Many people have different views on the cause of the civil war but I honestly think the big deal was to keep slavery and state rights vs. getting the south to join The Union, not to end slavery at all. The south’s fight in the civil war was not to end slavery but to defend it. The south wanted to keep slaves so that they could keep cotton and tobacco trades with Europe. This was their main source for the south’s economic strength. Lots of money was being made and slave trade was cheap. Southern politicians defended slavery and wanted to be in control of the federal government. States' Rights was the struggle between the federal government and states over political power. In the Civil War there was also a struggle between whether or not the
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Even though most women were told to go back to their traditional roles, this was a huge turning point in women's history. The view of female empowerment during war brought the women rights movement a ton of energy. The war showed women that they can control their own live, earn their own money, manage their own finances, and to be independent. Some women didn’t want to continue their roles that was given to them before the war. In 1890 the Census Bureau stared to separate information for married, single, divorced and widowed women. Slaves marriages were not recognized but after the war tens of thousands of freed slaves registered their unions. African-Americans married under the Freedman's Bureau, an agency made by the federal government to look after the needs of the former slave. Some records indicate some marriages with young men and women marrying for the first time, while others legalized slave unions made years before. After the war, African Americans searched with varying degrees of success for family members separated by slave sales or by the disruptions of war. Blacks were able to buy home goods. They even started building black churches. During reconstruction, the Freedman's Bureau, missionary societies, and blacks themselves produced over 3,000 schools in the South, laying the start for public education in the region. Many young men and women who attended freedman's schools became teachers. In 1867
Even though most women were told to go back to their traditional roles, this was a huge turning point in women's history. The view of female empowerment during war brought the women rights movement a ton of energy. The war showed women that they can control their own live, earn their own money, manage their own finances, and to be independent. Some women didn’t want to continue their roles that was given to them before the war. In 1890 the Census Bureau stared to separate information for married, single, divorced and widowed women. Slaves marriages were not recognized but after the war tens of thousands of freed slaves registered their unions. African-Americans married under the Freedman's Bureau, an agency made by the federal government to look after the needs of the former slave. Some records indicate some marriages with young men and women marrying for the first time, while others legalized slave unions made years before. After the war, African Americans searched with varying degrees of success for family members separated by slave sales or by the disruptions of war. Blacks were able to buy home goods. They even started building black churches. During reconstruction, the Freedman's Bureau, missionary societies, and blacks themselves produced over 3,000 schools in the South, laying the start for public education in the region. Many young men and women who attended freedman's schools became teachers. In 1867