Peace had finally fallen across America. The Civil War concluded on April 9, 1865 with Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendering his troops to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The South had finally been defeated after many excruciating years of war. Good Friday approached and the Lincoln's and many other government officials attended the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s theater. Laughter engulfed the theater. The nation’s worries were behind them, and a bright future of compromise lay ahead. America’s turmoil was gone and their future lay bright like the northern star. Little did the people know that a man and his conspirators were conceiving a plan to throw the government into chaos. In the blink of an …show more content…
The North believed in equality and freedom for the slaves. The South, the polar opposite of the North, yearned for slaves because cotton was king and the only way to mass produce cotton was with the assistance of slaves. In a country composed of chaos, a leader was needed. The Democrats were divided into the northern and the southern democrats among the topic of slavery. Stephan Douglas, the northern democrat, believed in popular sovereignty. John Breckinridge, the southern democrat, believed that slave owners were entitled to own slaves in new territories. John Bell of the Constitutional Union party had a neutral presence on slaver, as he only desired to preserve the Union at any and all costs. Finally was Abraham Lincoln of the Republican party. A diamond in the ruff, Lincoln was against the issue of slavery. Turmoil would soon cause the North to go to war against the Confederate South. The bloodies battle in American History waged on. At what seemed like an eternity of pain and suffering, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered at Appotomax Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Peace now seemed infinite, although tensions still remained for those in the South. The Civil War was a petrifying time for America and they were about to be shocked once