Confederate States of America

This was the catalyst that started the domino effect of the secession. One by one the Southern states started to leave the Union to form their own. Some of the first states to leave were Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas. Along with Alabama, Louisiana, and Florida they formed the Confederate States of America. This new union wanted a weaker form of central government that gave each of its states total independence. Slave trade would still remain banned, but tariffs would be lifted.…

Thomas J. DiLorenzo is the author of the book, The Real Lincoln. A great book in my opinion. DiLorenzo wrote this book to tell about Lincoln’s experience and what he did while he was the sixteenth president of the United States of America. The reason that makes me believe why DiLorenzo wrote this book is that it says in the first paragraph of the introduction, “According to one source, more than 16,000 books have been written on virtually every aspect of Lincoln’s private life and public life.…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Gaining presidency in the midst of the debacle of the Union, Lincoln utilized the characteristics he shared with George Washington such as “sure judgment,” “perfect balance of thoroughly sound faculties,” and “great calmness of temper, great firmness of purpose, supreme moral principle, and intense patriotism” to preserve the Union. (Britannica School) Lincoln devoted his presidency to reestablishing the Union, which he perceived as…

Although Abraham Lincoln had a rough childhood, he became one of America’s greatest presidents, through his leadership and dedication to obtaining freedom for all. During Lincoln’s life, he learned he had to work hard in order to be successful. Lincoln was born in a small cabin in the middle of the Kentucky wilderness. He was born on February 12th, 1809 to his parents Mary Todd and Thomas Lincoln. Both his parents were uneducated. Because of this, Lincoln’s family did not have much. Lincoln…

The Gettysburg Address is one of the most recognizable documents in the history of the United States. Abraham Lincoln delivered the speech on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of the Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, PA. This cemetery marks the final resting place for thousands of soldiers who died during the Civil War. At the time the address was given, the United States of America, the experiment in democracy, was 100 years old and had not dealt with a crisis such as this. The very…

stating that the war was started over the contrasting economic systems of the North and South. I disagree with this statement and instead believe that the peculiar institution, slavery, was the major factor that led to the conflicts of the Union and Confederates. The differing morals of these two distinct regions sparked the beginning of the war and the position of slavery as a moral institution and the rate of its growth was an underlying issue of the war. The Civil War…

important in American History for the changes she made in the world. Joseph P. Lash wrote “While the Keller’s raised almost everything they needed on their farm, they were not wealthy” (45). Her father was Arthur H. Keller had served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War with his second cousin Robert E. Lee. He retired and became an editor of a weekly newspaper. “North Alabamian”, a country weekly that he had…

The biopic movie entitled “Lincoln” directed by Steven Spielberg on 2012, is focused on the sixteenth president of United States of America, which is Abraham Lincoln to end the civil war and forever ban the slavery during his second term in the House of Representatives in 1865. However, Lincoln is pertained that once the war ended, his Emancipation Proclamation might be rejected by the court and the Thirteenth Amendment will be crushed. As the Republican prioritized to end the war immediately,…

On July 10, 2015, the Confederate flag was removed from the statehouse in South Carolina. The taking down of the flag caused a gigantic controversy between different groups. Some Americans believe the flag represents hatred, slavery, and racism, while others believe it represents southern heritage and freedom. The Confederate flag has a red background with a blue cross diagonally, outlined by white. In the blue cross, there are 13 five-pointed white stars. The controversy that has arisen is…

Mississippi grew into a bigger state. Mississippi brought many slaves in and used slaves to do a lot of their dirty work. They would treat slaves the way they feel they needed to be treated. Mississippi was a state that wanted to be on it’s on from the beginning, with no one to look up too. Question 2: During the 1840’s and 1850’s slavery began to change all because of…