When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United State a civil war broke out which lasted a whole four years‚ reasons were many and one of which is for stopping the slavery which was legal in the 11 southern states South Carolina‚ North Carolina‚ Texas‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Virgina‚ Tennessee and Arkansas‚ they made the Confederate Unites States of America or CSA. The states that did not break away were called the union or the north. The war was fought primarily as
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radical changes that not only catalysed a plebeian revolt eventually‚ but also fundamentally transformed the very basis of ancient Roman politics. Next‚ let’s look at their economic and political difference first‚ then discuss the results of the secession thereafter. In my opinion‚ the plebeian
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imposing the martial law in Baltimore. “Under the martial‚ the military takes control of an area and replaces civilian authorities” (The American Vision 344). Citizens could be arrested and held without trial if they supported secession. Kentucky was torn between secession or not‚ so they declared themselves neutral. As long as the Confederacy left the territory alone‚ Lincoln promised he would too. Obviously that did not last long because Confederate forces eventually occupied a corner of the state
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The problems that eventually caused the Civil War had been brewing since the formation of the United States. It became a perfect storm; everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. One issue in particular‚ slavery‚ had been contentious since the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Slavery was an issue of economy and political influence at the time but became integral to the southern economy in 1794 with the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin dramatically decreased the
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In this part of the speech‚ Barack Obama’s intention is to unify the American people as one nation. He wants to make them proud of being American. The target audience in this speech is therefore all Americans‚ who don’t feel like they are a part of America‚ but it’s focus is also on the group of people that already think USA is a great country that can defeat anything. The focus is also on them‚ to make them feel even more proud to be American and to unify them even more. In the speech Obama uses
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conflict‚ but rather the most intense aftermath that overwhelmed‚ and broke apart the country. There were many causes to the Civil war. Historians debating the origins of the American Civil War focus on the reasons seven states declared their secession from the U.S. and joined to form the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy"). The main explanation is slavery‚ especially Southern anger at the attempts by Northern antislavery political forces to block the expansion of slavery into the
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bannered together in the name of justice‚ while Southerners rallied to preserve their way of life. Feeling that their entire culture was gravely threatened‚ Southerners became more and more organized and militant‚ culminating in South Carolina’s secession from the United States of America on December 20‚ 1860.
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would abide more by Northern interests. First North Carolina‚ then other Southerners responded by doing what they had the “right” to do if they felt the government had become too oppressive: they filed a declaration of secession from the Union. Unfortunately‚ Lincoln called this secession a Rebellion instead of what it was. This was the result of the break-up of the political system of a growing nation. At this time in history‚ the South was largely a plantation agricultural economy and their population
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Secession was a clearly a big issue certainly around the times of Lincoln’s presidency. Desperation to keep the Union together was cautiously argued by Lincoln in his first Inaugural speech‚ delivered on March 4th‚ 1861. President Lincoln was clearly against the idea of secession by any State. Many events occurred between the years of 1850 -1861. Two presidents were elected‚ President Franklin Pierce(1853-1857) and James Buchanan(1857-1861). The compromise of 1850 was created‚ which consists of
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Causes of the Civil War The Civil War is an immense part of American history. It grasped battles all over the States with the Union against the Confederates‚ both fighting for the morals they believed were correct. Slavery was a big factor in the Civil War‚ with triggers that took a part in sparking the War such as‚ the Dred Scott v. Sanford case‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the battle of Fort Sumter‚ which was the first battle of the Civil War. All of these events hold a special place
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