Controversial Events In American History: The American Civil War
The American Civil War
The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other (about 600,000 men died) and still, some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north, confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property, then they should not be counted toward voting representation in Congress. Southerners argued that the slaves were human beings, and eventually came to accept the three-fifths compromise, by which five slaves counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right?
Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did not have any rights, the Confederates only wanted more power in Congress, and of course the Union will not yield any power and that created a conflict, therefore in my opinion the …show more content…
The North had to pursue an aggressive strategy, because they couldn’t force the Confederate States back into the Union without invasion and victory, Northerners were not in complete agreement over the abolition of slavery, and they also owned slaves but they wanted to extinguish slavery on the south, which is kind of contradictory. The Southern States felt that each State should make its own laws also known as “State's Rights", therefore some Southern States wanted to secede, or break away from the United States of America and govern themselves because the thing wasn’t working out. But after all The Union won the war and everyone was ‘equal’ and slavery has ended and the United States of America was ‘united’ and slavery had ended and it stabilized the U.S. Economy because all thirteen states worked
The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history, in where Americans killed each other (about 600,000 men died) and still, some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north, confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property, then they should not be counted toward voting representation in Congress. Southerners argued that the slaves were human beings, and eventually came to accept the three-fifths compromise, by which five slaves counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right?
Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did not have any rights, the Confederates only wanted more power in Congress, and of course the Union will not yield any power and that created a conflict, therefore in my opinion the …show more content…
The North had to pursue an aggressive strategy, because they couldn’t force the Confederate States back into the Union without invasion and victory, Northerners were not in complete agreement over the abolition of slavery, and they also owned slaves but they wanted to extinguish slavery on the south, which is kind of contradictory. The Southern States felt that each State should make its own laws also known as “State's Rights", therefore some Southern States wanted to secede, or break away from the United States of America and govern themselves because the thing wasn’t working out. But after all The Union won the war and everyone was ‘equal’ and slavery has ended and the United States of America was ‘united’ and slavery had ended and it stabilized the U.S. Economy because all thirteen states worked