Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. Back in the day's before animation. More importantly Gettysburg was the climatic clash between the two major American cultures of their time: the North and the South. A climax of a conflict between two cultures with such vastly different ideals that they could not coexist in "one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
When looking at the causes of the Civil War, and eventually the Battle of Gettysburg, one must understand the differences between these two cultures. The Confederacy had an agricultural economy producing tobacco, corn, and cotton, with many huge plantations owned by a few very rich white men. These owners lived off of the labor of sharecroppers and slaves, charging high royalties for the use of their land. Similarly the Confederate Army consisted of a group of white males, fighting for their independence form federal dictates.
On the other hand the Union economy was one of......
Join Now or Login to view the rest of this paper.
Approximate Word Count: 1412
Approximate Pages: 6 (260 words per double-spaced page) |