...fighting each other in the Civil War. As we look through the events you will see that the main issue is Slavery and whether or not it should be allowed in the United States. In the 1820’s and 1830’s the Abolitionist movement heightened the slavery issue by the north. In 1827 New York abolishes slavery which became the first state in the north to go from a slave state to Free State. In 1838 the Underground Railroad is created by a black abolitionist Robert Purvis, and then in 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland. She reportedly returned to the South 19 times and brought out more than 300 slaves all through the use of the Underground Railroad. Also during the time of the Abolishment movement women started fighting for their rights. Women started to feel like they could relate to the slaves, since women had no real rights. Most women were married, and worked in the home. Anything the women would make or any property she owned automatically converted to her husband when they married. If for any reason they divorced, the husband would get everything including the children, in most cases. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both abolitionists, started the women’s right movement after they were required to sit behind a curtain at a world antislavery convention in London. They issued a Declaration of Sentiments which stated “All men and women are created equal” (Davidson, Gienapp, Heyrman, Lytle & Stoff, 2006). Women’s rights and abolishment issues were becoming...
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...Civil War and Slavery January 30, 2011 HIS 325: African American History Civil War and Slavery The decade of 1850s was a very fateful and turbulent time in the US history. This is when the seeds of the US Civil War began due to the North and the South disagreeing on the status of the slaves and the idea of slavery. The South had many plantations that were run by the slaves and the North was in favor of abolishing slavery. The South knew that if slavery was abolished, they would stand to lose a lot as they would have to pay their farmers instead of them being their slaves. The North was more industrialized and it really did not have much need for slaves and slavery. It is perhaps most interesting to note that slavery had a very direct relation with the Civil War as one of the root causes for the start of the war was because of slavery. Slavery was introduced in the America during the early colonial times and the American Revolution had established that all men should be equal. There was a lot of debate amongst the Americans and the North and the South came across a rift when it came to the ideas regarding slavery. The South had more plantations and needed more workers and this is why they favored slavery. The North had different ideas and they wanted the freedom of the slaves. This caused a rift and was the cause of the Civil War between the North and the South. The South really needed the slaves to work on...
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...Events That Led To The Civil War There are many events throughout US History that lead to the North and South fighting each other in the Civil War. As we look through the events you will see that the main issue is Slavery and whether or not it should be allowed in the United States. In the 1820’s and 1830’s the Abolitionist movement heightened the slavery issue by the north. In 1827 New York abolishes slavery which became the first state in the north to go from a slave state to Free State. In 1838 the Underground Railroad is created by a black abolitionist Robert Purvis, and then in 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in Maryland. She reportedly returned to the South 19 times and brought out more than 300 slaves all through the use of the Underground Railroad. Also during the time of the Abolishment movement women started fighting for their rights. Women started to feel like they could relate to the slaves, since women had no real rights. Most women were married, and worked in the home. Anything the women would make or any property she owned automatically converted to her husband when they married. If for any reason they divorced, the husband would get everything including the children, in most cases. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott both abolitionists, started the women’s right movement after they were required to sit behind a curtain at a world antislavery convention in London. They issued a Declaration of Sentiments which stated “All men and women are...
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...Amendment, which goes, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude… shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction,” formally ended slavery in America during the mid-1800s. The dispute over the slavery was well fought but dragged out. To this day, many argue over the question ‘Who Freed the Slaves?’. Many say Lincoln did by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment, which is technically correct. Others argue that the slaves freed themselves by fighting in rebellion and joining the Union army as means of escape. Though the emancipation...
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...The history of slavery in America dates back to the seventeenth century when slaves were brought to Virginia in 1619. The era of slavery in US can be broadly divided into three sections, The Antebellum, Slavery during the Civil War, The Reconstruction We will be focusing our attention on the lives of slaves during the Civil War - a war many believe was fought for their emancipation. But before we get an insight into this subject, it is important to know in brief the events that led to the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was elected the President of United States in 1860, and this propelled anxiety and fear in the minds of the southern states who believed that the government will pass laws that will dampen their economy and the 'southern way of life.' This was primarily because of the reason that northerners hadn't too much at stake in the institution of slavery. Their economy chiefly depended on industries and factories. South, on the other hand, depended on slaves heavily for their work. The plantations of indigo, tobacco, rice, and cotton (after the invention of cotton gin) required hard labor and the slaves were made to work for long hours so that profit was maximized. Many people believe that the Civil War was about North's struggle to emancipate the slaves and South's fight to continue the slave trade. However, it should be remembered that the North did not go to war to emancipate the slaves, instead Abraham Lincoln, before becoming the President...
