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. ...
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. ...
The same passion that built the United States of America ended up ripping it apart. ... These three days would end up changing the United States of America forever. Two years after the start of the Civil War, the Confederate army were invading the north. ... Lee's plan was to shift the fighting out of the south and bring it into the north. ... Lee's army had just won a string of victories across the south, so they were invading the north at the peak of their strength. ...
The Emancipation Proclamation: A look at emancipation and the motives behind it Table of Contents Cover Page 1 Contents ... .2 Preface ..3 Introduction ..4 Main Text .4 Conclusion . 14 Appendix ....16 Bibliography ...20 Preface When I first selected a topic I had planned a compare and contrast paper looking at the Governments of the North and South during the Civil War. ... Also there are those who believe that certainly Lincoln took this step with its military applications in mind, but also was making an attempt to put an end to an evil institution ...
In the 1800's there were radical changes to the slave trade and North American slave holdings. ... But slavery was less profitable in the North, there economic activity centered on small farms and industries The southern plantation owners were not willing to follow in the north's footsteps because their income would decrease a considerable amount. ... The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. ... Pennsylvania Hall was the site in 1838 of the Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women. ... Douglass, an eloquent ex-slave from Maryland, was the leading African American spok...
Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. Never knowing his mother or even the identity of his father, he was born a slave and escaped to the north when he was twenty years old. ... Frederick Douglass is one of the most important people in American History. ... The idea of truth became the main theme in Frederick's later speeches, debates, and interviews in the north. ... He then advised the newly married couple to travel further north to Massachusetts, for they would be much safer there. ...
Grant-Union general-won the war for the Union-declined offer to go to theatre with Lincoln-many people went to see him not Lincoln Charles Leale-23 years old-first doctor at Lincoln's side-first to take control-decided to move him across the street to the Peterson House-adored the president on a professional level and thought he was the greatest Good Friday, April 14, 1865, was a dark day the in history of the United States of America. ... Mary Todd said she had tickets to Grover's Theatre, but she'd prefer to see Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre. ...
