...caused by the varying economies in the North and South, whether slavery should exist (expand westward), and the failure to establish a compromise. The first main cause of the Civil War was the varying economies between the North and the South. The North’s total population was 23,000,000 million,...
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...difference between the North and South. The actions of the Democratic politicians from the South and Republican politicians from the North kept the conflict between the states at the center of the political debate for years and made the war inevitable. Key political causes of the civil war include the acts congress passed, the split that happened throughout the years between congress, and most importantly the election in 1860 that elected Abraham Lincoln as president. Congress, throughout the years since America won independence passed laws they believed would help their nation. But as slavery became more of a problem in the nation, acts passed by congress became more important and affected the outcome of the American nation and its citizens much greater. Congress passed many acts throughout the years leading to the Civil War, but some very important ones that both held off the civil war and pushed the civil war are the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Connecticut Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas – Nebraska Act of 1854. The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 after Missouri requested in 1819 to be part of the Union as a slave state. Missouri’s request may have seemed like a simple request but this small request shocked the whole nation and caused an outrage. This is because America’s delegate balance of slave and Free states was being threatened. If Missouri was passed as a slave state then slave states would out number Free states and this made the North furious and caused...
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...part of the UGRR as a conductor, and she led the slaves to the north. She was also a spy for the union, a nurse, a disabled caretaker, and more. Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement was being a conductor on the UGRR. She saved many slaves from slavery. She took a 600+-mile journey there and back, the risk involved. She has done this many times, which is why this is her greatest achievement. First of all, I believe the UGRR was Harriet Tubman's greatest achievement because she saved many slaves from slavery, which was a horrible thing. To be a slave...
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...Hurry up! Harriet Tubman said as she guided The slave away from their masters home. Harriet Tubman was an African-American abolitionist and the conductor of the Underground Railroad, she made many Journeys back and forth to help slaves be free. Harriet Tubman saved Thousands/hundreds of slaves, she also gave up a part of her life to help free slaves, and last but not least Harriet Tubman helped end slavery and played a major role in the 18-1900s. I believe she was the greatest African-American abolitionist. My first reason why Harriet Tubman was a huge part of slavery was because, she saved and helped hundreds of slaves become free. Research had shown that she had made an estimated 19 journeys back and forth between the south and Northern states in a ten year span. Each time she went she was helping at least 15 slaves per trip , it may not seem like a lot but, it seemed a lot to the Slave masters and the slaves. There was also an estimated 300 slaves she had saved. Each trip would take about a year and 7 months at the least. She saved the lives of so many people which is why she deserves to be recognized. To the next reason!...
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...Union, what led up to the secession of the states was the ongoing conflict of slavery. The North and South’s differences were growing, and during these issues, many people argued that slavery was unconstitutional, which had brought up even more issues between the North and South, and it had ultimately led to the secession of the South from the Union. Secession was the withdraw of eleven Southern states from the Union. When the states had spilt, the North had remained as the Union and the South had formed what they called, a Confederacy. The secession of the states didn’t last long when the North...
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...1861 to about May 1865, Northern and Southern American soldiers geared up for the nation’s first Civil War. It was fought mainly on key differences of principals and viewpoints of the North and South. Many people think the main or only cause of the Civil War was slavery, however there are many different aspects that led up to the war. The North and South had very different economies and ways of life. They tried to make compromises to suit both parties, but they never fully satisfied anyone. Of the many plausible causes of the Civil War, economic differences leading to divisions of wealth, slavery, differences in population and politics all led to the Civil...
