American Civil War

I believe the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery, state’s rights, and also the power to control the West. What ultimately caused the Civil War would be the Compromise of 1850. Other main factors that caused the Civil War would be John Brown’s raid, the Second Great Awakening, and also the involvement of women in the Abolitionist movement. The reason as to why the Compromise of 1850 was the main cause of the Civil War would be due to the fact that it increased sectionalism, did not…

In the Pre-Civil War era, America was disembodied over the issue of slavery from the North and South. Inventions such as the cotton gin and the steel plow boomed the need for slave labor in the South, so much that their population in that area increased from ⅓ to ½ from the 1840s to the 1860s. The call for freedom for all African Americans loomed with slave rebellions and the abolition movement. However, Southerners and its slave owners vowed to keep their slaves, needing a workforce to labor on…

1831: Year of Eclipse by Louis P. Masur questions the events that occurred during the year of 1831 in the United States and how they affected the country and put it on the path towards the Civil War. Masur addresses this question by focusing on four main subjects, which are coincidentally the four chapters of the book. These topics are Slavery and Abolition which discusses the issues regarding free blacks and the plans that were formed in order to abolish slavery, among other topics, Religion…

both sides get a part of they want so they can be content. Compromises are a great way to resolve conflict although they do not work all the time. Before to the American Civil War occurred, many compromises were made to prevent the Civil War. However, the differences were far to great and compromises were not able to help prevent the civil war. One of the greatest reasons for this was slavery. Slavery affected national politics greatly in the 1820’s, that the Missouri Compromise was to be made…

analysis will define the limitations of President Lincoln’s depiction as a singular leader in the abolition of slavery and the victory of the Civil War in Lincoln (2012) by Steven Spielberg. In Spielberg’s film, the end of the Civil War projects the victorious aspects of Lincoln’s leadership through charm, wit, and humor to end slavery and the win the Civil War in 1865. However, the historical focus of this film neglects the significance of The Emancipation Proclamation, the role of Abolitionist…

The American Civil War was, arguably, the most important war in American history. Without the presence of African Americans and the ideologies of slavery, the civil war never would have happened. The Union believed that slavery was immoral, and the Confederates linked slavery to their prosperity. Regardless of this fact, at the outset of the war, it became evident that the war would be exclusively a white-man’s war. The fear of an African American revolution if they were armed seemed to be too…

Was the civil war a fight to save the union, or an effort to preserve the separation of people? Many opinions have been presented by historians as to why the civil war broke out. From the Northern perspective the South was just trying to protect its undiversified economy which relied heavily on slavery. Whereas, the South viewed the war as a result of conflicting interests between the federal government and states rights. In Charles Drew’s writings; Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession…

things that led to the Civil War between the North and South. They disagreed over many different issues. Some of those issues being slavery, whether a state is free or a slave state, and the rights of African Americans. Events such as the election of 1860, and Dred Scott vs. Sanford led to the Civil War . The main reason the Civil War happened was because the North and South couldn't agree on slavery. The South believed that they had the right to own enslaved African Americans, while Northerners…

This paper will examine African-American soldiers’ journey during the American Civil War. I took interest in this particular topic because I wanted to learn more about black men in war and how they fought for their freedom. For centuries white people used to own black people from Africa as slaves to satisfy their interests, whites believed they had authority above dark skin people because of their race. Thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 black slaves in…

their rights. Keeping people from their earned rights because of race or gender is unfair; slaves, African Americans in the 1960s, and women all fought for their rights and it paid off. A huge event in our history that earned freedom for slaves was The Civil War. The Civil War was a fight from within.” Nearly 620,000 men lost their lives fighting for their freedom during the war,”(“Civil War Casualties”). The Union Army wanted to abolish slavery and it’s evil ways,…