[Abstract] The American Civil War is the only civil war in American history. It exploded between the United States of American and Confederate States of American. On the one hand, eleven southern states formed the Confederate States of American for leaving the United States of American, which also called" the Confederacy" and allowed slavery. On the other hand, the US government and the states also formed another union, which briefly named "the North", each state where slavery was illegal supported the Union. War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter held by a Union garrison . And there are many reasons led to the war broke up, such as slavery, the conflict between the North and the South, the difference in ideology and so on. What 's more, the American Civil War also called
The civil war brought down slavery which was a big part of the United States back then. The northern part of America did not like the ways the south had and treated slaves. So they started a war about it which had begun with the battle of Fort Sumter which started on April 12, 1861 and ended two days later. About 620,000 people had died in the four years the American Civil War had taken place.
The Civil War was from 1861-1865 . During the Civil War Abraham Lincoin was the president of the United States of America . In the South the president was Jefferson Davis not of the U.S.A but of the Confederate States of America . The North won the Civil War because they had more guns , men , and more ammo . The South on the other hand , had less men and guns and ammo in fact there were 22 million people North and only 9 million South and out of that 9 million only 5.5 were white . One main reason the Civil War broke out was that the North and South states couldn’t agree on slavery . The South did want slavery , but the North did not . In total 620,000 died in the Civil War in four years that’s how many people died . Many African
In the town of Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, 3,000 Union soldiers prepared to face 60,000 Confederate soldiers in battle. The Battle of Gettysburg is known to have been the day the Union regained its ground. An estimated 50,000 soldiers were killed, captured or wounded. The battle turned out to be a crushing defeat for the Confederacy. However, if the Confederacy turned out to be successful in conquering the Union at Gettysburg, the outcome of the Civil War would have been different than things turned out to be. If the South had won at Gettysburg, the ultimate outcome of the war would have changed because the United States would have been divided into two countries, one economically sufficient without slaves and the other economically deprived with slaves.
About 650,000 soldiers died during the Civil War; either by combat, accidents, diseases or starvation. The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars America has faced. The Union beat the Confederates over slavery. The United States no longer has slavery and reconstruction follows the war. Reconstruction was different for everyone in the North and the South. “Reconstruction was widely viewed as a era of corruption and misgovernment…” There were many problems that faced the South, like, keeping former slaves from being used by white landowners and finding ways to provide to former slaves. However, Reconstruction was successful for African Americans, Southerners, and Northerners.
The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was a war fought within the newly born United States of America, between the Confederacy (South) and the Union (North). Jefferson Davis was the president for the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was the president for the Union. The southern economy was largely based on slaves and the crops they produced. On the other hand, the northern economy depended on industry. The war resolved two main questions left unanswered by the revolution; whether the US was a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government, and whether the US would continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world.
The Civil War only exposed the differences that existed between the states of the same country. The United States was a divided country, long before the civil war began. Both had different interests and this contributed to the fact that they decided to separate. One important legacy that the Civil War has left us, were the abolition of slavery; even when at the time we live in today, there is still racism and discrimination. The abolition of slavery helped slaves to be physically free, but it takes so much work to get freedom in their civil rights. Even today there is still a long way to go, to say that slavery ended. The triumph of the Union in the civil war, intensified the racial problem, the southern Americans did not want to accept the defeat and created the Ku Klux Klan; a group formed by Confederate soldiers with the purpose of continuing the persecution of the blacks. Even when this group was dissolved in 1870, in the current era there are still racist groups that call themselves White Supremacy Groups. The Civil War had a very high cost; the loss of American lives, separation of families that fought in different sides and great economic losses. In the end, each American has a different opinion and vision about the war, but the most important thing is the lesson of life that this war left to the American people. This war shows, that they are a strong nation and that despite the situations and problems that may arise, they can start over again. This war created the basis for the United States, to be the world power nation that it is
The Civil War was a war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. The Civil War was when America broke up and went to war with each other. More than 620,000 were killed and millions were injured. The main reason it started was because of slavery. Southern states seceded from the Union because they wanted slavery, they had different economics, and they didn't want any more compromises.
The American civil war occurred in 1861. This war marked a critical turning point in the United States history. The war pitted the northern against the southern states. The states in these two regions had different social, political and economic attributes. For instance, the North had a booming industrial sector whereas the South relied heavily on the agricultural sector. The North advocated for the abolition of the institution of slavery whereas Southern States vehemently opposed this proposal (Burton, 2011). This opposition was attributable to the fact that Southern States heavily relied on slave labor to support its expansive agricultural sector. The slaves were of African American descent. In sharp contrast with the Northern States the
The Civil War pinned brother against brother in the fight against the Union and the Confederacy. Originally, the purpose for the North fighting the war was to preserve the Union. However, once Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, The Union now fought to end slavery as well as preservation of the Union. Even though the Union had been victorious, hundreds of thousands of mean still died. The Civil War is known as the bloodiest war to have ever taken place on American soil. One positive outcome of the Civil War is that the railroads were being built and perfected which is a major technological development in U.S. history. Another consequence of the war
After the civil war and with the assassination of President Lincoln the south was forced to go through the reconstruction. Reconstruction was a highly oppressive system, under the guise of readmitting states into the union that the north used to make the rebel states pay for the civil war. The south was lawless to a certain degree and those who had been part of the confederacy were punished severely. Even coming to a point of having to beg the president for their rights For all practical purposes the north made reconstruction as hard for the south as possible, and because of this reconstruction caused more harm than good to either side.
The northern and southern states of America gradually grew to become very different in both ideas but also economically. One of the prevailing ideas that differed between both regions was slavery. In the north, the economy was mostly composed of the manufacturing industry while in the south the economy was mostly based on agriculture. Seeing as how the south was dependent on slaves for their workforce in agriculture it only makes sense that they would highly oppose any conflicting views and laws. Any freedom given to slaves was a threat to the souths livelihood.
The Civil War was a war between the divided United States. Although it may have been to “preserve the Union”, the underlying problem of the war - a problem that had been simmering for years - was slavery. Lincoln had been cautious at the beginning of the war to not upset the border states, but near the end he added the emancipation of slaves to the Union’s war goals. Part of the reason that the North won the Civil War was due to the number of resources that they produced, the release of the Emancipation Proclamation, and military leadership.
Following the end of the Civil War, the United States of America set its sights on restructuring the South. Idealistically, the North was to serve as a model and guide the redevelopment of southern society - purging it of slavery, introducing manufacturing, and creating new markets. Realistically, however, this was
The Civil War allowed the United States to make the changes necessary to unify the country. In addition, it began one of the most transitional periods in the United States’ history. This period, the Reconstruction, brought about many political, social, and economic changes, which were both beneficial and disagreeable. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, the Panic of 1873, and the formation of the Ku Klux Klan are just a few examples of heavily impacting events for the United States.