Civil+War

Sharon Lee

=Civil War=

Causes:
 * 1) **Differences between the South and the North**: Primarily the main division in the United States at the time was between the North and the South because of major issues like slavery. In the South many slaves were used on farms and even in domestic situations like servants and to watch children. Although they were very poor and uneducated they had grown to become a very important part of society and something that many people in the South were dependent on especially economically. In the North African Americans were not enslaved and were actually free. They did not always have the same rights as whites did however they did not endure such harsh lifestyles like slavery. Many were given opportunities and even helped those in the South win their freedom, or even escape.
 * 2) **States' Rights vs. Federal Rights**: Over the years there was more divided sectionalism within the states based on their perspectives of issues like slavery and states rights vs. federal rights. Many southerners believed that states rights were more important to abide than federal rights while many northerners felt the opposite.
 * 3) **election of Abraham Lincoln**: After the eleciton of Abraham Lincoln the South seceded from the United States to form its own union, the Confederacy, led by Jefferson Davis. They seceded from the nation because they knew one of Lincoln's goals was to free slavse and stop the spread of slavery. Although Lincoln understood the importance of slaves to the economy he morally believed in stopping the spread of slavery. Considering that the United States was now under the presidency of somone not in support of slavery the mainly southern states knew taht thier secession was the only way to try and prevent the abolition of slavery. In result the Civil War started because Lincoln now had to reunite the nation and prevent it from falling apart as well as end slavery.

Key Aspects

Consequences
 * 1) **Industrial Reform**: During the years that slavery had developed into a main form of trade; it became one of the most dependent forms of economic prosperity for the U.S. because the slave trade business was so popular and "neccessary" to plantation owners in the South. After the war although there was no more legalized slave trade but allowed the development and more dependency on industries in the north to prosper because of the growth of manufacturing and industrialization
 * 2) **The United States remained one nation**: At the end of the war, te Union had defeated the Confederacy and the Southern states that had seceded rejoined the United States
 * 3) **Civil Rights Act was passed** : The Civil Rigths Act was passed as a result of the Civil War however African Americans were still treated with hostility and not always accepted in society. They were legally given equal rights but the act was not always excercised fairly.
 * 4) **Social Mobility and Acceptance for African Americans in Society**: African Americans were slowly given opportunities to excel in social class whether it was by having jobs or holding roles in companies and etc however compared to other races and minorities it was not as great