Civil War The war was started due to a divide between the North and the South. There where advantages to both sides but only one could win. The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. Abraham Lincoln was voted President in 1860. He had said “Government cannot endure permanently half slave‚ half free…” (The History Place) After he was elected‚ seven slave states separated themselves from the U.S and formed the Confederate States. These states are South Carolina‚ Florida‚ Mississippi‚ Georgia
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Historical incidents such as the economics of the North‚ South‚ and West‚ the political value between South and North‚ and election 1860‚ which are three main events that represent the sectionalism in the United States‚ lead the civil war of United States of America. First‚ an economic difference of North‚ South‚ and West is the one of the essential sectionalism in U.S. The North part of U.S is heavily based on the manufacturing such as a ship‚ train‚ etc... which requires the sophisticated machine
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On April 11‚ 1861 the Civil War began‚ and was fought between the Union and the Confederate States of America. Should it have happened? A lot of people believe the Civil War was inevitable‚ but was it? In order for the North and South to move forward as one country‚ they had to settle their differences. Within six months of Lincoln’s election in 1860 as President of the United States‚ several states had seceded from the Union‚ and the American Civil War had begun. Lincoln was anti-slavery‚ and therefore
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"Those who deny freedom to others‚ deserve it not for themselves..." (Abraham Lincoln) Between the years of 1861 to 1865‚ the United States was at war with itself over slavery. This war is known as the Civil War. The Civil War amendments (13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th) deeply impacted both black and white people of America. The 13th amendments states‚ "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States‚ or any other place in their jurisdiction." The 13th amendment officially
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Abraham Lincoln isn’t like most presidents that be think of that is rich‚ famous‚ and makes small adjustments to the United States to try and make it better. Abraham Lincoln‚ along with the Northern part of the United States abolished slavery. They wanted slavery get rid of slavery in the United States‚ but the Southern states didn’t. The Southern half of the United States thought that slavery was nessecary. The North and South tried to adjust the laws in order to try and make slavery better
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Throughout his lifetime‚ President Abraham Lincoln earned much respect and honor. As his life ended‚ he went down as one of the best and respected presidents. He helped to end slavery‚ he was independent‚ and made time for the people of his country. First off‚ Abraham Lincoln helped to end slavery. In the Civil War‚ Lincoln was on the side that wanted to win and end slavery. Aside from the he got the idea flowing through the country’s brain that slavery was wrong by banning it. “He moved his family
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS QUESTIONS 1. Who was Frederick’s father? Who was his mother and did he really have a relationship with her? 2. What does Frederick say about miscegenation? 3. What did Douglass say about the singing of slaves? 4. Why were slaves afraid to talk about their misgivings with slavery? 5. Who was Mr. Gore? What did he do to a slave named Demby? 6. Why did Douglass look upon his going to Baltimore as evidence of good luck and divine providence? 7. Who was Sophia Auld and what
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Could the United States have become half-slave and half-free and not fought the Civil War...Why or Why not? The United States could not have been half-slave and half-free without fighting the Civil War. I say this because the North and South had quite a bit of things going on between the two. It is too much of a contradiction to be half-slave and half-free. In a perfect world‚ this might have worked‚ but in the real world‚ it has to be one or the other. During the development of the thirteen colonies
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What do you think was the cause of the Civil War? The main cause is not slavery‚ but SLAVERY is the main source of the causes! The Civil War Started 1861 1865‚ very bloody‚ deadly‚ 160 thousand people died War between the Confederacy and the Federal Government Confederacy: the southern states (not all)‚ based on slavery --- separation Federal Government: no separation allowed (Lincoln)‚ keep unity! Causes linked with slavery Why South want to separate from North? Culture
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Bleeding Kansas also took part in causing the Civil War. Bleeding Kansas was a war between the anti-slavery and pro-slavery activists. It took place between 1855 to 1861 (Ponce). Missouri was a slave state and Kansas had not yet decided to be pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ and because the two sections did not agree with each other‚ that caused a war. “Yet the violence that broke out in the 1850s was an unintended consequence of the territory’s organization” (Ponce). President Franklin Pierce signed
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