Beginning in 1850, the sectional differences between the North and the South continued to cause friction in the nation, which eventually led to the inevitable civil war. ... During the Antebellum period, the North and the South differed in their views of the best way to stimulate the economy in their own region. ... Slavery was a prominent topic debated during the years leading up to the Civil War and was one of the leading causes of division between the North and South. Finally, during the years leading up to the Civil War, the North and South were faced with the political issue of whether o...

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The Civil War The American civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States. ... It was the only war fought on American soil by Americans, and for that reason we have always been fascinated with The Civil War. ... The Union refused to let them go, and the Civil War began. ... Southern states, including the 11 states that formed the Confederacy, depended on slavery to support their economy. ... The main debate between the North and the South on the eve of the war was whether slavery should be permitted in the Western territories recently acquired during the Mexican War (1...

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The Civil War is surely one of America's darkest moments, lasting four long and arduous years (1961-1965). ... The conflict led to mass destruction of property and man lives were lost during the war. ... The win meant that the agenda of abolishing slave trade in the U.S would be an automatic one but it did not come so easy, there was a battle ahead after Lincoln's win that had to pay the cost for the anti-slavery campaign, the civil war. ... Many of their states were plantation economies. ... They believed that he only way they could stop the blockade that had hurt their economies in...

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With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. ... The consequences of the Civil War intensely affected primarily the economy of agriculture and transportation in the United States. The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. ... In contrast, transportation after the Civil War also weakened the economy. ... Millions of American lives were destroyed during and after the Civil War. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geograph...

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In the PBS Documentary, The Civil War and Reconstruction2 Johnson was far from the leader that the United States needed during this time of change as his political views and beliefs in civil rights were slanted towards the South and its beliefs. Eleven states were now left with an unparalleled void in its economy. ... According to PBS, The Civil War and Reconstruction, in the year of 1865, more than 2,000 black freed men and women were murdered during the negotiation process. ... Worried that the Civil War would have been in vain with this sudden change in Southern politics and the lack of ...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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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 Civil War set in stone, the position the United States would take in the world community. ... The reasons why the North wanted to preserve the Union and enter into the Civil War are extremely complex. One must understand the economy, religious activity, politics, and immigrations to fully comprehend the North's reasons for the war. ... This fear came because during the beginning years of the war, President Lincoln exercised his powers beyond what the constitution allows. ...

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In fact, in April, 1861 started the American Civil War, which ended with more than 500.000 dead men. ... In order to do this, I shall try to give an explanation of the Civil war's causes, the slaves' progress during war and their situation in the era of Reconstruction. ... Northern states had an economy system based on capitalist industry, while southern states maintained the slavery. ... Thus, the American Civil War begun. ... This paper has manifest how American Civil War (which immediate cause was the Mexican-American War) important was regarding to emancipation and freedom to bl...

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Ohio Leaders in the Civil War Ohio played an intricate role during the Civil War. ... Sherman.# Although these men were very prominent in Ohio during the Civil War, the book For the Union: Ohio leaders in the Civil War focuses on individuals that were known beyond the Ohio borders. ... Vallandigham was the most notorious domestic foe of President Lincoln's war policies during the Civil War. ... Wade turned the powerful Committee on the Conduct of the War into an instrument for prodding the President and ousting dilatory generals.# During the Civil War, Wade became one of the leaders...

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Although it was not easy, Lincoln led the Union to victory in the Civil War while ending slavery. In fact, President Lincoln knew that his rise to presidency would cause even more tension in the south and this, in turn, caused Civil War to break out. ... During his inauguration speech Lincoln wanted to reassure the South that he had no intentions of interfering with the already existing slavery. ... Although Lincoln tried to prevent disunion by any means necessary, his attempts at trying to salvage what he could failed miserably and within the first months of his term, the divided nation was ...

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Many documents drafted during the Civil War period were stepping stones to the abolishment of slavery in America. Not all documents created during this time had a major impact on the institution of slavery; the Emancipation Proclamation, however, was the beginning of the end for slavery. ... The civil war did not start as a crusade to end the institution of slavery. ... "For months, he had wanted to free the 3.5 million slaves who were the backbone of the Confederate economy. ... The south's economy began to fall apart as they lost more and more slaves; the labor force steadily decreased....

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Civil War historian Shelby Foote describes the American Civil War as the most important event in American History. The Civil War was, at the very least, one of the most controversial periods in American history. ... Though the Southern economy boomed because of cotton, it did not modernize, largely because the South became too dependent on cotton. ... In this aspect the Civil War was entirely about slavery and the economics of slavery. ... The right to govern themselves as each state saw fit had a large part in the causes of the civil war. ...

