How Is The American Civil War Relevant Today

The American Civil War lasted from the year 1860 to 1865 and was the bloodiest conflict in American history, yet in several ways helped to form the United States as it is today. As the events in the mid 19th century unfolded it was becoming more obvious of a great divide the country created on the basis of culture and industry that encouraged southern states out of the United States, and into forming The Confederate States of America. The Southern States of America Seceded from the union because of the future of slavery as the south relied on it for its economy and with the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 whose party favored the abolition of slavery, it became clear to the south that abolition of slavery was near. Because of this, the Confederate States was formed to protect the institution of slavery and fought the United States for years resulting in the fall of the Confederacy.
In the declaration, it claims, “infamous combinations of incendiaries and outlaws have been permitted in those States and the common territory of Kansas to trample upon the federal laws, to war upon the lives and property of Southern citizens in that territory, and finally, by violence and mob law to usurp the possession of the same as exclusively the property of the Northern States” it references the Bleeding Kansas confrontations and talks about how the Northern states unfairly associated Kansas as a free state by violence and how it did not enforce the law. This helps to show the fear the south had over the issue of slavery as they saw the north violently pushing for abolition in new states admitted into the union. Which would result in the antislavery vote possibly outnumbering the proslavery vote, which pushed the south to