The American Civil War began in 1861 and it did not end until 1865. This war was fought between the Union known as the Northern states and the Confederates known as the Southern states to determine whether the South would secede from the United States. The Southern states were determined on spreading slavery to the Western part of the country while the Northerners were trying to prevent this from happening. According to The American Experiment some of the people from the North even wanted to put an end to slavery where it was already occurring. Nevertheless, slavery was not the only cause of the Civil War because several events had been building tension until the conflict eventually commenced. One of the first causes of the Civil War was
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The Southern states believed that Lincoln was against slavery and they also thought that he would favor with the Northern states. Cardoza and Hume state that Lincoln was trying to contain slavery only in the states that were slave states but he knew that the whole nation had to be for slavery completely or against slavery completely (197). Before Lincoln was even president the first state to secede was South Carolina possibly because it was one of the states that participated the most in slavery (198). After South Carolina seceded Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana followed. All of these causes led to the start of the Civil War specifically trying to stop slavery from expanding to the new lands of the United States, as well as being able to keep America …show more content…
There were too many differences between the states including the expansion of slavery and being able to have state rights. The tension between the Union and the Confederates had been building up so much that it was inevitable. As weird as it might sound, I am happy that the Civil War happened because it, along with other events, helped defined what our country is today. In conclusion, without this war the Southern states possibly would not be a part of our country and it would maybe have taken longer to abolish slavery and stop it from spreading to the Western
The Southern states believed that Lincoln was against slavery and they also thought that he would favor with the Northern states. Cardoza and Hume state that Lincoln was trying to contain slavery only in the states that were slave states but he knew that the whole nation had to be for slavery completely or against slavery completely (197). Before Lincoln was even president the first state to secede was South Carolina possibly because it was one of the states that participated the most in slavery (198). After South Carolina seceded Mississippi, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana followed. All of these causes led to the start of the Civil War specifically trying to stop slavery from expanding to the new lands of the United States, as well as being able to keep America …show more content…
There were too many differences between the states including the expansion of slavery and being able to have state rights. The tension between the Union and the Confederates had been building up so much that it was inevitable. As weird as it might sound, I am happy that the Civil War happened because it, along with other events, helped defined what our country is today. In conclusion, without this war the Southern states possibly would not be a part of our country and it would maybe have taken longer to abolish slavery and stop it from spreading to the Western