1. To what extent was slavery a “cause” of the Civil War?
The practice of slavery was a major cause in starting the Civil War for both economic and social reasons. This was because the south was seceding from the Union to protect the Southern way of life and economic practices, in which slavery was the core of both. The South seceded from the Union to protect their way of life. The people of the South believed that their way of life was being threatened because of the initial outcome of the Sectional Crisis of 1850, where it was ruled that the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which outlawed slavery in Maine but allowed it in Missouri and the state of Louisiana, had no power in the rest of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, resulting in slavery …show more content…
What were the major problems of this time period and how were they permanently addressed in the constitution?
In the Civil War Era, America had major problems in regards to slavery, equality and citizenship. These problems primarily affected the African American population of the United States. To fix these problems, the 13th, 14th, and the 15th constitutional amendments were all ratified and enforced to make America a safer and friendlier nation to all its citizens.
To end the initial problem of slavery, the 13th amendment was ratified. This legally ended the struggle for many previously enslaved African Americans. It was ratified by Congress just months before the end of the war and was backed by President Lincoln as a way to effectively end the war through making slavery illegal. Shortly after the Civil War ended, the new amendment was ratified in all states of the Union. This was a major victory for many former African American slaves because it now gave them a path to eventual United States citizenship and ended the suppression of …show more content…
These large groups of women felt betrayed because their cause had been put on hold due to the Civil war and then because their unified group cause was largely split in half due to ratification of the fourteenth amendment. Many women’s rights activists were angered by the implementation of the fourteenth amendment, which legalized voting for African American men. The women’s suffrage and activist groups was enraged because it was the first time that the constitution used the word “male.” Never before had the constitution ever instituted a gender-based law. Many women was also angered further because the new amendment was about voting rights, which none of the white women had at the time and was a major goal for women’s groups at the time. A difference in cultural ideology hurt the momentum of the women’s
The practice of slavery was a major cause in starting the Civil War for both economic and social reasons. This was because the south was seceding from the Union to protect the Southern way of life and economic practices, in which slavery was the core of both. The South seceded from the Union to protect their way of life. The people of the South believed that their way of life was being threatened because of the initial outcome of the Sectional Crisis of 1850, where it was ruled that the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which outlawed slavery in Maine but allowed it in Missouri and the state of Louisiana, had no power in the rest of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase, resulting in slavery …show more content…
What were the major problems of this time period and how were they permanently addressed in the constitution?
In the Civil War Era, America had major problems in regards to slavery, equality and citizenship. These problems primarily affected the African American population of the United States. To fix these problems, the 13th, 14th, and the 15th constitutional amendments were all ratified and enforced to make America a safer and friendlier nation to all its citizens.
To end the initial problem of slavery, the 13th amendment was ratified. This legally ended the struggle for many previously enslaved African Americans. It was ratified by Congress just months before the end of the war and was backed by President Lincoln as a way to effectively end the war through making slavery illegal. Shortly after the Civil War ended, the new amendment was ratified in all states of the Union. This was a major victory for many former African American slaves because it now gave them a path to eventual United States citizenship and ended the suppression of …show more content…
These large groups of women felt betrayed because their cause had been put on hold due to the Civil war and then because their unified group cause was largely split in half due to ratification of the fourteenth amendment. Many women’s rights activists were angered by the implementation of the fourteenth amendment, which legalized voting for African American men. The women’s suffrage and activist groups was enraged because it was the first time that the constitution used the word “male.” Never before had the constitution ever instituted a gender-based law. Many women was also angered further because the new amendment was about voting rights, which none of the white women had at the time and was a major goal for women’s groups at the time. A difference in cultural ideology hurt the momentum of the women’s