The Civil War was a war between the North and the South and who should get this big plot of land in the middle. The North thought that they should get the land because it was above the imaginary line which was called the ¨36‚30¨ line. However‚ the South wanted it because they wanted to expand slavery in the U.S. That was one of the reasons why it caused the Civil War. In addition‚ there was many people that fought to end slavery people such as Dred Scott‚ John Brown‚ and many others. There are many
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Although the American Civil War mainly occurred because of slavery‚ the fact is that slavery had a lot to do with economic and social issues. By the year of 1860‚ the North and the South was developed into extremely different sections. There was opposing social‚ economic‚ and political points of view‚ starting back into colonial periods‚ and it slowly drove the two regions farther in separate directions. The two sections tried to force its point of view on the nation as a whole. Even though
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Causes Of The Civil War Civil war was from 1861-1865 and began when a confederate shot a union at Fort Sumter‚ but what led to the Civil War was slavery. Slavery was a major cause of the Civil War because Northerner were against slavery‚ while the southerner were pro-slavery. The tension between the two side led to the civil war. Abraham Lincoln declared "government cannot endure permanently half slave‚ half free"(historyplace.com). Slavery is the main cause of the civil war comparison to the western
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Slavery itself was not the reason that the civil war was started‚ yet is a factor in how it was caused. The idea of slavery fueled political and social relations between the North and South during the 1850s. Acts‚ such as the Fugitive Slave Act‚ hampered the sentiment towards the South‚ while the antislavery and abolition movement coalesced Southern opinion against the North. However‚ the feud between the North and South in attempts to gain power over the other‚ and the South’s eventual loss‚ is
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The Civil war began in April of 1861. There were many reasons the Civil War began. For example‚ slavery was one of the reasons. Another reason was that the South wanted to secede from the United States because they believed more in state’s rights rather than federal rights. These are two of the main reasons the Civil War began. In the mid 1800s in the South‚ you couldn’t drive a mile without seeing a cotton field. Cotton was in high demand to make clothing and many Southern farmers made a lot of
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Essay #2 The Civil War in America The Civil War was a time when the country was extremely segregated. The country was divided into the North and South. The North was referred to as the Union‚ and the South was referred to as the Confederate. According to Civil War Trust‚ “At the beginning of the war the Northern states had a combined population of 22 million people. The Southern states had a combined population of about 9 million” (CWR.com). The major difference between the North and the South
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On November 10th‚ 1898‚ Wilmington‚ North Carolina became the site of the only coup d’état in American history. The uprising of 1898 was complicated‚ with deep roots and lasting effects‚ yet this momentous event has gone largely ignored‚ relegated to an obscure corner of history where it is remembered only as a petty riot. It is rarely acknowledged as the incident that led to the overthrow of North Carolinian Reconstruction governments in favor of the Democratic assemblies that instituted the infamous
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The Civil War and Its Ending of Slavery This paper is about the civil war and about how it ended slavery with the emancipation proclamation . I will also talk abou the physical loses of the war. The South‚ overwhelmingly agricultural‚ produced cash crops such ascotton‚ tobacco and sugarcane for export to the North or to Europe‚ but it depended on the North for manufactures and for the financial and commercial services essential to trade. Slaves were the largest single investment in the
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The Civil war began on April 12‚ 1861. The southern united states broke away from the northern half of the united states. The south became a confederacy. The immediate causes of the civil war were states rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the expansion west. These were three of the main causes but what was the ultimate cause? One of the first main causes of the civil war was States rights. Southern states believed that they should have the say of what to do in their state. The southern
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The Civil War was a life-changing event which both tore yet at the same time strengthened the young United States. Weaken or strengthen‚ the Civil War is "responsible for defining the nation as we know it" (Publisher’s Bindings Online). Thus‚ it is one of the most "written-about war in history" (Publisher’s Bindings Online). The Civil War was caused by a domino effect of events that started over a dispute over slavery between the North and South. Though slavery was not the only reason the Civil War
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