruction of the Republic By the time Gaius Marius became a consul in 107 B.C.E.‚ opposition to reform was widespread within the Senate. Nevertheless‚ Marius reorganized the military by allowing landless citizens to join the army in return for land as a retirement pension. He then created a professional army with standardized training and equipment that was more effective for waging the growing number of extended military campaigns the Republic was involved in. Because their
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Introduction In the years that followed the end of the American Civil War‚ and more than a hundred years after the first industrial revolution which was centered around textiles‚ the economy of the United States grew considerably as the country entered in its second phase of Industrial Revolution. The visual map of the United States has therefor been transformed by unprecedented urbanization as more and more people started to emigrated from the countryside to the cities. Also the new territories recently
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