Civil War

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Ms. Seher Social Studies


The Americans fought a very bloody war betwixt the years of 1861 and 1865. It was said that more Americans died than in any new(prenominal) war even if you combine them together. There were many amours that caused the courtly war such as the souths secession, the preference of 1860 and the independence Proclamation but the most important thing of all was the division between the north and the south. (The meat and the Confederacy).
The Emancipation Proclamation did non actually free a private slave because it affected only areas under Confederate control. It excluded slaves in the Border States and in such Southern areas under Union control as Tennessee and parts of Louisiana and Virginia. But it did but lead to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment, which became law on December 18, 1865, cease slavery in all parts of the United States.



As the abolitionist had predicted, the Emancipation Proclamation strengthened the Norths war efforts and weakened the Souths. By the end of the war, more than 500,000 slaves had fled to freedom behind blue lines. Many of them joined the Union Army or dark blue or worked for the armed forces as laborers. By allowing blacks to serve in the Army and Navy, the Emancipation Proclamation helped solve the Norths problem of declining enlistments. rough 200,000 black soldiers and sailors, many of them former slaves, served in the armed forces.
The closing straw for the South was the election of Abraham Lincoln who, despite his protestations to the contrary, could not convince the South that he was not a marque abolitionist. The prospect of a federal government controlled by the Black republican Party was too much for some, and South Carolina was the first demesne to secede, followed quickly by six others. This did not...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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