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United States expansion to the West 1836-1860

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United States expansion to the West 1836-1860

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As the United States started to move to the West, creating Wars with Mexico for their land. War after war finally the US won land from Mexico that is now known as California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. As Texas was now joining the US it wanted to become a slave state; although, this caused tension between the North and South because if Texas joined as a slave state there would now be more slave states then free states. As other states began to join in the end the amount of slave to free states evened out, but the tension between the North and South stayed and soon enough implode.

Green, John. “War & Expansion: Crash Course US History #17.” YouTube, June 6, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=18.

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Abraham Lincoln, August 13, 1860. Library of Congress.

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As the US was on the rise of a war between the North and the South or the free states vs. slave states the tension between to two finally broke. The views that Lincoln went for had the South raging with anger, but the North entrusted his policies and viewed him as a great leader (which he turned out to be).That was when 16th President Abraham Lincoln won without any help from the south.

Locke, Joseph L., and Ben Wright. The American yawp: A massively collaborative open U.S. history textbook. vol. 1. to 1887. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2023.

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A five and one hundred dollar Confederate States of America interest-bearing banknote, c. 1861 and 1862. Wikimedia.

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Soon after Lincoln won the presidency on November 6 with no help from the south and on December 20 South Carolina voted to secede from the US. In the deceleration of secession states “that the fourteen states have deliberately refused, for the years past to fulfill their constitutional obligation.” As soon as South Carolina left the United States it wasn’t soon after that others followed. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all seceded right after forming the Confederation, and with that the Civil War was forthcoming.

“South Carolina Declaration of Secession, 1860.” The American Yawp Reader. Accessed July 9, 2024. https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-sectional-crisis/south-carolina-declaration-of-secession-1860/.

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Photography captured the horrors of war as never before. Some Civil War photographers arranged the actors in their frames to capture the best picture, even repositioning bodies of dead soldiers for battlefield photos. Alexander Gardner, [Antietam, Md. