Question

Write a 2 Paragraph Summary explaining the events causing the Civil War.

Answer 1

1619-1865 | The Peculiar Institution
Slavery arrived in North America along side the Spanish and English colonists of the 17th and 18th centuries, with an estimated 645,000 Africans imported during the more than 250 years the institution was legal. But slavery never existed without controversy. The British colony of Georgia actually banned slavery from 1735 to 1750, although it remained legal in the other 12 colonies. After the American Revolution, northern states one by one passed emancipation laws, and the sectional divide began to open as the South became increasingly committed to slavery. Once called a “necessary evil” by Thomas Jefferson, proponents of slavery increasingly switched their rhetoric to one that described slavery as a benevolent Christian institution that benefited all parties involved: slaves, slave owners, and non-slave holding whites. The number of slaves compared to number of free blacks varied greatly from state to state in the southern states. In 1860, for example, both Virginia and Mississippi had in excess of 400,000 slaves, but the Virginia population also included more than 58,000 free blacks, as opposed to only 773 in Mississippi. In 1860, South Carolina was the only state to have a majority slave population, yet in all southern states slavery served as the foundation for their socioeconomic and political order.

Answer 2

While the American Civil War (1861-1865) was catastrophic in terms of human loss of life for the United States, it was also the incident that eventually prompted the union of the American states. Enslavement, as the American historian W.E.B. DuBois wrote, is also offered as a one-word reaction to the cause of the Civil War, the 'cruel, filthy, expensive and inexcusable anachronism, which almost destroyed the world's greatest experiment in democracy.' But while it was the primary cause, "History does not fit on a bumper sticker." as historian Edward L. Ayers has said. The war was caused by a series of circumstances, not just the fundamental problems of enslavement and the rights of nations. The origins of the conflict were various and varied, from the conclusion of the Mexican War to the election of Abraham Lincoln. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. This act forced a fine to be charged for any federal officer who did not arrest a freedom-seeker. This was the most divisive aspect of the 1850 Settlement which prompted many Black revolutionaries of the North American 19th century to intensify their campaigns toward enslavement. "Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly "Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly. The novel became a best-seller and had a major influence on the way enslavement was treated by Northerners. This led more to the cause of Black activism, and even Abraham Lincoln knew that the publication of this book was one of the incidents that led to the beginning of the Civil War.

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Economic and social differences between the North and the South.

States versus federal rights.

The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.

Growth of the Abolition Movement.