There has always been a number of circulating myths about the American Civil War. We need to dig deep and find out if these myths are true. Did the South HATE black people? Did Robert E. Lee hate America? Was the civil war all about slavery? Did the South start the civil war? All of these myths are to be revealed. Supposedly the Southern people were the only Americans that enslaved black people. They tortured‚ beat‚ and starved them. According to research‚ a slave in today’s modern world‚ would
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Money or Morality In 1861‚ when the civil war started‚ the North and the South faced off in the bloodiest battle on U.S. soil that broke the once united America into two parts. As the South fought to break away from the Union‚ the North fought to preserve what we have gained in the American Revelation. However‚ when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863‚ the war got an entirely new dimension. Now‚ the war was not just to preserve the Union‚ it has also turned into a battle
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led to the civil war or what event is most important to American history. You don’t necessarily think about the Missouri Compromise but it is one of the most important out of all the acts. The Missouri Compromise was important to American History because it helped end slavery. Also it helped lead to the civil war because the bill made the south mad at the north. First‚ who was involved? The sides that were involved in the Missouri Compromise were the north and the south. The North wanted slavery
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The American Civil War occurred in a time when weapons and tactics revolutionarily changed and evolved the way wars were fought. From traditional lines like those seen in the 18th century and prior‚ to a more modern way of fighting like using trenches and using cover to protect yourself. Changing the psychology of war‚ seen in Sherman’s march‚ and also in the battle of Cold harbor and creating new weapons used like the Gatling-gun and ironclad ships. Before the Civil War‚ infantry soldiers typically
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Causes of the Civil War John Brown’s Raid vs. Industrial Revolution John Brown’s Raid was a more influential cause to the civil war than the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused incompability between the North and the South. The North relied on wage laborers with the new machine age economy while the South relied heavily on slaves. So‚ the North did not need slaves for their economy and fought to free the slaves. The South fought to
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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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plagued with slavery‚ racism‚ political conflict‚ economic strife‚ and conflicting presidential preferences had come to its breaking point. While the states in the southern region of the United States had adopted the idea of slave labor‚ those in the north had not. These states relied on industrialization. Deriving from the initial conflict of slavery‚ many problems arose. The southern states were predominantly Democratic. The northern states‚ however‚ were exclusively members of the Republican party
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There were many different factors that fueled the starting of the Civil War in the United States. The majority of the country thinks that slavery is the sole reason for the Civil War‚ but there were many other controversies and factors that went on to the beginning of the Civil War. Factors such as literature and different interest groups that were formed also played roles in the starting of the Civil War. Legislation was a crucial factor. There were different compromises and acts established that
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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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Exam Document Based Questions 1a. What policy toward the continuation of slavery does Lincoln support? As long as we do not allow slavery to expand it will eventually die out. The founding fathers of our nation first established the policy and Lincoln is just trying to bring it back. 1b. Why does Lincoln support that policy? President Lincoln supports the policy because he eventually wamts slavery to die out. He realizes that it will not go away if he just makes it illegal over night so he
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