The American Civil War was a war in the United States in the years 1861 to 1865. The Union faced different leaders in eleven Southern states as they grouped together and formed the Confederate States of America. The Union, also known as the North won the war, making what was one of the most intense wars in history. The war was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis, a former U.S. Senator and Secretary of War, was appointed President of the Confederate States of America. The United States thought that the southern states were wrong to leave the Union and for many other different reasons . As to the causes to the war, there were many different reasons as to why the war began.
The first cause to the war was from the State and their opposition to federal rights. Since the time of the Revolution, two different parties were created, one for the power to be greater in states rights and those arguing the federal government, that it needed to be more powerful than the other. The first party who wanted state powers, organized government powers in the US after the American Revolution, under the Articles of Confederation. …show more content…
Over 600,000 soldiers were killed and millions more were wounded. The Union (Northern States) ended up winning the war and left the South devastated. Could the civil war have been avoided? Well , if you look at the different routes our nation could have take, there could have been quite possibly different solution to all this. First, instead of making matters worse in rising tensions, they could have resorted in a meeting with elected officials for a plan of reunification. Primarily, they could discussed agreements and plans on weather or not slavery should be made and could have made laws that pertained to each state. Meetings like this generally end well, with all parties in
The first cause to the war was from the State and their opposition to federal rights. Since the time of the Revolution, two different parties were created, one for the power to be greater in states rights and those arguing the federal government, that it needed to be more powerful than the other. The first party who wanted state powers, organized government powers in the US after the American Revolution, under the Articles of Confederation. …show more content…
Over 600,000 soldiers were killed and millions more were wounded. The Union (Northern States) ended up winning the war and left the South devastated. Could the civil war have been avoided? Well , if you look at the different routes our nation could have take, there could have been quite possibly different solution to all this. First, instead of making matters worse in rising tensions, they could have resorted in a meeting with elected officials for a plan of reunification. Primarily, they could discussed agreements and plans on weather or not slavery should be made and could have made laws that pertained to each state. Meetings like this generally end well, with all parties in