The American Civil War‚ a war that pinned the U.S.A against herself and created a rift between North and South. This complex war lasted about four years in which both sides suffered great casualties. Due to the intricacy of the Civil War‚ there is much that can be learned from what occurred over those years before during and after. The most interesting aspect of this civil war is actually the politics behind it. Specifically how Lincoln was able to change what the North was fighting for. After
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Phil Ninan 12/5/2005 U.S. History Per. 4 The Road to the Civil War Until 1861 compromises helped the United States of America to avoid civil war. The Compromise of 1850 led a series of events set out to prevent war. The compromise of 1850 consisted of negotiations Henry Clay made which included issues on: slavery‚ land‚ and money. Also there were events that helped lead to war such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This included concerns with: the idea of popular sovereignty‚ repeal
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right to rule. Collectively‚ these opponents became known as the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Reds for two main reasons: they seized the land‚ property and factories of the well off and they attacked religious beliefs. By the end of 1918 civil war had broken out in Russia between the Whites and the Reds. The Whites were supported from abroad by the Allies; Britain‚ France‚ the USA and Japan. The Allies opposed Lenin in retaliation for his Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Germany in March 1918
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Before the civil war happened‚ the northern army was a small army‚ when crisis came volunteers came to protect their land and freedoms if threatened. the souths army was only made up of white men‚ while the norths army was made of foreign people who came from different countries‚ white men and eventually blacks after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. As the war continued the army only had five major goals. The armies’ major goals were to block the southern coasts‚ capture and control the
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The period of Reconstruction began immediately after the Civil War and ended in 1877. This era is known for the advancements made in favor of racial equality. These improvements included the fourteenth amendment‚ "this law guaranteed that federal and state laws would apply equally and unequivocally to both African Americans and whites" (civil-war.ws)‚ and the fifteenth amendment‚ which granted freedmen to vote. With the end of Reconstruction in 1877‚ the Republican Party lost control of the southern
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surface‚ the Civil War appears to be a heroic battle that the north fought against slavery and immorality. But it’s not so simple. The Civil War was a complicated war fought for many reasons. It was fought mainly because of the difference between the northern and southern economic vision for America‚ but also because poor Americans everywhere generally felt ideologically attacked‚ and because the south felt frustrated‚ as they were politically underrepresented. The north and south went to war mainly because
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Savery The American Civil War was one of the most defining moment in American history. It lasted from 1861 until 1865. Because the Northern and Southern states could not resolve their conflicts involving whether or not American would continue to be one of the largest slave-holding countries‚ it caused a division between the two. Along with the issue of slavery brought many economic and political disagreements that divided the states furthermore. Northern victory in the war preserved the United States
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Although events leading up to the Civil War had been going on for some years‚ the Civil War was not inevitable; the war was the result of extremism and failures in leadership of both the North and the South. A widespread of political‚ social‚ and economic factors was all contributors to the splitting of the North and South. State rights‚ controversy over slavery‚ and differences in economic systems pushed the North and South into a bloody battle. The Civil War started due to the differences between
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The Civil War began on April 12‚ 1861‚ and it lasted for almost 4 years. The Civil War divided the nation due to the differences of opinions on the abolishment of slavery. Slaves who lived in the south were treated differently in the north. The north began gaining sympathy for the slaves in the south. Slavery in the south was one of the main causes of the Civil War starting. The abolitionist movement wanted to end racial segregation and to free all slaves. There are several reasons why they wanted
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The American Civil War created the nation of the United States as we know it today. The bloodiest war in the history of the nation‚ the victory was a combination of many factors and many battles that finally resulted in a Union victory. But why would a nation engage in combat so fiercely that more Americans were lost in the one war than in the American Revolution‚ WW1‚ WW2 and the Vietnam War combined? The main cause of the American Civil War was slavery. According to historian David Goldfield
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