"At the root of all the war was the institution of slavery, which had been introduced into North America in early colonial times," says James F. ... There were many arguments between the North on the South about slavery and about ending it. ... After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, eleven states left the Union and proclaimed themselves an independent nation, the Confederate States of America: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The American Civil War had begun. ... "At the root of all the w...

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One section was the North--23 Northern and Western states that supported the federal government. ... At the beginning the North fought only to preserve the Union. ... In both wars, Americans did fight fellow Americans; in the case of the American Revolutionary War, Patriots fought Loyalists (as well as the British); in the case of the American Civil War, Americans from the North fought Americans from the South. ... Families were split between the North and South. ... Grain from the North was becoming big business due to McCormick's mechanical reaper. ...

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The United States of America has undergone a lot of changes over the years. ... The first event to be discussed is the civil war, more known in the history books as The American Civil War, a war in the 1860s that was to determine whether the survival of the union; known as the North, or the independence for the confederacy, which was the south. ... In the past, south had millions of black slaves put to hard labor, unlike the North, where slavery was illegal. ... The north had been positively affected by the fall of the south. ... As I pointed out earlier, slavery in the north was forbidden, an...

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These advantages and strengths helped the north overpower the south and win the most deadly battle of America's history at that time. The North had so many advantages over the south. ... The North produced 97% of all firer arms in America, and 96% of the nation's railroad equipment. ... If the Confederacy won this war, who knows what it might be like today in the great United States of America. The Civil War showed the people of America that slavery was immoral and that war is very deadly. ...

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The largest American armies ever forged would be the Union and Confederate forces totaling nearly 3 million people. ... In 1862 the Confederacy was losing men at an astonishing rate and enacted the first conscription law in American history. ... A major issue in both the North and South was financing. ... The South formed a 15 million dollar bond and the North generated a 150 million dollar bond. ... Despite civil unrest among northern society and outrage at the first income tax in American history the American people stood proud and were able to preserve the Union that still stands today. ...

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The struggle between state and federal government is a large part of American history. ... The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments aided the North's vision of reconstruction. The amendments provided a series of advantages for the North's ideal Union. ... The amendment's most important provision, was to defined an American citizen as anyone born in the United States or naturalized, thereby automatically making African Americans citizens. ... Slavery had been a part of life in America since the early colonial period and became more acceptable in the South than in the North. ...

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There simply cannot have been to countries within America with different lifestyles. ... The north felt a sense of anger against the south to rely on slaves. ... In conclusion, the Union and Confederacy held different dogmas in America. Each faction thought its methods to be the best for America. ... At the price of some 600,000 fatalities more than all American wars combined, the Civil War finally came to a halt. ...

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In addition, the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... The time of reformation swept over the North and West. ... Education changed in the North. ... On February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama where they drafted a constitution for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. ...

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In addition, the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... The time of reformation swept over the North and West. ... Education changed in the North. ... On February 4 delegates from all these states met in Montgomery, Alabama where they drafted a constitution for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and which led to the Civil War. ...

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The American Civil War was a milestone in the history of not only the United States, but the world as well. ... The North in general wanted to keep the Union intact. ... Through the bloodiest battles in American history, the goals of the Northern and Southern counterparts were either achieved or failed. The goals of the North (a.k.a. ... These bloody battles murdered more Americans than in any war in U.S. history. ...

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The Civil War was a military conflict between the United States of America, the Union and the Confederate States of America, the Confederacy. ... The period from 1820-1860 is known as a divisive, tensed era in American History. ... Seven states of the lower South had formed themselves into the Confederate States of America. ... This act had caused tension between the North and the South before the Civil War. ... This decision had boosted Republican prospects in the North. ...

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When Americans didn't agree on things, the outcome was always violent, and the altercation was the Civil War. ... Documents A and B both show the areas of the union and how there was an unequal balance of economical systems in the north and south. In the year 1860, it can be seen that the North had way more railroads than the south, showing the importance of trade in the North rather than the South. ... The North wanted to advance and form a thriving country without the use of slavery, separating themselves from the South. ... Douglass said, in document G, "What, to the American sla...

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The South The South, which was known as the Confederate States of America, seceded from the North, which was also known as the Union, for many different reasons. ... Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... Southerners compared it with the wage-slave system of the North. ... But after the American Revolution slavery really died it the North, just as it was becoming more popular in the South. ... The North wanted to limit the number of slave states in the Union. ...

