In chapter 14, many significant events occurred. In the 1840s, slavery was becoming more discussed. The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott increased district division and activists on both sides fanned the flames of sectional competition. The Democratic Party split up into northern and southern wings. In 1859, the Republican Party committed to restricting slavery's expansion seemed poised to gain control of the federal government. In fear of losing their political power would affect their way of life, southerners retreated in terror. On Lincoln's inauguration, Confederate troops attacked federal troops in Fort Sumter in Charleston. Abraham Lincoln made a call to the nation arms which made states pick sides. The internal division in Virginia,
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While Jefferson Davis pursued a defensive strategy, he believed the northerners would soon become tired of war and let South withdraw from the Union. Lincoln used the superior human, economic, and natural resources of the North to repress the South into submission. In the first year, both leaders became highly frustrated. Lincoln's greatest frustration was military leadership. The Union troops were under Ulysses S. Grant control and with his help, they gained triumphs in the Mississippi Valley. But Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson were able to defeat anybody who Abraham Lincoln sent to defend the Union. The war's nature and direction changed after 1862, but Lee attacked Maryland and was defeated at Antietam. After numerous attempts to capture and defeat Lee, Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation undermine southern efforts and unify northerners. The Union turned the tables by defeating Lee's army in Gettysburg and taking Vicksburg to gain full control of Mississippi. Abraham Lincoln got reelected, while the common people suffered from hunger, disease, and lawlessness. Riots broke out in the major cities like New York. Grant had closed in on Lee's troops forcing them to surrender. Lincoln was assassinated soon after attempting to a reunion. Andrew Jackson becomes the next President and issues still unsolved. This war affected the people of America and Lincoln
While Jefferson Davis pursued a defensive strategy, he believed the northerners would soon become tired of war and let South withdraw from the Union. Lincoln used the superior human, economic, and natural resources of the North to repress the South into submission. In the first year, both leaders became highly frustrated. Lincoln's greatest frustration was military leadership. The Union troops were under Ulysses S. Grant control and with his help, they gained triumphs in the Mississippi Valley. But Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson were able to defeat anybody who Abraham Lincoln sent to defend the Union. The war's nature and direction changed after 1862, but Lee attacked Maryland and was defeated at Antietam. After numerous attempts to capture and defeat Lee, Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation undermine southern efforts and unify northerners. The Union turned the tables by defeating Lee's army in Gettysburg and taking Vicksburg to gain full control of Mississippi. Abraham Lincoln got reelected, while the common people suffered from hunger, disease, and lawlessness. Riots broke out in the major cities like New York. Grant had closed in on Lee's troops forcing them to surrender. Lincoln was assassinated soon after attempting to a reunion. Andrew Jackson becomes the next President and issues still unsolved. This war affected the people of America and Lincoln