1. Examine the social‚ political‚ and economic impact of civil war on the South‚ its values‚ and its people. Social: * Increased urban growth * Cities grew because of the shift towards manufacturing‚ growth of bureaucratic agencies to oversee manufacturing‚ RR‚ shipping‚ tax collection. * Urban growth resulted in the expansion of construction jobs‚ transportation developments * Changed roles for women * Headed households and performed men’s work *
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Causes of the Civil War There were several reasons the Civil War began. The north and the south had completely different views on some very important subjects.The north believed that slavery was not needed‚ but the south had needed slavery in order to harvest the crops. Also‚ new territories were being settled. Lastly‚ Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The areas of the United States had different economies. In the North‚ the economy was based on factories and wages. Everyday people worked
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At the start of the American Civil War‚ President Abraham Lincoln cautiously framed the conflict about the preservation of the Union rather than the ending of slavery. Personally he found the practice of slavery revolting; but he knew that neither Northerners nor the residents of the border slave states would support abolition as a reason to go to war. However by mid-1862‚ thousands of slaves fled to join the attacking Northern armies‚ Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military
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What were some of the causes of the Civil War? One thing that caused it was States v.s Federal Rights . Economic and Social issues‚ and the election of Abraham Lincoln. When President Lincoln was elected in 1860‚ south Carolina issued its Declaration of the causes of succession. They believed that Lincoln was against slavery‚ and was in favor of Northern interests. Before Lincoln even became president seven states had already seceded from the union. The states was Florida‚ South Carolina‚ Mississippi
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Slavery had been a growing issue within the colonies. Some had tried to bring more awareness to the issues‚ but were quickly shut down. Due to this‚ many tried to ignore its existence. But in 1860‚ that all changed. The United State was split in half. The Union‚ which consisted of the north‚ and the Confederacy‚ which consisted of the south. A fine line was drawn and battles began. Many reasons were thought to be the cause of the civil war. Few thought it was only about states rights‚ but it was
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American Civil War For the four years between 1861 and 1865 American fought the civil war. Meaning our own war. The North against the South. The free States against the slave states. The war had to solved two questions left unresolved by the revolution. The first being‚ Could the United States be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states? Or‚ could the United States be an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government? The Second question would be‚ whether this nation which had
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to the Civil War. The common myth of the Civil war is that it was a war fought over the issue of slavery. So if slavery was not the reason for the war‚ what was? The war was fought to preserve the union‚ to keep the United States as one. Understanding the reasons for the south’s secession and the war requires the examination of the opposing views of the North and the South‚ the Dred Scott Decision‚ the Fugitive State Law‚ and the election of Abraham Lincoln. The south depended on slavery for economic
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The Civil War was arguably the bloodiest war in American history. With around 800‚000 casualties‚ the war caused more victims than World War 1‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Vietnam War. Many people believe the war could have been avoided altogether‚ but I personally feel like there was too much involved for it to have been completely avoided. The main causes of the war were issues regarding slavery‚ conflict of power between states and the government‚ and conflict over government taxation. The
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The civil war created a big rift between the North and the South that was not easily mended. After the decisive union victory the government had to create an ingenious plan for reconstruction. After Lincoln’s assassination‚ Johnson tried to carry out many of the former plans. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government was greatly impacted in terms of race relations and western expansion during the period between 1861 and 1877. The post-civil war role of the
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History Economics of the Civil War The American Civil War was the most deadly and debatably the most important event in the nation’s history. Sectional tensions preserved in the Constitution blowup into a brutal war that cost over 600‚000 lives and slashed a nation into two. Slavery was a main cause of the conflict‚ and while the Thirteenth Amendment ended the practice at war’s end‚ race relations continued to dominate American politics and society well into the future. The war also increased American
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