The Major Causes Of The Civil War
Social Studies Essay:
The Civil War was a period of internal war, fought between the Union and the Confederacy, within the United States, during the years of 1861 to 1865. From the principal cause of this war, which was the debate between the regions over slavery, secondary causes emerged, like the states’ rights, and lead to this major battle. Even though the war came to an end on May 9 of 1865, not everything was resolved. A new set of problems arose, caused by the consequences of the war and by the emancipation of slaves. These new problems caused the creation of a new period of Reconstruction, which totally focused on solving these problems. During the period of Reconstruction, the United States only addressed the problems caused by …show more content…
Source 3 - Abram Colby (Former Slave), Testimony to a Joint House and Senate Committee (1872) - is an example of the treatment of former slaves, despite the fact that they already “had” civil rights and were supposed to be treated as “equals”: “On the 29th of October 1869, [the Klansmen] broke my door open, took me out of bed, took me to the woods and whipped me three hours or more and left me for dead. They said to me, "Do you think you will ever vote another damned Radical ticket?" I said, "If there was an election tomorrow, I would vote the Radical ticket." They set in and whipped me a thousand licks more, with sticks and straps that had buckles on the ends of them.” The citizens, mostly whites, didn't contribute nor follow what the constitution stated in relation to the rights of former slaves. This ignorance created a bigger problem, as the solving of this problem no longer depended on the government, but in the country’s …show more content…
Source 6 shows two election maps results that demonstrate how much sectionalism increased after the Civil War. The 2 years shown, 1872 and 2016, show how almost all the states inside each region had the same outcome, being this the result of the division and sectionalism between the regions and its people. The irony is that in 2016, the election map results show even more sectionalism and division in political parties than before, meaning that instead of this problem coming to an end, it increased throughout the
The Civil War was a period of internal war, fought between the Union and the Confederacy, within the United States, during the years of 1861 to 1865. From the principal cause of this war, which was the debate between the regions over slavery, secondary causes emerged, like the states’ rights, and lead to this major battle. Even though the war came to an end on May 9 of 1865, not everything was resolved. A new set of problems arose, caused by the consequences of the war and by the emancipation of slaves. These new problems caused the creation of a new period of Reconstruction, which totally focused on solving these problems. During the period of Reconstruction, the United States only addressed the problems caused by …show more content…
Source 3 - Abram Colby (Former Slave), Testimony to a Joint House and Senate Committee (1872) - is an example of the treatment of former slaves, despite the fact that they already “had” civil rights and were supposed to be treated as “equals”: “On the 29th of October 1869, [the Klansmen] broke my door open, took me out of bed, took me to the woods and whipped me three hours or more and left me for dead. They said to me, "Do you think you will ever vote another damned Radical ticket?" I said, "If there was an election tomorrow, I would vote the Radical ticket." They set in and whipped me a thousand licks more, with sticks and straps that had buckles on the ends of them.” The citizens, mostly whites, didn't contribute nor follow what the constitution stated in relation to the rights of former slaves. This ignorance created a bigger problem, as the solving of this problem no longer depended on the government, but in the country’s …show more content…
Source 6 shows two election maps results that demonstrate how much sectionalism increased after the Civil War. The 2 years shown, 1872 and 2016, show how almost all the states inside each region had the same outcome, being this the result of the division and sectionalism between the regions and its people. The irony is that in 2016, the election map results show even more sectionalism and division in political parties than before, meaning that instead of this problem coming to an end, it increased throughout the