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...appreciation of why loyal citizens believed a Union that guaranteed democratic self-government was worth great sacrifice, no accurate understanding of the Civil War era was possible” (Gallagher). I agree with this statement by Gallagher because if it wasn’t for the decisions and executions of the Union I am not sure if I would be living in a democratic, free society today. In The Union War, Gallagher “offers a companion volume that extends his manifesto against hindsight, what Gallagher calls the ‘Appomattox syndrome,’ to histories of the Union” (Gallagher, 79). According to Gallagher, researchers who work backward from emancipation and Reconstruction have expanded northern devotion to race, slavery, and abolition while complicating loyal Americans’ major war aim, the Union. The above quote stated by Gary Gallagher is one of the main causes as to why the North won the Civil War because with the joining of citizens who wanted to fight for their democratic government, it gave the Union more soldiers that wanted to fight than the Confederates. They won the Civil War simply because they had more people. The North won the Civil War they were on the right side of human ethical issues. They had their best interest in helping the morals of humans and this alone helps citizens be able to trust the Union’s tendencies and this can also make a citizen loyal. The North clearly had more men to fight for them and there were more people that wanted to end slavery, consisting of slaves themselves...
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...Americans fought against themselves for their own rights in which they believed they were entitled to. To many it would be considered shocking and absurd to say the Civil War was something that could have been avoided – and they’re right. The Civil War was an unavoidable and ultimately inevitable conflict that was essential to the evolution of our nation. The differences between the North and the South, economically, geographically, and politically, were major players on why the two divided halves of the America could not prosper together at that time; that and the fact that the previous attempts to compromise on slavery had reached an unavoidable end also made the Civil War an inevitable and undeniable conclusion to the problems brewing between the two sides. There was simply no further room for compromise. There were many differences between the North and the South. The most obvious of which is that the North was, for the most part, industrial; while the South on the other hand was economically dependent of the production of staple crops (primarily cotton). The production of cotton in the South with the advent of the cotton gin soared, causing an increase of labor required; this lead to an increased dependency on slave labor in the south. Slavery was something the North often looked down upon and also held little or no value to them. How could a nation survive with no conflict when there were two very distinct sides that held opposing economic ideals and beliefs? Beginning...
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...had come to divide the North and the South, but it was also beneficial for both.” “Do you feel the Compromise of 1850 was beneficial?” “Yes, both the North and the South benefited from it. The North gained California as a free state, the South gained no slave restrictions in both Utah and New Mexico territories, such was to be decided by popular sovereignty. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C. but slaveholding in the area was allowed. Texas loses the boundary dispute with New Mexico but gains 10 million dollars. All in all, the Compromise was fair and giving to everyone in the Union.” “What are your feelings on Popular Sovereignty and the consequences that have resulted from it, such as Bleeding Kansas?” “Popular Sovereignty may have been created for the people and by the people, but it does not help the people. It unconstitutional and has sparked many violent and chaotic results that have only helped to divide our nation further. Bleeding Kansas is perhaps the most obvious of these violent consequences. Not only did Bleeding Kansas present that our nation had divided into two, a North and South, it provoked the two sides into a state of war. With good hearted men from the same House fighting against each other over something as a little as whether Kansas was to be a slave or free state. Frankly, our nation cannot be divided or it will fall, we will no longer be the country of free men…the country that is to serve as an example to look up to by foreign nations…we...
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...Women, Slaves, and Free Blacks in the Civil War History/110 25 Feb 2015 1. What roles did Northern women play in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War? What roles did Southern women play in the war effort on the Confederate side during the Civil War? How did the war affect each group? Northern women contributed greatly to the Civil War effort for the north. As the north was more industrialized, women took on jobs that were traditionally done by men. They worked in manufacturing, worked in retail, and took care of more things around their homes. Northern women took care of the homes and children and often did things around the house that the men mainly use to do. Some women decided to take a more serious support of the war effort by becoming nurses and tending to the wounded men as they returned from the front lines. Some women attached themselves to various units and took on support roles for the units. These support roles included cooking, laundering, clothing repair and nursing. All of these duties were in an effort to alleviate extra efforts on the men’s part. A few women even volunteered to take on intelligence gathering roles and conducting clandestine operations to gather information from confederate units. These would infiltrate confederate units and create rapport with influential members of a unit in order to solicite and gather intelligence that could be used against them. Information such as troop movements, troop strength, current operations...
