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The United States of America would not be where it is now without the 13th amendment. The 13th amendment abolished all slavery in the United States of America. It was passed by Congress on January 31, 1865. One of the major events that led the United States of America to abolish slavery was the Civil War (1861-1865). Another reason why the United States of America passed the 13th amendment was because of the cruel inhumane way the plantation owners were treating their slaves. In addition,…

Reconstruction was the period where United States began to rebuild after the Civil War ended. There were a few plans that were introduced when Reconstruction occurred; Lincoln Plan, Johnson Plan May of 1865, and the Congressional Reconstruction (Radical Republicans). The result of the Lincoln Plan consisted of the population from the South (Confederates) being pardoned of all transgression against the North (Union) if they swore their allegiance to them and the allegiance allowed the state would…

Which former US president was the most significant in US History? In US History, there have been both effective and ineffective presidents that were in charge of this great nation for some period of time. All of these men were extremely brave to take charge of a nation as powerful as the U.S., but some had more accomplishments than others. In my opinion, the most significant and influential president in US History was President Abraham Lincoln. President Abraham Lincoln managed to do a few major…

Are we creating an infamous history? 10 years ago, congress passed the highest tariff in our known history. (The tariffs were meant as a strategy to lure consumers towards buying American products.) President Andrew Jackson has always openly supported Henry Clay's proposal of a lower international tax. This decision could've been harming southerners and benefiting the north. The loudest voice in the Southerners' fight against the tariff has been Vice President John C. Calhoun. Meanwhile, the…

How Did the Civil War Change People’s Views About Freedom? Did the Civil War change Americans views about freedom and rights? The American Civil War began in 1861 and was a result of the dispute between northern and southern states over slavery and rights.The north side was fighting over African Americans being free, and they eventually triumphed after four years of conflict. The Civil War changed Americans views and ideas about freedom by increasing people’s urge to give equal rights to the…

Although slavery was thought of as being the only cause for the Civil War, the States’ Rights were also a main contributing factor. The States’ Rights were an ongoing struggle dealing with political power in the United States between the Federal government and the individual states. The term States’ Rights symbolizes the resistance of some states to federal laws. These states didn’t want to be controlled and experienced a lot of racial discrimination and segregation. They felt there were too…

Slavery had always been an issue in the United States after their independence from Great Britain. Although both north and south had slaves, it was a bigger issue in the south. The reason for this is because the south was very agricultural. The issue of slavery brought many problems like making southerners believe that their institution of slavery was under attack by the republicans and Lincoln, debates before the civil war, and southerners believe they had to succeed. Southerners believed…

There is no argument that the naval contributions to the American Civil War are largely ignored in Civil War history books. James M. McPherson’s War on the Waters: the Union and Confederate navies gives us a view of both the Union and Confederate Navies and explains both their organizations and the government involvement into the departments. McPherson makes a point that the Union Navy deserves more credit for Northern victory than it initially received. McPherson mentions both Grant and…

John C. Breckenridge. National (Southern) Democratic Platform. Adopted at Charleston and Baltimore,1860. Print. Summary of Source: In 1860, from Charleston and Baltimore, the National(southern) Democratic platform presented their resolutions to the people of America. They believe that the new territories admitted to the united states should allow the people to vote whether or not it will become a free state or a slave state. The people were also allowed to settle into these new…

sides, but the loyalty of states in between established Northern and Southern territory was not clear. Lincoln and the Union needed these states to remain loyal for transportation of Union supplies and troops back and forth between enemy territory. Maryland was an especially important border state because it surrounded Washington, D.C. However, Confederate sympathies in the area made Union activity difficult, and the potential dangers were verified in the Pratt Street Riot. In this incident,…