...David Cornejo May 24, 2011 Social Studies Period 2 Civil War Writing Prompt There were many reasons why the civil war began, but the election of 1860 was the most responsible of starting the civil war. I believe the election of 1860 started the civil war because it starts with a debate to start a war. Also people like the south didn’t like the election which leads to more emotion which also means violent people. If the election of 1860 was the start of the south being emotional, that means they will gain more emotion and will be more violent. The election of 1860 was about Abraham Lincoln being president in Washington D.C and other people such as Stephen Douglas, John Bell, and John Breckinridge. Abraham Lincoln was a republican, Stephen Douglas was Northern democrat, John Breckinridge was a Southern democrat, and John Bell was from the constitutional Union party. Southern states threaten to secede because they feared the Union would abolish slavery, which meant no more slaves for the South. In the North it was Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen Douglas and in the South was John Bell vs. John Breckinridge. The winner was Abraham Lincoln, in December 1860 South Carolina secedes from the Union then in February 1860 Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida joined South Carolina in seceding the Union. The election of 1860 was the most responsible for the civil war and up to emotions which leads to violence. The reaction of the...
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...Civil War Paper The Civil War was fought between Americans from the North and the South. Many factors led to the eventual conflict, but none was more important than the issue of slavery. While Northerners felt slavery was essentially against what America stood for, Southerners depended on slavery to maintain their economy. The conflict resulted in the South wanting to secede from the Union and exist as a collection of Confederate states acting as their own country. The North (Union) insisted on keeping the United States in-tact and abolishing slavery from the South. After four to five years and a collection of bloody battles, the North won the war despite having military leaders who were not as experienced as the South’s and sustaining more casualties. In the documentary The Civil War, historian Shelby Foote stated, “Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an understanding of the Civil War . . . The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being.” (Burns & Burns, Episode 1: the cause, 1990) What Foote was referring to in this quote was how the Civil War shaped the United States into the great power it has been known for since the end of the war. After the war ended, America began a period of tremendous growth, led by...
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...The American Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in American History, it marked one of the most permanent changes in US history. The war began on April 12, 1861 and ended on April 18, 1865, lasting a little over four years. It was fought between the Northern states, Union states, and the Southern states, Confederate states. It all started because of some differences between the states, such as; the idea of slavery, state rights, tariffs, and trade. The war began when Confederate forces bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South Carolina, which was being controlled by the Union. There were approximately six thousand battles and engagements fought during the war. The bloodiest battle during the Civil War was Gettysburg, with 51,000 casualties. There were not even half as many casualties in Shiloh, which had almost twenty-four thousand casualties. Vicksburg had the least amount of casualties, with almost twenty thousand casualties. Southern states started to secede from the Union even before the war. There were a total of eleven states that seceded, those states were; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and lastly Tennessee. Though these states didn’t secede at the same time, it was still a big deal because at the time secession wasn’t legal, but it also hadn’t been ruled illegal yet. It was ruled illegal after the war. Many families and their...
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...Civil War Paper Jennifer Ayala HIS/115 October 21, 2012 Kathy Buhe Civil War Paper The mid-19th century is a historic period in the history of the United States, one that shaped the nation we now know. In the year 1861, the tension that had long been brewing between the north and south exploded and led the nation to war. The catalyst was Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election. As an anti-slavery Republican, the southern states feared his agenda and chose to secede from the Union. The Confederate States of America was formed and the refusal of said states to rejoin the Union led to a Civil War, neighbor against neighbor, each fighting for what they believed to be right. The four years of the war were costly, both in monetary value and lives lost; and the effects were long lasting, shaping the nation into what it would become and stand for, even over a century later. The Civil War, often referred to as The War Between the States, lasted four years, from 1861-1865, and shaped the nation of America into what it currently is. Historian Shelby Foote spent a great deal of time researching this monumental period of American history to pen her famous civil war narrative. Foote believed that the Civil War defined the nation and that to understand the character of America, it is important to study this war. What I believe Foote meant was that the nation was at a crossroads. It was deeply divided and no longer could it continue on as such. Either the nation would...
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...Civil War When comparing the American Civil War to many of the United States’ other wars, some key differences can be observed. One standout quality to the Civil War was the sluggish buildup towards war, which contrasts to the overnight decision that American officials made to join World War II after the Pearl Harbor attack. This brings up the question, “what caused the slow start to the Civil War and who is the most to blame?” The answer to the first question is easiest – slavery. There is no doubt that the differing opinions on slavery between the north and the south were the major sources of conflict. The latter question, however, is much more controversial and problematic to solve. For more than a century, historians have been bickering over who can be blamed most for the Civil War. Though many would say Abraham Lincoln is this person, his role in the start to the Civil War just appears to be the final straw in the buildup of tensions that happened over many years. The person who can be blamed most was reportedly referenced by Abraham Lincoln himself as, “the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.” This woman is Harriet Beecher Stowe. Through the use of her powerful novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe became the greatest catalyst to the start of the American Civil War. One myth about the north that most people assume to be true is that the north was predominately against slavery. Even though the north was known for its industry in manufacturing...
