Although the direct causes of the Civil War were different from those of the American Revolution, they were both caused by the differences in politics, economics, and social structures between each region. Rebellion in each of the wars was caused by people feeling that their government didn\'t repr...

The Civil War changed America. It is one of the lower points in American history. While the change that this war brought to America cannot be disputed, there is a question as to its economic impact. Many numbers suggest that the Civil War, while it affected both Northern and Southern states, brought...

The Civil War constitutes one of the most original episode of the American History. The half of all the American losses happened during these four bloody years (630000 against 680000). One American out of thirty die during this war. But above all, and maybe more than the Frontier Myth, it was a mome...

No issue dominates the history of early eighteenth and nineteenth century America like the problem of slavery. It is amazing that even today, over 130 years after the Civil War started, there is still passionate debate regarding the \"cause\" of the Civil War. The curious thing is that although slav...

The Primary Cause of the American Civil War: Economics More than one million people dead and a nation torn apart. \"A fight against slavery\" it was said, but was that the main reason the war was fought? Or is that just what our nation says to glorify our past? There were many factors that contr...

How the South was portrayed and why the Civil War was a tragedy There are two sides told in every story. In D.L. Griffin's "Birth of a Nation" the story is told through the eyes of two families, the Camerons who are from the south and the Stoneman's who reside in the north. The ...

The article, \"The Negro\'s Civil War in Tennessee, 1861-1865\" by Bobby L. Lovett, was published in \"The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 61, No. 1\" (Jan. 1976). In the article, Lovett writes about the contributions of black Tennesseans during the Civil War in obtaining their freedom - under some o...

Civil WarCivil war was the greatest war in American history. It was waged in 10,000places-from Valverde, New Mexico, and Fernandina on the Florida coast. Morethan three million Americans fought in it and more than 600,00 men died in it.It was not only the immensity of the fight but the new weapons...

Civil War Art is a big part of history today. People today us it to remember the war. How did people survive, where did people live, why did we fight are all questions and wonders of people today. Artist these days and back than drew about those questions. It gave people a mental picture on how ...

The Reconstruction Era The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. Its damage to America was profound. It tore at the very fiber of America itself. The Reconstruction Era however was as damaging to America as the Civil War itself. Its damage has its roots in the reasons Americ...

The book "Jubilee" by Margaret Walker, and the movie, "Gone with Wind", based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, both take place during slavery, the Civil War, and reconstruction. The book and movie take place in the same time period, but show different views of those times. Four them...

More than one million people dead and a nation was torn apart. \"A fight against slavery\" it was said, but was that the main reason the war was fought? Or is that just what our nation says to glorify our past? There were many factors that contributed to the United States\' Civil War, but the main ...

Type of War American Revolution: Fought as a Limited War meaning the primary objective was to overthrow Britain's political system and to be resolved by a treaty. Basically, the wealthy Americans did not want to pay the taxes Great Britain was levying upon them. The political structure did...

American History 4th of July 1877 Today we are gathered to celebrate not only America's birthday but also the birthday of this community of Cambellsville, Iowa. This community is just three years old, a baby when compared America. This community has been a beacon of...

Chapter 14 Summary In spite of political leaders' last-minute efforts to find a compromise over slavery that would preserve the Union, the election of Lincoln, followed by the secession of six southern states, pushed the country into war. The North had twice the resources of the South, and the...

There are many events that lead to the American Civil War, but one thing is for sure; the extreme division between North and South came to a head in the 1850's. Stubborn politics and civil unrest in this period are what made this war inevitable. The South's enormous cotton industry had r...

Impressment - the british practice of seizing seamen from American merchant ships and forcing them to serve in the british navy. Impressment was one of the causes of the war of 1812.Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the u.s. constitution, which protect the rights of individuals from the p...

SOCIAL EFFECTS OF 1864 President Lincoln has made a grave effort to emancipate the slaves and along with that, he has taken steps to enlist blacks in the armed forces. Although African-Americans served in the War of 1812 and the Revolution, the War Department was refusing to accept free Northe...

The Confederate South, which is known for its deep military history, proved to be no competition for an industrially sound and hastily growing north in this Civil War. The North that was industrially strong and armed to the teeth found much of their victories quite easily obtainable. Strategy, m...

For my report I choose to do the battles of the civil war and read The United States in the Civil War by Don Lawson copyright 1977.The war was not about slavery but it was about the north (union) trying to keep the states together and the south (confederate) trying to be independent. The first batt...

#8 Analyze the economic consequences of the Civil War with respect to any two of the following in the United States between 1865 and 1880. Agriculture Labor Industrialization Transportation On April 9th, 1865, General Robert E. Lee, captain of the Confederate army surrendered to the Uni...

Slavery, the single cause of the American Civil war is asked by few people these days, Slavery has been forgotten and many people don't even know what happened in 1861. Slavery was an influence though in the Civil war. The civil war was one of the many ways out slavery in 1861. If America we...

The American Civil War was a war fought within the United States of America between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) starting in 1861 and ending in 1865. This war was one of the most destructive events in American history, costing more than 600,000 lives. It was thought to be one that...

Causes Of Civil War As members of the Futurist of America Association, we have been assignedto look specifically at the cause of the American Civil #War. There are fiveaspects that could of led to the Civil War and they are Westward Movement,Social Change, Froeign Policy Development, Governme...

The Civil War" On paper the North was far stronger than the South. It had two and a half times as many people, and it possessed far more ships, miles of railroad, and manufacturing enterprises. Southerners, however, had the advantage of fighting on home ground with better military leadership. But ...