Battle of Fort Sumter

The United States Civil War was one of the greatest wars in the history of America. It lasted four long years and would forever change the nation. Following it, states that had previously seceded rejoined the Union, and they were required to abolish slavery as a result of Andrew Jackson’s new plan of Reconstruction for the country. What led to this immense change though? More specifically, what were the major causes of the United States Civil War? The two most important causes of the United…

text are, the literary piece The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh written by Ray Bradbury and the informational text How Shiloh changed the Civil War by Winston Groom. The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh talks about Joby, the drummer boy, who is scared of going into battle but the General gives him confidence and makes…

place in 1861-1865 all over what was then known as the U.S. During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was the president. The issue of slavery and central power had recently divided the United States. It began when some of the Southern Troops bombarded Fort Sumter, South Carolina. However, though the Southern attacked the Northern troops had more equipment than the South. This caused the North side to win. 9/11 is my third because it greatly impacted U.S history and so many lives. 9/11 took place on…

try to keep both pro slavery and antislavery parties as bay but this only created more tension. In the year of 1861 Abraham Lincoln was elected and at the same time the seven Southern states seceded this same year the Civil War was declared when Fort Sumter was bombarded for 2 days straight before surrendering on April 14. On April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the Northern army. Unwilling to contribute troops, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee dissolved their…

When it opposed (mainly catholic and jewish) immigration. By 1925, when its followers staged a huge washington, D.C. march the Klan had as many as 4 mill members. In some states , considerable political power but a series of sex scandals, internal battles over power. The newspaper exposes quickly reduced its influence . Tha Klan arose a third time during the 1960s to oppose the civil rights movement and to preserve segregation. In the face of unfavorable court rulings. The Klan’s bombings ,…

Slavery in the United States was legal in all of the original states, but as time went on Northern State began to abolish it. Compromises were made as new states were brought into the Union. After more territory was added to the US these compromises became increasingly strained. Numerous problems arose as the slave to free state balance was disturbed when California became a state in 1850. Then In 1854 there was an internal war in Kansas over the decisions to be a free state. Not only did the…

The North and the South had very different cultures. The North was more industrial. This gives the North a huge advantage. They have factories to make gun and ammunition. “Also, since their railroads were small and not interconnected, it was hard for the South to move food, weapons, and even men quickly over long distances.” Ironically enough, the North had more food for their troops than the South because the South was focusing on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough…

After the Confederate attack upon Fort Sumter in South Carolina, President Abraham Lincoln called for the states to raise 75,000 able men as volunteers to prevent Confederate forces from striking again. Governor Jackson refused to find volunteers for Lincoln because he believed that, “The Presidents army to make war upon the people of the seceded states.” Knowing that Jackson intended to take his state of Missouri out of the Union, General Nathaniel Lyon took action to prevent this. The first…

The Battle of Gettysburg The Civil war began on April 12th, 1861, only a month after Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. The war began with a confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. After the secession of seven southern states, the state demanded that the U.S. Army abandon all of its bases contained within the Charleston Harbor. This was just the beginning of the bloodiest war in American history. The war comprised of approximately fifty major battles,…

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 after the Union victory at the Battle of Antietam. The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in rebellious Southern states. Nevertheless, it changed the purpose of the war. From the Northern view, the war became a fight to end slavery and preserve the Union. In July of 1863, Lee suffered a bloody defeat to the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. Union general Ulysses S. Grant seized Vicksburg which split the Confederacy…