Abraham Lincoln’s campaign was struggling. Stephen A. Douglas‚ the Southern Democrat nominee‚ was picking up steam as he broke the political standards by instituting a traveling campaign. His campaign knew no boundaries as he ventured across the broken nation from New England to the Deep south where he gave speeches‚ shook hands‚ and kissed babies. Lincoln’s campaign however was lacking as he was firmly rooted in Springfield. Lincoln knew that he could not afford to lose this election. With the freighting
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The Civil War in America was‚ in fact‚ inevitable. There were many disputes over the politics‚ economics‚ and culture of slavery both in the White House and in the Supreme Court. The South was very persistent about wanting to keep slavery and they even wanted it to spread in to the North. The North disagreed completely however and wanted it to just be completely abolished throughout all of America. There were many factors that made the Civil War inevitable. The first of which was economic differences
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Why did King Charles lose the civil war? In April 1642‚ the Civil war started in England. The civil war ended up by King Charles losing the war. And in my essay I am going to talk about many reasons why Charles lost the civil war. In 1642 most people thought that King Charles would win the civil war‚ as he had won the battle of Edge hill‚ but unfortunately King Charles did not take advantage of this opportunity and marched to London. King Charles didn’t know what to do when it came to big
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Civil War During the mid 1800s a horrendous conflict commenced in the United States caused by a friction about race‚ and slavery between the North and the confederacy. This disagreement managed to generate a Civil War. The military action stimulated a humongous slaughter on the Confederates stand. The confederates undertook a plethora of destruction during‚ along with after the war. When portraying the aftermath of being defeated the South is confronted with profound deprivation‚ lack of a social
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The American Civil War was fought over few reasons‚ but slavery is thought to be the major reason for the war and even today‚ slavery is "front and center" as the reason for the war. Ultimately‚ the American Civil War was the result of economic‚ social‚ and political differences between the Northern States and the Southern States. As we all know‚ the South’s economy was driven by cotton grow‚ which needed a great work force‚ in this case slaves. Some of the Northern states had abolished slavery‚
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If the south won the Civil War The civil war started when the confederates bombarded Union Soldiers at Fort Sumter‚ South Carolina on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war ended in spring 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9‚ 1965. In addition the last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch‚ which is located in Texas on May 13‚ 1865. The civil was fought in several places from Pennsylvania to Texas‚ from Mexico to Florida coast‚ but
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the words “civil war” make you think of? For many people these words represent a fight of good against evil‚ and in the case of the American civil war‚ the war over slavery. But these assumptions about the American Civil War aren’t always true. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865‚ after 7 states seceded from the United States in January 1861. These 7 states grew to 11 and were known as the Confederacy or the South. They were fighting the North‚ known as the Union. The Civil War is commonly
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The Civil War was a war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil war and not just soldiers fighting. “The Civil War caused difficulties for the people at home as well as the soldiers. Although the North
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In the war‚ Ernest was an ambulance driver. If the South had won the American Civil War‚ all Northern innovations would have been repressed and shut down. One important system of the North was the transportation of the injured on trains and eventually in large vehicles. If this system was restrained‚ it would not have been so widespread and it would not have traveled to other countries or they would have developed the system much later. Even if the two nations‚ the North and the South‚ partook in
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The South won the Civil War. History says that the North won but in my opinion that is not true. The North won the fighting but what were they fighting for? They were fighting to end slavery. They did not achieve this goal. Yes‚ slavery was legally abolished but it started right back up again in other forms. First there was sharecropping. Than Confederate soldiers took office. That only made matters worse. Then after they took office they managed to pass Jim Crow laws and Black Codes. The South definitely
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