INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEETING 1 WAS SLAVERY THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR?
During the nineteenth century, slavery was the leading cause of the Civil War, due to differing views on this subject between the Northern and Southern states. The whole debate on slavery began during the Lincoln-Douglas Debate time period when Lincoln and Douglas debated on the Kansas-Nebraska Act stating that the state could choose for themselves the position their state was in for slavery. However, he was countered on his opinion when the Dred-Scott Decision passed through court that denied African American rights to be a citizen. This divided the country into further political parties which included Radical Abolitionists and “Fire-Eaters”, two extreme groups that fought for their beliefs on slavery. These political parties drove citizens to form strong beliefs and therefore split the country into two sides – the North and the South, the Free and the Slaves States, and the Republicans and the Democrats.

INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEETING 2 DOES LINCOLN DESERVE TO BE CALLED THE “GREAT EMANCIPATOR?” …show more content…
Nevertheless, he does not entirely deserve the title of the “Great Emancipator.” He receives great credit for the Emancipation Proclamation when abolitionists such as the Radical Republicans pushed for this bill more and longer than Abraham Lincoln had through protests. Then, Lincoln went against his own policy during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, or the Sioux Uprising, when he sentenced 38 Natives to death for their expression of opinion within Dakota Territory. Also, the Emancipation Proclamation only applied to states in rebellion. He did this for assurance of reelection, so it is possible that we must rethink his title as the “Great Emancipator” when he had ignored Northern