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...President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation speech was one of the greatest political movements in history. Even though many of Lincoln’s advisors did not support the proclamation it actually took Abraham two times to get the bill passed. After the battle of Antietam and the Union had won then Lincoln decided that that victory was enough standing ground to issue the Emancipation that took place five days later on September 22nd 1862 that only affected the rebellion states. The Emancipation was one of the greatest political movements because it changed the focus of one of the biggest wars in United States history. It changed the aim from being the conservation of the “Union” to the slaves becoming the main aim for the war after that...
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...For Cause and Comrades A war is a state of open, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried nations, states, or parties. The civil war was not a war between two countries fighting for land or control. The civil was within America, where citizens were dividing in their ideals and motivations. Northern states and the southern states differing ideals lead to fighting which separated them. Every war has its reasons whether it is a good and acceptable reason or a bad reason. People are killed in the heat of battle and the country itself can be damaged because of war; people want a reason for why their fighting. Some wars are inevitable and some are not, it all depends on what they are fighting for. In James M. McPherson’s book “For Cause and Comrades” he discusses the reasons why men fought in the civil war. 1. What are the primary sources used by McPherson to explain the motives of the 3 million soldiers who fought in the Civil war? What are the advantages and drawbacks to this approach? In the book, For Cause & Comrades—Why Men Fought in the Civil war, James M. McPherson uses collected diary entries and letters written by soldiers that were fighting for either the Confederate or Union army as his primary resources for this book. McPherson gives us these primary sources to give us insights into the life of soldiers fighting in the civil war. He explains that the “evidence consists of the personal letters written by soldiers during the war to family members, sweethearts...
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...Conflict in Disguise The Civil War, it is a defining moment in America’s history. The Civil War happened between the years of 1861-1865. The war determined what America’s future would hold. Two sides participated in the war; the North and the South. However, the North would claim victory. Within that victory was 625,000 lives lost. It was perhaps one of the most destructive wars in the United States’ history. The Civil War started over conflict because of the differences between the free states and the slave states. Many thought that the war went on due to the act of abolishing slavery within the southern states, but was that really the cause? While reading through sources, a common question re-appears, was it really slavery that caused the...
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...The factors that contributed to the Civil War were of many between the North and the South. From Lincoln being elected President of the United States, to disagreements between the Northern states and Southern states based on their rights and federal rights. Part of the disagreements was the debate over slavery and its outcome for the future. The fight for slaves versus having a democracy led to the Fort Sumter event that began the war. Before Lincoln was even inaugurated, the South was very angry in the decision of the election. They had felt that Lincoln was going to abolish slavery. In fact Lincoln was not going to interfere where slavery was already taken place, but just not to expand slavery in new states. The South felt threatened by...
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...Brianna Sugatan February 1st, 2016 HIS-202 Trochim Reconstruction Reconstruction was a time era, 1863 to 1877, in American history where there was an attempt to resolve issues from the Civil War. It was a period of putting back the pieces. The Confederacy and slavery were demolished and the development of the Constitution strengthened the rights of citizens. The movement tackled the return of southern states that had estranged, the status of previous confederate leaders, and the Constitutional status of the African-Americans. Controversy on how to handle the situations and by the 1870s Reconstruction had been considered a failure for the lack of equally integrating the recently freed slaves into the legal, political, economic and social system. The Dunning School perceived Reconstruction as a failure for different reasons. They claimed Reconstruction took freedom and rights away from qualified Caucasians and gave it to unqualified African-Americans. Revisionism focused on economics, and ultimately downplayed political and constitutional issues. They claimed that the movement was an attempt by financiers, railroad builders, and industrialists to use the Republican Party to control the national government for their own selfish economic needs. There has been much debate as far as which interpretation is best. Dunning’s interpretation is best because although it views the failure of Reconstruction, it also draws attention to what Reconstruction achieved. Reconstruction allowed...