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When the American Civil War began, President Lincoln was not prepared to be commander in chief. ... During the war's early stages, anti-slavery Republicans grew more demanding. ... The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. ... The result of the Civil War left many in the South bitter toward the integration of African Americans into society. ... Polk, Lincoln, and Reagan were presidents during a war. ...

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The era of Reconstruction was characterized by the attempt to restore the Union after the Civil War. ... After the Union won the Civil War in 1865, it was their job to begin the reconstruction of the Unites States. The Reconstruction Era started at the end of the Civil War in 1865 and ended in1877 (Reconstruction). ... The whites regained control of Southern government, but the nation had shifted from the pre-war South to the industrial economy of the North. During reconstruction, blacks were very much discriminated. ...

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Kentucky's Neutrality in the Civil War As the Civil War became a reality, Kentucky was divided both politically and geographically in the division of the north and south. ... Civil War - The Beginning In the mid 1800's, the United States had grown dramatically. ... The northern and southern interpretations of the Civil War vary. This paper is designed to explore Kentucky's role in the Civil War. ... The Civil War was a time when the country became a true test of character for the United States. ...

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The Era of Reconstruction following the Civil War was a period marked by an intense struggle to restore a worn-out and devastated society. ... More importantly, the South, for the first time ever, was without an easy profit economy based on slavery. ... To the dismay of many freedmen, President Johnson returned to whites the plantations that the Union Army had given to blacks during the war. ... Tilden, "We have just emerged from one civil war, and it will not do to engage in another civil war it would end in the destruction of free government." ... Despite efforts to reform a devastated nati...

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There were many causes of the American Civil war, but perhaps the most significant was the issue of slavery between the North and the South. ... The next day, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. ... The American Civil War was underway. One of the more significant battles of the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. ... The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear about the American Civil War is the Gettysburg Address. ...

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Retired from the army after this war in 1854, he went bankrupt. ... Grant clearly had a military education that helped him to be successful as a person during war times but he understood that as a civilian he was not that successful. Instead of seeing the Civil war as a catastrophe, he saw it as the opportunity of his life, and rose as the military leader that the country needed for that specific difficult era in the United States history. ... Grant accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, The war was over. ... S. economy to be a world leader coming back from the destructi...

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From 1866 to 1875, the south went through Congressional Reconstruction's period of harsh Radical Republican rule that was designed to punish white southerners for the consequences of the Civil War. The Radicals controlled Mississippi's legislature and enforced laws that advanced civil rights in favor of blacks3. ... Also hurting Ames was the situation of the economy. Mississippi's economy had never fully recovered from the war. Cotton prices had dropped significantly, farms had been destroyed by Union troops during the war, and taxes had never been higher11. ...

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I feel particular concern in her welfare, for within her borders are nearly all of my relations, (save for you and my aunt and uncle, and being in Boston, surely you do not understand the pressure we southerners feel to contribute to the economy). ... It was during this time that the secession movement began, and Lee had to evaluate his position as a Whig devoted to the Union and as a Virginian. ... To recall briefly Richmond's history prior to the Civil War: Captain John Smith first landed here in 1607 at the falls of the James River. ...

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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), known as "Honest Abe" and "The Great Emancipator" is regarded by many to be America's greatest president because of his powerful leadership during the civil war and the impact of that leadership on the moral and political character of the nation. He used his role as president to uphold the Constitution, but also to preserve, protect, and defend it during a war which, he in essence started. As well as being credited with winning the most important war in America's history, he is also considered to have abolished the institution of slavery and set in m...

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The Civil War had settled the issue of slavery and the question of states" rights, but several problems remained. ... Third, the South's economy wasn't doing good at all. ... The entire economy of the South had gone almost dead. ... The Freedmen's Bureau was the most important institution during the Reconstruction era. ... Since blacks did not own land, they became wage workers under their former masters immediately following the Civil War. ...

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Pre-Civil War rights for black Americans. ... New laws are established after the Civil War to provide equality for all black Americans during the Reconstruction period. ... Conclusion Black Progress during the Reconstruction Period The American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that took place at the end of the war and for many years afterwards resulted in many changes for both white and black Americans throughout the nation. ... This was typical slavery throughout the southern United States prior to the American Civil War. ... Throughout the Reco...

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Before this happened in 1865, the nation was faced with three different issues after the civil war. ... During the process of Reconstruction, the nation faced social issues on how to handle the now freed African Americans. ... Civil War (1861-65). While "some 4 million slaves gained their freedom as a result of the Union victory in the war, which left many communities in ruins and destroyed the South's plantation-based economy" (Freedmen's Bureau). ... By observing the events that occurred during the Reconstruction of 1865, one can come to the conclusion that the Reconstruc...

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