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. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and that the issue of slavery did not cause the war. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. Almost as many as the combined dead of all other wars from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War (Boritt 634)". ... The invention of the cotton gin made it possible to easily separate the cotton seed, "[ ] this made slavery in the South more profitable, slavery then became an important part of the Southern economy a...

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Introduction Many events of the 18th century impacted the abolition of Slavery. ... I also site the major events during the 18th century. ... Abolitionists became important to the Free Soil Party in 1848. ... After the Civil War began in 1861, abolitionists rallied to the Union cause. ...

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This proclamation is probably one of the most significant events political and social events of the war, with that in mind I beg forgiveness if I seem at times that I am taking my time with background and detail information. ... I think it is important to begin with a look at how emancipation was arrived at, as it was not a simple process, due to the efforts of one man. ... President Lincoln also was keenly aware of the delicacy of his position during the Civil War. ... I think it also important to note that Lincoln and McClellan met at Antietam on October 4 1862. ... Particularly as the war b...

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His second inauguration was a big event and it has the city of Washington, D.C. overloaded. ... Before his assassination Lincoln had a dream of the very event. ... For safety precautions many people close to Lincoln ordered him not to go out and not to make too many public appearances, especially in time war time such as the one they were in. ... So the theory was that Booth wanted to give the Confederacy one last chance to be successful in the war. ... This was also first day in which the Civil War could be referred to in the past tense. ...

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