Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War, the darkest time in our culture. Between the years of 1861 and 1865 six hundred thousand Americans lost their lives. It may seem that they died in vain because even today we are still fighting racism, or was that not why the war was fought? In fact, the war had many reasons for its occurrence, including political, economical, cultural, racial, expansion, and slavery. Every one of these issues had a big factor in the occurrence of the Civil War. So to fully understand the causes we must step back three hundred and eighty years when the Civil War first started to take shape. The beginning of slavery in North America occurred in 1619 when the first 20 African blacks where brought to English North America. They arrived on a Dutch ship and were sold at Jamestown. Records after this time are sketchy to point out whether these were really slaves or not, but by the 1660s local statutes had firmly established the institution in Virginia and Maryland. Throughout the next hundred years, slavery grew not only in the North but also in the South. With every new state came new slave territories and more of a need for their services. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they ar
Even though Clay was not as strong as Jackson was, he continued the goal of manifest destiny. December 18, 1860 The Crittenden Compromise was one of several last-ditch efforts to resolve the secession crisis of 1860-61 by political negotiation. The reason for the act was that pioneers wanted to open the lands to settlements, and by Northern factions supporting a transcontinental railroad. With the lack of farmland in the North, Americans needed some way to make a living. On this date, the slave trade was halted in North America, which illustrated the two distinct cultures were now developing. November 14, 1860 Alexander Stephens addresses the Georgian legislature over secession. Unfortunately, with the election of 1844 approaching, Clay and Van Buren who seemed assured of the democratic presidency nomination announced that they were in opposition of the Texas annexation, primarily because annexation would cause a war. John Brown was a religious fanatic believing he to be an instrument of God, his destiny being the destruction of slavery. With the added land brought with it, the same reoccurring question. It began to become apparent to all, that in Kansas's antislavery forces were now in the majority; free settlers having almost a two to one population edge. The design was to make transportation of goods effortless in the South. June 22, 1860 the "Deep South" delegates for the Democratic Party again withdrew from the democratic convention. Succeeding Jackson was our last strong president who completed what Jackson had started, John Tyler. However, this just made it more prominent.
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