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...Channel Encarnacion HIST 102 10/27/14 Civil War Debate Was the Civil War Inevitable? Was the Civil War Avoidable? In The Irrepressible Conflict by Kenneth M. Stampp he does not argue that the Civil War was inevitable. He does observe, however, that it is hard to see how the country could have avoided some sort of showdown on slavery. Conflict was “irrepressible” in the sense that “the issues dividing the North and South were genuine and substantial and that conflict between them was a natural and logical result.” The civil war was inevitable given the circumstances under which it came. The three main causes: infringement on civil liberties, violation on states' rights, and the collapse of the two-party system made the conflict between North and South almost impossible to resolve. The war was going to happen one way or another. The south originally disagreed with Lincoln’s laws. The North and the South had very diverse views over slavery. The country couldn’t have been integrated if they didn’t come to a compromise. With the north wanting a strong federal government and the south with the contrary wants, the country couldn’t have agreed to go one way or the other. The war had to happen in order for a winner to take control and make the executive decisions. The country would have been splitting with every new state union, leaving the country with a very dissimilar outcome than what is today. The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting...
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...Decisions can be difficult that they cause war, division of one’s family, and arguing. The civil war started because of a disagreement. Something as little as bringing the first slave to America caused a war. The north and south argued and disagreed. They made the choice to start a war. Border states played a huge part in the war. There were few border states. They were Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri. They all had choices in the part they would play in the war. Even though those states weren’t many, they had dire choices that would effect the outcome of the war. These choices could make or break the nation. Lincoln understood this. He knew it would make a difference who these border states chose. The border states had a huge decision it would effect the outcome of a war. The states had hard choices. Delaware quickly decided to stay with the Union. It must have been an easy decision because it was quick. Maryland didn’t have much of a choice. It was a easy decision because Union troops would have attacked Maryland if it decided to be Southern. So it became northern. Kentucky was a vital ingredient to the war. Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. That could have made them favor him. Kentucky took time deciding what side to be on. The North didn’t push but when Confederate forces marched straight through Kentucky the decision was made. The Union! Missouri was also important. General John Charles Fremont was ordered by Abe Lincoln to secure Missouri for the north...
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...A war is a state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. Every war has its reasons weather it be a good and acceptable reason or a bad reason. If people are going to be killed and the country itself be damaged because of the war, people will want to hear a reason. Some wars are inevitable and some are not. It all depends on its cause. The American Civil War is thought to be an inevitable war. Many are convinced that there was no other way to solve the tension between the North and the South. The difference in thinking of slavery of both sides was one of the reasons for the build up of the tension between the two sides but it was not the only reason as some may think. Economical differences and political differences also led to the tension between the two sided which resulted in a war. The war was considered inevitable because the South would not give up slavery, and the North would not let the South separate from the Union. The part slavery had on the Civil War cannot be ignored but it should not be responsible for the main cause. It was the difference in the North and the South that slavery created which led to the war. Slavery led to economic differences. In the South, slavery became a way of life. It was a large part of their society. Because they were farmers, they needed many workers to plant and gather. The South thought that if slavery was to be abolished, than their economy would fall because there would be no workers....
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...Eric Yarger HIS/115 The Civil War in my opinion was a war that could have been avoided if each state could have acted as a whole nation rather than an individual state. This war divided our country and in some areas today they still seem to be fighting the same battle that the north and south fought. The Civil War took place over much of this great nation and as a whole experienced a great loss of life. Between both sides, civilian and even Native Americans over 600,000 deaths were recorded. There were probably many others that were not recorded. Even thought the north lost more soldiers than the south, they won the war which ended up in end of slavery. The south called their part of the war “the lost cause”. According to historian Shelby Foote; “Any understanding of this nation has to be based . . . on an understanding of the Civil War. . . . The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being.” I feel Foote wrote this so people could understand that the Civil War was the event in history that has made us the nation that we are today. The Civil War has taught us a nation about what we have lost and what we have gained. It also has taught us that if we were to work at something we believe in we can achieve it. To fully...
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...the civil war was undoubtedly inevitable, and despite the consequences and casualties America suffered as a result of it, it ultimately managed to unite the country as a whole into one.. The main causes for it were infringement on civil liberties, infringement on states rights, and the collapse of a two party system. Another cause of it was the north and south had different ideas regarding what a Government looks like. Much like the rest of Europe, the north’s economy was more industrial, with factories, railroads and shipyards while the south’s was agricultural with slavery playing a major part in; the north had their own ideal of a government in which slavery would be abolished, the south’s ideal involved slavery which would naturally cause tension between the two. The South favored an agricultural system, while the North was centered around a city life. it meant that the North’s economy grew through people of different ethnics and backgrounds working together, while the South had a fixed social order. Both sides did their best in trying to reconcile with each other but different events such as the fugitive slave act, bleeding kansas, and the dred scott decision only managed to pull them further apart; although they did create different compromises which managed to quell the tension for a little while but ultimately failed to unite them in the long term. Slavery was a major factor in the early to late 1900’s as well as the precursor towards the impending civil war,as constant...