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...the United States realize that slaves aren't just animals or things, but real human beings. The Underground Railroad was an amazing ingenious feat. Using verbal and visual codes, and some of the engineering feats. There were some crazy hiding techniques that people came up with to keep slaves hidden from authorities, whether the slaves were staying somewhere, or traveling from place to place. If it wasn't for the Underground Railroad, many slaves would've been beat, or worse, killed by their own masters. There are many people who believe that the Underground Railroad was exactly that, and underground railroad (aka. Subway). But in reality the underground railroad was actually just a new type of transportation. It was called “Underground” because it was hidden from authorities, and hidden from many others too. The word “Railroad” was used because of the fact that the Underground Railroad was an up and coming type of transportation, it wasn't the fastest, or the...
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...bloodshed on American soil. Why? The reasons are varied. From the formation of America to 1860, the people in this country were divided. This division was a result of location and personal sentiments. Peace could not continue in a country filled with quarrels that affected the common American. There is a common misconception that the American Civil War was fought only over slavery, when in fact there were several other reasons for why the War Between the States was fought. The Civil War (or the War of the Rebellion as it is officially known) lasted for four years, from 1861-1865. It was between the American people; primarily the northern states vs. the southern states. The South was called the Confederate States of America (also known as the Rebels) and was led by President Jefferson Davis. The North was still known as the United States of America, or the Union, and the people were called the Yankees or sometimes the Federals. They were led by president Abraham Lincoln. If one were to ask the average person the causes of the War Between the States, that person would most likely answer with one word: slavery. But this was not the only cause. Slavery had been a historical problem before the war. Slavery came up in debate during the making of the American Constitution, and both Northern and Southern states held slaves. In 1611, a group of Scottish women and children were sold as the first slaves in America, and in 1618 the first African slaves were sold in America. Between 1611...
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...How free were free blacks in the North? The Misleading Truth of Freedom Imagine you are in the Antebellum North around 1860, and you are an African American slave escaping from the wrath of your evil master. You came to the North in hopes of freedom, but you might not be a slave but your life isn’t much better. You are completely restricted, and the White people despise you. They treat you like vermin. You have to take care of yourself and family in this new world, but in reality how much better is this than slavery? Nowadays, you might be told in your social studies classes that after slavery ended, black people rejoiced and enjoyed their freedom, but there were still many things that they were not allowed to do. Some of these include the fact that black people were not given the right to political freedom, lacked multiple social freedoms, and had less economic freedom. Although some people might say that black people were allowed to go to church and express their own religion, that is not true because they were still being discriminated against while doing this. They were...
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...Civil War, The Missouri Comprise, Civil Rights acts, enslaved African Americans and even information down to one of the latest historically issues the Michael Brown case of Ferguson Missouri. I decided to focus more on The Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Missouri Compromise created a huge quarrel between the northern and southern states. The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to conserve a balance between power in the Congress within the freed slave states and the non freed slave states. The southern states were against the Missouri Compromise and they argued that it evoked the Congress the power to create laws regarding slavery. The southern states relied on slaves economically because the...
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...states and split from the north. Well Abraham Lincoln thought that would be the downfall of the United States. The Civil War was fought to between the Union and the Confederacy on the issue of splitting up the United States. The country was divided between two philosophies, either they thought the country could only survive and prosper as a whole, or they believed the south had the right to split from the union. The country was divided between two different philosophies. The North believed if the South seceded from the North the country would crumble. While the South believed they had the right as states to separate themselves from the Union. (Malvasi) Abraham Lincoln was the head of the Unions thinking. He had a great sense of political knowledge. He realized if the south did secede the Union wouldn’t stand a chance against attack because half of the country essentially would have been gone. Lincoln originally had no plans of abolishing slavery all his focus was on keeping the country together in one strong unit. (Malvasi) The South on the other hand felt they had been mistreated by the Union and were being taken advantage of. Soon the idea of secession came around and South Carolina was the first to make the threat. They were quickly followed by states like Georgia and Mississippi. They were in fact threatening to leave because they believed the Union wanted to abolish slavery. They thought the plan was to do so by admitting more free states than slave states so congress would be one sided...
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