Why would the southern states secede but not any other states? There were three main reasons that included issues of slavery‚ states’ rights‚ and other grievances like Lincoln’s election. Georgia‚ Texas‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Virginia were five out of the eleven states that wrote a “Declaration of Causes”‚ which explained why they seceded. Slavery was one of the more important causes of secession of the southern states. “The South with great unanimity declared her purpose to resist the
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The antebellum societies of North and South were similar in some ways‚ like their nationalism‚ but the difference outweighs the similarities because of the economic and social difference in these two societies. Both the North and South societies have their own unique economical and Social backbone with the North economy based on manufacturing and the South mainly agriculture. Even doe the values of this two society are different and the difference exceeds the similarity‚ what they have in common
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If the South seceded‚ the North and South would both be benefited. The North would have changed into a country with social and economic policies similar the ones in Canada or European countries. The South would have half an economy based on slave labor or an economy based on free labor. If Lincoln had let the 11 Southern states away‚ Southern blacks eventually would have won their freedom. They may have had to switch arms‚ but only a few could argue. Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863 but it wasn’t
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Abraham Lincoln had a unique style of leadership‚ that’s why he stands out to me as a great leader. Lincoln had characteristics that showed that he was honest‚ integrity‚ impartiality and showed ambition. Lincoln had such great influence of power‚ he was able to inspire the troops during the Civil War. Lincoln came from a simple farm boy to be the president of the United States of America that inspired the world. Abraham Lincoln had nearly no education at all. Lincoln had spent less than 12 months
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The American civil war was a necessary event and it determined the kind of country that we have today. The civil war was a result of the southern states seceding and both sides fighting in effort to enforce their view of slavery. If the civil war wouldn’t have happened‚ then the southern states would have been their own country and so would the union. In theory this works‚ but both the north and the south were dependent on each other for economic reasons. Working together‚ the north and the south
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They were a burden because it was dependant on other factors. If the buying conditions and demand for cotton ever changed the South’s economy would be ruined. Its monopolistic nature allowed the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer which stifled the American Dream. This lead immigrants to factory work in the North which benefitted the North’s manufacturing. Whites didn’t feel that former slaves could fit into American society as equals and they were seen as a threat. Abolitionists were
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The Antebellum North & South In 1860 the North and the South started to grow apart from each other . Because of this separation and the issues over slavery . The North and the South had a Civil War . Slavery was what started the Civil War . (cc18) It was also fought over women’s rights. Women from North and Southern had many different rights and a few common rights . One‚ of the common rights was that they were barred from the public . (2/26/15) Neither women from the North really got to live
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The Civil War was a very complicated war and had more than one cause. The Fugitive Slave Act‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Dred Scott decision‚ John Brown’s Raid‚ and the election of 1860 were all factors that led to the Civil War. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 out the Federal government behind slave catchers. This now made the assisting of runaway slaves a federal offence. This also was a problem for free African Americans because if a white slave catcher said that a free African American was a runaway
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In the late 1700s to mid-1800s‚ the United States seems to grow increasingly divided. The contrast in strong opinions and the desire to shape America’s social-economic and political climate between the northern and southern regions of the United States from 1776 to 1850‚ ultimately lead to communal unrest‚ eventually resulting in the Civil war in 1861. Even though sharing the same flag‚ same President‚ and speaking the same language were commonalities‚ the dissimilarities between the north and the
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Frederick Douglass and I are complementary in many ways. Believe it or not‚ I can actually see myself as the young woman version of Frederick Douglass in the 21st century. We have a bundle of similarities‚ but we also have our distinct variations in our education such as how we learned‚ what we learned‚ and what we used to learn. For example‚ one of us may have had more resources but didn’t really have a specific pattern or order to do it‚ but the other‚ even though he didn’t have as much‚ was more
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