Slavery was a major cause for the civil war‚ whether it was recognized at the beginning as a central cause or not. “Two nations- The United States of America (shorn of seven states in the Deep South) and the Confederate States of America- each blamed the other for the breakup of the Union” (16.1). At the split of the Union and the secession of Confederate states‚ the war broke out. At the beginning it was considered that “This was not yet a war for or by black people” (16.1.1). But to consider what
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have eventually won the war. The Union had a lot of power and a better army. They had better plans to invade the land such as the ports they took‚ the support and the congress passing laws such as the Emancipation Proclamation. The North invaded multiple ports giving the North access to the Confederate both by land and water. The North would have soon been able to take all the land instead making them surrender. The North also had an advantage by having more men fight in the war. The abolitionists of
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The American Civil War was the result of economic and social differences of the North and South. It ended with the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution. The Civil War provided the Northern Union opportunities by introducing war supplement businesses such as railroads‚ weapons and machines‚ and crashed the Southern economy and its market. Some lasting effects of the Civil War including abolishment of the institution
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As the United states acquired new land‚ there was not a precedent set regarding how the issue of slavery would be handled in these vast new territories. The map explains how much land was acquired and the spread of slavery throughout the years of 1790 to 1860. The Missouri compromise admitting Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had
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The Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States‚ was a significant event in American history that lasted from 1861 to 1865. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states over issues such as states’ rights‚ economic policies‚ and most notably‚ slavery. While many factors contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War‚ slavery was the main cause of this bloody and devastating conflict. Slavery has been a part of American society since the early colonial period. The Southern states
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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 a win at Fort Donelson. Soon then Grant got the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant” in 1862 because at Fort Donelson the
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Hampton roads Virginia. The U.S. and confederate states held this conference to discuss how to end the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln meets with confederate officials to possibly come up with a peace agreement but refuses to grant any positions and ends the meeting within hours. The topics talked about during the conference are the following: be alliances with France in Mexico‚ slavery involved with war‚ surrendering‚ and about the south and property. Both Lincoln and seaward agreed on the issue
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On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge
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The Buildup to the Civil War The American Civil War was a four-year war in 1861-1865 between the United States and the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union and created the Confederate States of America. The 11 states seceded from the Union were South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Texas‚ Virginia‚ Arkansas‚ Tennessee‚ and North Carolina. The Civil War started after the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in 1861 with the secession of the southern states. After the
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April 12‚ 1861 the once unified United States of America broke into war between the Confederate South and Union North with the aim for a short war over in a matter of months. Not a soul anticipated the nearly 4 year war that seemed everlasting. The foundational hope for the North to reunite the Union soon changed as the war moved at a tedious pace. They realized the abolition of slavery needed to be fought for. The Civil War changed Americans viewpoint toward the black population‚ political parties
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