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    The Civil War was a devastating event that took place in America’s past. Many lives were taken during this tragic time. The Civil War started in 1861 when the Confederate states attacked Fort Sumter. The Confederate states included Texas‚ Arkansas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Tennessee‚ Georgia‚ Florida‚ South Carolina‚ North Carolina‚ and Virginia. The Union states included Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Kansas‚ Iowa‚ Minnesota‚ Wisconsin‚ Illinois‚ Indiana‚ Michigan‚ Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ New

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    If you take a look at America’s history‚ you will see that the deadliest war was the Civil War. Spanning over 4 years and 600‚000 deaths‚ you may think that what was fought over was silly and that they could’ve simply prevented the war. The supposed “silly” thing that was fought over was slavery. Sure‚ maybe it could’ve been prevented if slavery wasn’t a big part of America‚ but it certainly was not preventable when it was an economic‚ political‚ and social issue. When slavery is the backbone for

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    Why Did the Civil War Begin? On 22 August 1642‚ King Charles I raised his battle standard and declared a civil war against his enemies in Parliament. A civil war is a conflict fought between inhabitants of the same country. In this case the two sides that fought against each other in England were the King ’s side known as the Royalists and Parliament ’s side known as the Parliamentarians. The main reasons for going to war were part of three or possibly four topics; they were Money‚ Religion‚

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    slavery. "The 1850 ’s was a time of attempted compromise when compromise was no longer possible." This quote best describes this time period‚ because Americans were trying to compromise their views to prevent a large conflict‚ but there were many events which made a compromise impossible. The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. This act required that authorities in the North had to assist southern slave catchers to retrieve and return slaves to their owners. Southerners favored

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    Why did the Civil War Begin? Slavery was a major influence towards the beginning of the Civil War. Mostly because of the disagreements between the North and South on the idea of Slaves. Southern Slave States versus Northern Free States. Is it because of any major events during that time period or just the disagreement between the States worsening over time? I believe the Civil War‚ began because of the Mexican-American war‚ the Compromise of 1850‚ Fugitive Slave Law‚ and . Although many people believe

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    Many people believe the Civil War was caused because of slavery. While the issue of slavery was an important factor‚ it the factor that pushed everything over the edge. The north and south had been going at it before the topic of slavery came up. Slavery was just the one thing most people focused on. What I believe caused the war was the issue of states’ rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and books and media from that time period. In 1852 the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by Harriet

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    The Civil War was one of the greatest wars fought in history. It began with deep conflict between the North and South and the secession of the southern states. They primarily had different ideas on slavery‚ trade‚ and states which started the war. Some main causes were the Missouri Compromise‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ the Abolitionist movement‚ and Uncle Tom’s cabin. The Civil War officially started on April 12‚ 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston

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    Politics had the biggest impact of all the PEGS on the road to Civil War. To start off‚ In Trigger Events of the Civil War it states‚”The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court‚ where the justices found that‚ as a slave‚ Dred Scott was a piece of property that had none of the legal rights to recognitions afforded to a human being.”This means that‚ Dred Scott couldn’t get freedom even though he was in free land where slavery was illegal but he was still a slave. In addition‚ in Lincoln

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    Civil war essay The civil war has a lot of reasons why it started‚ like the conflict between the government and the states.Which helped the cause of the secede from the United States.Another reason is the conflict between keeping slavery or making slavery illegal.It also helped that seven of the states seceded from the United States.All these factors helped the civil war happen and help stop slavery. The North and South had different ideas about what was happening during the civil war.The North wanted

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    Slavery was one of the biggest reasons why the American Civil War began. The American Civil War started on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war went on for four years. It was caused by the disagreements over slavery and the states. The North and South both believed in different ideas. They did not agree on the same thing. This had an impact on both sides. The North didn’t believe in keeping slaves‚ while the South did believe in keeping slaves and wanted to have and keep the slaves that they could. This

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