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Most Americans today do not realize that the constitution that our country is run by today was not the first constitution written. ... The institution of slavery had been introduced into America in the Colonial times. ... Slavery was still a big part of all Americans lives. ... Abolitionists in the north began a movement to end it. ... So the norths economy depended on more trade than farming. ...

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Out of three causes, the first principal cause of the American Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. ... His assault started in summer of 1859, and unluckily, he could only recruited less than 25 men and even five of them were African Americans. ... The North decided to not condemn the raid, and this shocked the South. ... The Battle of Gettysburg was Lee's second attempt to invade the North. ... His attempted to invade the North because most of the battle in the Civil War was fought in the South and it was time to be more offensive to the North. ...

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The Civil War The American civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States. It the most memeriable war in American history, 3 million fought - 600,000 died. It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. ... But by the 1830s the market revolution had tied Northeastern factories and Northwestern farms into a roughly unified, commercialized North. ... An antislavery Republican Party became dominant in the North and elected Abraham Lincoln president in 1860. ...

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The states that remained loyal and did not declare secession were known as the Union or the North. ... Slavery was illegal in the North. ... Sectionalism Sectionalism refers to the different economies, social structure, customs and political values of the North and South. ... These four doctrines comprised the major ideologies presented to the American public on the matters of slavery, the territories, and the U.S. ... These states agreed to form a new federal government, the Confederate States of America, on February 4, 1861. ...

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The successful uprising of that summer gave hope to many suppressed Native Americans. ... Exploitation of wage labor had also plagued America. A severe economic slump in 1837 caused a severe plunder in the North's emerging wage labor economy. ... America had been far from the land of opportunity. ... Men, women, and children of the working class, Native Americans, immigrants, and those who stood out against America's wrongdoings, are all who built America. ...

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Also, many African-Americans were the victims of intimidation by racist, anti-black groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. ... The Southern Democrats were the main advocates of the Black Codes and fought to overcome the perceived image of North ruling South. Moderate Republicans from both the North and South, pursued a strategy of gentle reunification of the two sides, but made it clear that slavery was forever gone from American soil. Finally, there were the Radical Republicans of the North. ... Also, Andrew Johnson could be considered the fourth political element, because of his unpartisan views a...

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The American Revolution in 1776 greatly impacted people's opinions on slavery. ... Many states, primarily on the north, were abolishing slavery. ... He made it clear to Americans that slavery is wrong. ... Americans were realizing the cruelness of slavery. ... The idea of Manifest Destiny was an arising idea in America during 1776-1852. ...

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A Uniquely American Voice As America entered into a generation of native-born Americans, a call for an identity that was exclusively American began to emerge. Americans yearned for a uniquely American expression of themselves through their literature. ... Philip Freneau genuinely portrayed the American individual in his poetry and helped to develop themes that were uniquely American. ... Freneau was one of many an American who saw America as the key to freedom and individuality and the dream of justice. ... The south needed slavery for the cheap labor and the north needed the products that...

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It officially declared the independence of the thirteen British North American colonies. ... Also, English common law stops being effective in American courts on July 4, 1776. ... Additionally, American citizenship is regarded as anyone living in America on July 4, 1776, not 1787 which was the year in which the Constitution took effect. If the Constitution was America's founding document, why was citizenship status defined as 1776 when the Constitution is not written until 1787? ...

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Territorial Issues Before the onset of the American Civil War, a great debate was raging among the citizens, and politicians of the Untied States. ... Slavery was not only an institution in the Southern states, but it was part of a lifestyle that had been going on since the founding of the United States of America. ... One particularly famous African American who was freed from slavery was Fredrick Douglass. ... "The fugitive slave law plunged Negroes of the North into the bitterest anguish. ... It turned out to be the calm before the storm; which was to become the bloodiest war in w...

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Civil war was the greatest war in American history. ... More than three million Americans fought in it and more than 600,00 men died in it. ... The war immediately began when south and north fought for Fort Sumter. ... Johnson was ill-suited to the challenges of Reconstruction and of defining African Americans' rights. ... It required states to extend equal citizenship to African Americans and all people were born naturalized in the United States.) ...

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The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. ... The struggle between the North and the South over Kansas threw the territory into chaos. ... The South paralleled her situation to that of the thirteen colonies prior to the American Revolution. ... The seven states formed their new government, the Confederate States of America before electing Davis as president. ... During the late 1850s, sectional struggles mounted, contributing to the widening schism between the North and the South. ...

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