Examining the Civil War
Examining the Civil War
The American Civil War, 1861-1865, was the result of a nation torn into two. The American Civil War was fought on United States soil by forces between the northern states of the Union and the southern states of the Confederacy. The 23 northern states out numbered the 11 southern states, which declared succession and formed the Confederacy. The American Civil War, or simply the Civil War, was fought over several economic, social, and political issues.
Tensions started rising between the North and the South when the Missouri Territory had the population to be admitted into the Union as a state. Settlers in the Missouri Territory were commonly from the South; therefore, settlers expected Missouri to be accepted into the Union as a slave state. However, two bills were passed which prohibited slavery in Missouri that was part of the Louisiana Purchase. The industrious North did not have the need for manual labor, but the South did.......
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