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“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years” (Lincoln). Despite being so young when he passed away, Lincoln’s achievements were worth a dozen lifetimes. Such accomplishments granted him the qualification of being a strong leader. One of his qualification to be a leader were his leadership traits. The traits Abraham Lincoln used to change America were standing for his beliefs, having unbiased opinions, and motivating others. Abraham Lincoln stood…

and the controversy over the cause of the Civil War and history. The disparity between what historians and the general public think is because it is what historians know to be true and what the general public have learned to believe to be true. University of Virginia historian Edward…

The primary issue during the campaign of 1864 was the Civil War and determining how it was going to come to a conclusion. President Lincoln's campaign focused on peace between the states and to keep the Union intact. Lincoln wanted to fight the war and win while his opposing candidate George B. McClellan wanted to cease fighting and negotiate with the Confederacy. When the Southern armies began having success even Lincoln feared that he was going to lose the election. Everything changed on…

When it comes to the causes of the Civil War there are certainly various reasons for it to have begun. I personally think the Civil War was caused mainly for two reasons that being the secession of the Confederate States and slavery issues. The Confederate States had “a constitutional right to secede” thus meaning that they believed the government was not upholding the obligations a state should have and felt the need to separate from the Union (Beard and Rabinowitz 2011). In addition, once…

The South losing the civil war was almost inevitable due to the fact that they had less of almost all resources, The confederates were out populated and the North had higher skilled leaders. Victory was nearly guaranteed for the North due to the Union having more resources. During the war the north had 120,000 factories while the south only had 21,000. With the greater amount of production they were able produce more weapons such as guns and cannons which contributed to the war effort. They…

The Civil War was a product of a great divide between two sides of an unfortunately broken country. The North and South found contrasts in various areas; from the economy, to culture, to standpoints on slavery. In the eyes of few, there is a belief that the war could have been avoided. However, due to the differing cultures and beliefs of the North and the South, the division in the country was far too large, thus rendering the war inevitable. The most prominent cause of the Civil War…

I believe the main cause of the Civil War was the fight over whether land was to be slave or slave free land. I think this because every event leading up to the Civil War was about and land. The four main events I’ll be using will be the following: The Missouri Compromise, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, The Wilmot Proviso and Mexican-American War, and California’s petition for statehood. First off the Missouri Compromise, thought to be a good thing seeing how it evenly divided Missouri and Louisiana…

A windshield survey of the City of Charleston was performed beginning at one of the main streets, Calhoun Street. The first quarter mile includes three different hospitals along with numerous medical offices. To the south of Calhoun there are multi-million dollar historic homes along a seawall called The Battery, most of them dating back to the 18th or 19th century. There is an elevated walk way on The Battery where locals and visitors take walks, enjoying the sounds of the waves and sea…

1. What are some of the long-term causes of the American Civil War (1800s-1850s)? Please give at least 2 examples. The American Civil War was driven by long-term causes and short-term causes. The long-term causes are the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850. The addition of the new lands due to the consequence of the Mexican War caused the South and the North to argue on either these are should allow slavery or not. The Wilmot Proviso was a step to ban slavery from these new areas that…

There are many causes that led to the American Civil War. The American Civil War is also known as “The War Between the States.” The Civil War was a war that divided the nation, destroyed not only cities but crops as well and railroads. Along with the war destroying things, there were also over 63,000 casualties. Some of the reasons were the political and cultural differences between the North and the South. The agricultural economy was certainly one cause of the Civil War but that was not the…