What Caused the Civil War? In April 1861‚ the United States of America went to war. They did not go to war with a foreign power‚ because of a border dispute‚ and they did not go to war with the native people because of their hunger for more land. No‚ this would be a war among themselves‚ north against south‚ brother against brother‚ and in some instances even father against son. In the four long and bloody years that this war lasted more than 600‚000 of these brothers‚ fathers‚ and sons would
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Handout “A House Divided”: Towards the American Civil War‚ 1831-1861 Causes of the American Civil War 1. social-economic differences between North and South 2. regional conflict about over slavery in unorganized territories 3. break-up of national political party system; emergence of new party system based on region (i.e. North-South) (see also handout week 4) 4. ideological and cultural polarisation between North and South Constitution: three-fifth’s clause; fugitive slave clause; slave
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Women in the Civil War Leading up to the Civil War women’s lives were much different than they were during the Civil War. While the men worked away from home in factories‚ offices or shops‚ women were expected to stay at home. Their household was their pride and joy‚ it was their private place. Women wanted to provide a clean and comforting home for their husband and children. This was their job and they devoted all of their time to accomplishing this (history.com). Women’s Roles However‚ during
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The Civil War left our nation in ruins in several areas. The many mixed feelings of what it did to us as a people and our nation have been felt for many years since its end in 1865. It not only abolished slavery but also effected the industries‚ exports‚ and technology throughout the country. Although the Civil War was primarily a conflict fought between the North and South over slavery‚ it was a turning point that greatly influenced the economy of both regions- both then and today. The Northern
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Was the American civil war inevitable? The civil war was inevitable‚ only however‚ after one key event; the cotton gin made the civil war inevitable. The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 was the key element which enabled the south to have sufficient vested interest in their traditional lifestyle in order to feel the need to defend it at all costs even from their Northern countrymen. The core argument of this essay centres around the evidence which clearly defines their being in existence two
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There were many economic and political causes of the Civil War in the terms of conflict over economic policy and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Many documents‚ people‚ and events in history help to causes of the Civil War such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Missouri Compromise‚ Texas annexation‚ Wilmot Proviso‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Gadsden Purchase‚ the creation of the Republican Party‚ and the Dred Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854. The act
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forever remembered by the American people. During the years of 1850-1914 Americans experienced both devastation and depression. For example‚ the Civil War where there was no true winner when it ended. Americans faced reconstruction physically due to the battles taken place in their cities and towns‚ and mentally because of the loss of loved ones. Some other events and people that affected this era was the Dredd Scott Decision‚ John Brown‚ with the most important being Abraham Lincoln because of his position
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immediately upon Lincoln’s election. In the decades leading up to the civil war there were division within divisions at work that led Southerners to believe that they had no other recourse but to secede from the Union. This paper will assess the reasons why compromise seemed impossible in 1860. By providing an assessment of when civil war became inevitable and why. This paper discusses the political and cultural tension in America leading up to the civil war and beyond‚ by discussing the feminist movement
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The Civil War The Civil War of the United States was a defining moment for the unity of the United States of America and the precedent that it was going to make both in culture and law for its future generations. The war occurred between the years of 1861 and 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was the president‚ with the Republican Party. The war pitted the North against the South‚ almost splitting the union to its core. It was on two fundamental issues‚ one being on whether the union was going to be dissolvable
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The Civil War in 1861 was the outcome of built up tension due to segregation in the Northern and Southern regions of the United States. From 1789 to 1860‚ the conflict of slavery gained attention of whether or not the act was ethical. Although many argue the Civil War was caused by infringement on the states’ rights‚ it was mainly because of incongruence in the actions of the Legislative‚ Judicial‚ and Executive branches on slavery that led to the Civil War. Legislative Branch The Louisiana Purchase
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