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...Candi Tidwell The Civil War June 9, 2013 Mrs. Amy Civil War is defined as a war between factories or regions of the same country. There is a lot of difference debates about what the Civil War was fought over. Some might say the war was fought over state rights, others say that the war was fought over land, and there are those who say it was fought over slavery. Well according to Pulitzer Prize winning author James McPherson, “the Civil War started because of uncompromising difference between free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had yet became states.”The South was for slavery and the North was against slavery. The thought that the Federal government should have the right to choose whether or not have slaves. The North had a number of different factories the South, however did not. Because most of the South money came through tobacco and cotton the need for slaves were at a high. Due to the North’s factories they did not need slaves. The Civil War started when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. The war was fought in thousands of different places, from southern Pennsylvania to Texas; from New Mexico to Florida Cost. The majority of the fighting took place in the state of Virginia and Tennessee. The Civil was also contested on the Atlantic Ocean as far off as the Coast of France, the Gulf of Mexico and the brown water of the Mississippi River and its tributaries...
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...y Abstract This paper will discuss about the civil war and how it began. It will also discuss how it ends to the civil rights era. It will show step by step of each event that surrounding the civil war. These four elements will explain the Federal Government expansion and place in context on what affect the Political, Social, and Economic, and they are Civil War, Reconstruction, Great Depression, and the Civil Right Era. In beginning of the civil war President Abraham Lincoln was elected President to the United States, and the confederates states fear that the new President was going to set the slaves free. He was elected Chief of Command on November 6, 1860. The Republican Party was on a anti-slavery platform and the southern has felt that there would be no place for them in the union. So on December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded, and on February 1, 1861 six more states join in, and they are Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Then states created the confederate state in America to elect Jefferson Davis in which he was the Mississippi Senator as their provisional President. On the day of the President Lincoln inaugural address that he delivered on 4th of March. He said that his duty is saving the union, and that he has no intention in setting the slaves free or repealing the fugitive slave law. The confederacy was still not satisfied by what the President said so on April 12, 1861 they started attacking Fort Sumter. Following the attacks there...
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...Week Eight - CheckPoint Civil War, Table and Response Due Date: Day 5, Assignments Link Points Possible: 20 Points Earned: XX ------------------------------------------------- Part One: Table, Union and Confederate Home Fronts Points Possible: 10 Points Earned: XX Fill in the following table with experiences on the Union home front and experiences on the Confederate home front. Civil War Home Fronts | DifferencesBetween North and South Home Fronts | 1. The Union and the Confederates were very different in the way they conducted business.2. The Union they made industrialization development, infrastructure grew, and urban cities and towns grew.3. The Confederate had large plantations and made their slaves work long and hard on their farms. They grew cotton and tobacco on these plantations.4. The Union was able to pass laws to tax on imported goods so that the Confederates would have to buy from them.5. The confederates wanted stronger state rights and a weaker central government; the Union wanted the government to have more power. | Similarities Between North and South Home Fronts | 1. Both the Union and confederates Struggled, economically, politically, and culturally to agree with one another.2. Union and confederate home fronts faced hardship during the war, from diseases, bad medical care, lack of food, corruption of morality, and rising numbers of deaths.3. Woman of both the union and confederacy found new opportunities to work outside the home.4...
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...Confederates reunion in New Orleans, 1903The Civil War is one of the central events in America's collective memory. There are innumerable statues, commemorations, books and archival collections. The memory includes the home front, military affairs, the treatment of soldiers, both living and dead, in the war's aftermath, depictions of the war in literature and art, evaluations of heroes and villains, and considerations of the moral and political lessons of the war.[247] The last theme includes moral evaluations of racism and slavery, heroism in combat and behind the lines, and the issues of democracy and minority rights, as well as the notion of an "Empire of Liberty" influencing the world.[248] Memory of the war in the white South crystallized in the myth of the "Lost Cause", which shaped regional identity and race relations for generations.[249] 150th anniversary2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. Many in the American South attempted to incorporate both black history and white perspectives. A Harris Poll given in March 2011 suggested that Americans were still uniquely divided over the results and appropriate memorials to acknowledge the occasion.[250] While traditionally American films of the Civil War feature "brother versus brother" themes[251] film treatments of the war are evolving to include African American characters. Benard Simelton, president of the Alabama NAACP, said celebrating the Civil War is like celebrating the "Holocaust"....
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