It is pre-civil war time and tensions are rising in America over a very controversial topic‚ slavery. Slavery is one of the most controversial topics there is and that is why there was a war over it. Slavery caused the civil war. The cause of the civil war was slavery through people’s reactions and actions to the Compromise of 1850‚ John Brown’s raid on Harper Ferry‚ and the expansion to the west. The compromise of 1850 was the first reason the Civil War was caused. The Compromise of 1850 was a
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wrote‚ “There are perhaps many causes worth dying for‚ but to me‚ certainly‚ there are none worth killing for” (36). When many think of what caused the Civil War‚ the first thing that pops into their head is slavery. This is what they teach us in elementary school. Every kid is taught about the North‚ the South‚ slavery‚ and Abraham Lincoln‚ but there was so much more to the Civil War than what was taught back then. First‚ slavery was not the only cause of the Civil War. There were many other issues
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The Civil War lasted 1861-1865. The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution: whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government; and whether this nation‚ born of a declaration that all men were created with an equal right to liberty‚ would continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world. The civil war was the United States bloodiest war in America history
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What actually caused the American Civil War? Some people simplistically answer that it was a fight against slavery. While slavery did have an important part to play in the lead up to the Civil War‚ there were other causes that fed the fight between North and South that finally erupted into secession and Civil War with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864. I would disagree with Martin Kelly’s assertion that slavery was just one of many reasons for war. Ultimately‚ all of these reasons he mentioned
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What is the most significant cause of the Civil War? The most significant cause of the American Civil War was the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. Because of Abraham Lincoln’s views on slavery‚ the emancipation proclamation‚ and the formation of different parties‚ the Civil War began. With Lincoln’s views opposed to slavery‚ it caused a lot of disagreement with some of the states. Abe believed that blacks should have equal rights‚ and that they should be treated the same as everyone else
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Slavery Was the Primary Cause of the Civil War The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ the War of Rebellion‚ or the War for the Southern Independence‚ began on April 12‚ 1861. In the history of the United States‚ African Americans have always been discriminated against. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich‚ greedy‚ Americans. They were given no pay and were
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The Civil War‚ 1861-1865‚ was between the Union -northern states that wanted slavery to be abolished and the Union to stay together‚ meaning the South wouldn’t separate- and the Confederacy- 11 states that wanted slavery to stay and to separate from the North‚ becoming its own country. The Civil War was considered the revolution of the United States‚ and a new beginning for the people in it. It included many things‚ like new‚ groundbreaking‚ and more modernized technology‚ The Underground Railroad
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The American Civil War is known as the war that finally ended slavery. The war began On April 12‚ 1861‚ and lasted four years‚ finally ending on May 9‚ 1865. During these four years‚ a rough estimate of 620‚000 soldiers lives would be lost. The Civil War would become one of the bloodiest and deadliest conflicts the United States would ever see. However‚ while slavery was a major cause of this war‚ it was not the only factor‚ there were several other causes and factors which led to war. One of the
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In the early 1860s America faced the bloodiest war in its history‚ known as the American Civil War. The country was broken up by a drastic sectional divide between the North and South‚ which would eventually end in greater conflict than any yet seen on American soil. While many factors were important contributions to the cause of the war‚ there is ongoing dispute on what the most significant cause was. The North and South had many conflicting fundamental ideas such as Northern industrialism versus
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The Russian Civil War Basic Work Rough Draft Intro The primary cause of the Russian Civil War was the breach between the Bolsheviks and non-Bolsheviks. This breach was caused by a number of events‚ one of them being the Russian Revolution‚ which occurred throughout 1917. The Russian Revolution consisted of two parts‚ the first part being the February Revolution‚ where Tsar Nicholas II was forced out of his position and the Russian monarchy was replaced by a provisional government. Most Russians
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