The American Civil War lasted from 1861-1865‚ and is known as one of the most crucial events in the history of American. In those four years‚ more than half a million soldiers from both the Confederate and Union side were either wounded or died trying to fight for what they believed in. A nation was divided and mass social and economical changes occurred throughout the entire region. This fight over slavery and State rights would pit man against man and create a greater debt within the United States
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American had much to boast about in 1850‚ their nation was vastly larger‚ richer‚ and more powerful than in the 1800 but only eleven years later‚ the nation fell into civil war. America had struggled throughout time before the arrival of the civil war. The effect that lead to civil war was the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ 1854 (Bleeding Kansas)‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Panic of 1857‚ Dred Scott Decision (1857)‚ John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry‚ and Election of Abraham Lincoln. The Missouri Compromise was
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The Civil War The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years‚ from 1861 to 1865‚ and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. In this essay‚ you will learn the causes of the American Civil war‚ as well as the after effects of the war. It has been extremely hard for historians to exactly pin-point
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CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR? BY:SAMRIN KHAN In the early nineteenth century‚ Americans tend to resolve their political disputes through compromise‚ yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. This is because of Taxes‚ slavery‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Texas Migration‚ development of new Political parties. Before 1860 United States had one third of the territory that we have today. United States was divided into two parts‚ north and south. Between the North and South there were disputes about slavery. Then Henry
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Meghan Gardner Civil War & Reconstruction Paper 1 Compromise involves both give and take‚ where both sides involved receive some of what they wanted‚ but neither side fully gets 100 percent of what they wanted. Compromise for the most part keeps things running smoothly. I personally believe that compromise is beneficial during this time. The Missouri Compromise‚ for example‚ started when the territory of Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state after
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The civil war was fought for many reasons‚ After Abraham lincoln was elected in 1860 the South feared that he would abolish slavery so the South seceded from the Union.( Civil War Trust 1). The union wanted to stay in tact‚ (Civil War Trust 1). So the North did not see a legitimate reason for secession. (Civil War Trust 1). The two sides had also been drifting apart because of their cultural and economic differences. ( Guelzo 1 ). The North was advancing industrially and the South was growing agriculturally
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The American Civil War and also known as the War Between the States was a war fought from 1861 up to 1865 between the Northern and Southern United States. The war has led to over 618‚000 casualties. There were several reasons to why the Civil War has occurred in the United States. Firstly‚ the Northern and the Southern have different economies. With the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine reduces the time taken to separate the seeds from the
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SLAVERY The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the
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American Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War (see naming)‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ and‚ after four years of bloody combat (mostly in the South)‚ the Confederacy was defeated‚ slavery was
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In my opinion‚ the most important idea I have learned this semester in American History was the real cause of the Civil War. In modern day America‚ we find that Americans believe that the Civil War was only about slavery. This has lead our generation to believe Southerners are racist‚ however the reason the Southerners lost is why we have such an oppressive Federal Government. Without a doubt‚ the white men wrote our history books‚ therefore there are many gaps we don’t get to see. 2.Describe fully
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