The American Civil War was the bloodiest war this country has ever seen. It followed numerous events that caused separation between the North and South‚ including the Mexican-American War‚ Missouri Compromise‚ and Kansas-Nebraska Act. As the country expanded west‚ debates arose over slavery in new states. Countless compromises acted as the stitches holding the two halves of the country together. Sadly‚ nothing could keep the two vastly different parts of the country from breaking apart. The Mexican-American
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The Southerners‚ however‚ advocated the free adoption of slavery by benefiting directly from this labor on their farms‚ profiting from the high prices of the sale of slaves. In his speech as president‚ Lincoln declared the illegality of secession. He said he would use the force to maintain control of federal estates
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Slavery is one of the things that we can still feel its effects today‚ like the discrimination towards African American‚ and stereotypes that are associated with them‚ which started with slavery. Slavery wasn’t a dependency for the south until their crops started to grow‚ and they needed a stable work force. As the wealth of the South grew so did the dependency on slaves. When the North questioned openly the morality of slavery the South defended itself with paternalism that was far from the truth
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the civil war and slavery was really saving the union. His intention was to save the union at all costs‚ he was for keeping slaves if the union could be saved or he was for anti slavery as long as the union was saved. His view is believed to have been for the slaves and he is very much admired for it; his intent was only to save the union. The slave’s freedom just so happen to be part of the civil war fight. Lincoln wanted to save the union with keeping slavery or without it. After the civil war
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The civil war ended many problems‚ but it also created many. Slavery was abolished‚ supremacy of the national government was confirmed and secession had been refuted. Reconstruction did not last very long‚ in fact it lasted for twelve years. Even though the northern states won‚ the southern states lost thousands of lives‚ properties were destroyed‚ and it created many tasks to be accomplished in order to reunite the country. Some people however did not like the new laws that stated that blacks
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History 1301 Homework #4 John Adams speaks out on slavery and religion. John Quincy Adams was a strong opponent of slavery and used the various positions he held to promote abolition of slavery. As president he proposed programs that would lead to an end to slavery‚ but was unable to get it through Congress. Later in life‚ as a Congressman‚ he argued that if a civil war ever broke out the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers‚ a policy followed by President Abraham Lincoln
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our history; its almost taken for granted. If you look back onto all the wars and fights between the states‚ the families being split up because of slavery‚ and having to fight for the war‚ there is much bravery to be found. Our forefathers had to have the bravery and they did‚ Abraham Lincoln did whatever it took to stand up against slavery while trying to keep the Union together.. Our soldiers‚ they were forced to go to war leave their families to possibly never seeing them again. And lastly us
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Assess the extent to which slavery was the principal cause of the American Civil War. The American Civil War of 1861 – 1865 occurred principally because of slavery. Although other catalysts contributed to the outbreak of war‚ all were inextricably bound to the institution of slavery‚ which ultimately upset the equilibrium between the North and the South. Economic differences highlighted through agriculture and industry‚ states rights and the admission of new states as slave or free and the constitution
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A major movement that helped to shape‚ advance‚ and rebuild the United States around the Civil war took place in the 1800s. This was known by many as The Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution was the beginning of the shift towards factories‚ industries‚ and machine produced goods. The Industrial Revolution called for new tools‚ technologies‚ as well as changed ways of transportation and communication. All of these new inventions would improve how work was able to get done and the way Northeastern
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problematic issues between compromises towards tariffs and state rights but what truly divided them was slavery. South could not put up with the fact to abolish slavery because business ran high in this aspect. Textiles were the prime resource supported by slavery which is half of the U.S. economy‚ and that the North’s industrial age came about because of it. Afraid of the collapse of their way of life secession from the Union was in order with the creation of the Missouri compromise. If slavery were
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