American Civil War

Questions:

    1. Where might the south be if they had won the Civil War?

     2. If slavery was only one of the reasons the Civil War started, then what are some of the other reasons?

    3. What did the former slaves do after the Civil War?

Answers to Questions:

    1. The way the coutnry was forming and all of the new laws, slavery probably wouldn't have lasted much longer if the war never happened. If the south had won the civil war they would have had thier own president, they would have kept slaves, and would have become seperate from the north. That's one of the reasons why the South wehre fighting, with the north, they just wanted to be their own. They wanted to have the freedom of a choice and thought they needed slaves, whey they really, truelly didn't. They wanted to sperate from the north that's why Lincoln said, "We must either become all for slaves or free all the slaves, we will not survive separate."

    2. There isn't just one answer to say why the Civil War started but there's some reasons that people have led to think about. The reasons and causes of the Civil War are not cut and dry. There would be more than one reason, and more then one cause to we lost 620,000 soldiers

The Civil War was fought over new states rights, to bring an end to slavery, preservation of the Union, the new territories which were part slave and part free.This was a war of passion, a war of principles, a war that would tear away at the heart and soul of this county, and of the individual.

3. After the war a lot of things happened not only to the slaves, but also to the people who owned and traded the slaves because they all lost money. But the destruction of slavery led to conflict between blacks seeking to breath. They took their freedom by asserting their independence from white control, and whites seeking to retain as much as possible. Freedom was a point of conflict in the "Reconstruction South". Former slaves took their freedom and flaunted it, along with their liberation from the innumerable regulations of slavery. Immediately after the Civil War, the freed slaves sought to give meaning to freedom by reuniting families separated under slavery, establishing thier own churches and schools, seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights.

Introduction:

Ever since the Mayflower landed, the government has played a huge role in the shaping of what our country is today. 

The Constitution put the power in the Federal government, and in turn left states wondering where their state’s rights had gone. During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Lincoln believed that the Missouri Compromise would create a balance between free and slave states as well as help to avoid problems between the North and South, Douglas supported popular sovereignty, a form of states rights which permit them to choose individually if they wish to a be free or slave state.

As a result of the differences, following the secession of the Southern states, the Confederate States of America were declared an enemy to the Union, and the industrial powerhouse of the north resolved to face the South with force so that they would rejoin the Union. The outcome of the war was in general determined by economic interests and economic principles, sparked by the fact that the South had something that was critical to the economy and it would not be allowed to separate itself, and finished by the fact that the superior industrial might of the North enabled its victory.

Conclusion:

 Lincoln remained in power throughout the entire war, running against George McClellan in 1864.  During the inauguration ceremony for President Lincon in Washington, he says, "With malice toward none; with charity for all...let us strive on to finish the work we are in...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” (Lincoln, March 4th,1865) The war did bring about a United Nation, but it is clear that the issue of power struggles between the states and the country has yet disappeared. No one can truly say whether it was justice to restore slaves their rights while crippling and effectively destroying the economy. Those who become self-righteous in their own ideals; the minority cannot argue with them.  Such was the fate of the Athenian empire, and who is to say there are not striking similarities to the empire of the United States? 

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