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...When the Civil War came to a close on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Courthouse, it was obvious that making amends between the conflicting regions was going to be a difficult task. Reconstruction was a period plagued by conflict because there was no precedent or blueprints on how to deal with secession because the Founding Fathers never thought it would happen. There were several different ideas on how to go about Reconstruction, but they all conflicted with one another. I agree with these different plans by Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress to a certain extent, the Reconstruction policies were mediocre and could have been improved, Southern resistance was provoked but not justified, and lastly the most lasting impact of Reconstruction was the increase...
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...There were many events in the first 100 years of the United States history that shaped it and set it on the track to make it one of the most powerful countries in the world as it is today. These events include the Civil War, the advancement of technology in the north and south, and even the first amendment. Each of these had a significant effect on how the country people so well know came to be. The first impacting event that played a huge role in the creation of the United States is the Civil War. At first the Civil War was over the separation of the eleven confederate states and the twenty three union states, but later came to be a war over the allowance of slaves. The Civil War shaped our country by preventing slavery and future forms of it. Also, at the end of the war the thirteenth amendment was written by Abraham Lincoln to completely ban slavery in the United States....
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...underground railroad is Harriet Tubman. Harriet was an influential figure during the fight to abolish slavery. It all started with her early life, leading to her main accomplishments and her after-life legacy. Harriet inspired many generations and people across the world. Harriet’s legacy is her bravery to escape from slavery and pursue abolishment. She will forever go down in history for her fight for freedom. As a child, Tubman grew up in Dorchester County, Maryland. Harriet was originally named Araminta Ross, which she later changed to Harriet Tubman after getting married. Tubman was one of nine children born to Harriet “Rit” and Ben Ross, enslaved people owned by two different families on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. At the age of six, Tubman began to work as a house servant for the Brodess family, who owned Tubman for the majority of her life. The Brodess family would make Tubman work in dangerous, miserable conditions. While Tubman was twenty-five and still enslaved, she married a free black man named John Tubman and later took the last name Tubman. While Tubman was just a teenager, she was severely injured. Tubman’s owner, who was...
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...Civil War Paper Jennifer Ayala HIS/115 October 21, 2012 Kathy Buhe Civil War Paper The mid-19th century is a historic period in the history of the United States, one that shaped the nation we now know. In the year 1861, the tension that had long been brewing between the north and south exploded and led the nation to war. The catalyst was Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the presidential election. As an anti-slavery Republican, the southern states feared his agenda and chose to secede from the Union. The Confederate States of America was formed and the refusal of said states to rejoin the Union led to a Civil War, neighbor against neighbor, each fighting for what they believed to be right. The four years of the war were costly, both in monetary value and lives lost; and the effects were long lasting, shaping the nation into what it would become and stand for, even over a century later. The Civil War, often referred to as The War Between the States, lasted four years, from 1861-1865, and shaped the nation of America into what it currently is. Historian Shelby Foote spent a great deal of time researching this monumental period of American history to pen her famous civil war narrative. Foote believed that the Civil War defined the nation and that to understand the character of America, it is important to study this war. What I believe Foote meant was that the nation was at a crossroads. It was deeply divided and no longer could it continue on as such. Either the nation would...
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...Slavery Supporters Slavery is somewhat of a taboo idea. It was eventually abolished, but before it was, many people had argument after argument about whether it should stay and why. The people who were supporters of slavery had their own different reasons for it, and believe it or not, they were on some levels, realistic and reasonable. Many arguments for slavery to stay involved the economic, political, and moral views of people. Some people thought that the economy would suffer from slavery being abolished. There would be no workers on plantations and the crops and harvestable goods would eventually die out. The land owners of the plantations would be left to fend for themselves, if not shut down their land since it is no longer being effective and aiding the economy. Slaves would be normal people and the economy would have to fit in everyone’s needs in drastic ways with a very low income of goods....
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