Civil or not? The Civil War occurred on 1861 in America and was fought for the American people and citizens. Although the war was fought for the citizens and was named ‘Civil’ only one group of the citizens, either the Union or the Confederate, won what they desired. So was the Civil War civil? Between the Union and Confederate existed several opposing opinions, which led to the Civil War. Some of these issues were the different types of economic structures, perceptions of equality and freedom, and the conflicting viewpoints on states rights and national powers.
Early in the 1800’s, sixty years before the war, the north had begun industrializing, but the south remained with an agrarian economy. While the north was building factories and …show more content…
However, after the Declaration of Independence was passed in 1776 with the fifth amendment, the equality and freedom of theses slaves and free laborers were questioned when Dred Scott sued for his freedom and the labor unions sought for better conditions (Doc L). Frederick Douglass found the southern “nation . . . guilty of practices” like slavery and called them savages (Doc G). When southerner, George Fitzhugh, said “ the negro slaves of the South are the happiest and freest people”, who enjoy the most “rights and liberties” Douglass condemned this as the southerners’ “veil to cover up the crimes which would disgrace “ the nation (Doc GH). As an escaped slave, Douglass considered the southerners as hypocrites when they “shout . . . liberty and equality” on the Fourth of July (Doc G). He criticizes this day as “a sham”, of the Declaration of Independence, full of “gross injustice and cruelty” with “boasted liberty” (Doc G). Though the south was denounced for their practice of slavery by the north, the north was also by the south for their cruel treatments of the free laborers. As a sociologist from the slave states, Fitzhugh argued that freed laborers in the north must live like cannibals who “must work or starve” (Doc H). “Free laborers have not a thousandth part of the rights and liberties of the Negro slaves” all they …show more content…
‘Civil’ means for the citizens, but there was only one war and one victory so only half of the citizens got what they desired and there was also a portion of the citizens, who opposed the war. So was the Civil War truly civil? The Election of 1860 included all the factors that led to the civil war, but the free laborers were never mentioned, so what part of Civil do they represent, did they want war? In this inaugural, Lincoln urged for perpetuity, but did the war pull the nation back together or did it tear it apart
Early in the 1800’s, sixty years before the war, the north had begun industrializing, but the south remained with an agrarian economy. While the north was building factories and …show more content…
However, after the Declaration of Independence was passed in 1776 with the fifth amendment, the equality and freedom of theses slaves and free laborers were questioned when Dred Scott sued for his freedom and the labor unions sought for better conditions (Doc L). Frederick Douglass found the southern “nation . . . guilty of practices” like slavery and called them savages (Doc G). When southerner, George Fitzhugh, said “ the negro slaves of the South are the happiest and freest people”, who enjoy the most “rights and liberties” Douglass condemned this as the southerners’ “veil to cover up the crimes which would disgrace “ the nation (Doc GH). As an escaped slave, Douglass considered the southerners as hypocrites when they “shout . . . liberty and equality” on the Fourth of July (Doc G). He criticizes this day as “a sham”, of the Declaration of Independence, full of “gross injustice and cruelty” with “boasted liberty” (Doc G). Though the south was denounced for their practice of slavery by the north, the north was also by the south for their cruel treatments of the free laborers. As a sociologist from the slave states, Fitzhugh argued that freed laborers in the north must live like cannibals who “must work or starve” (Doc H). “Free laborers have not a thousandth part of the rights and liberties of the Negro slaves” all they …show more content…
‘Civil’ means for the citizens, but there was only one war and one victory so only half of the citizens got what they desired and there was also a portion of the citizens, who opposed the war. So was the Civil War truly civil? The Election of 1860 included all the factors that led to the civil war, but the free laborers were never mentioned, so what part of Civil do they represent, did they want war? In this inaugural, Lincoln urged for perpetuity, but did the war pull the nation back together or did it tear it apart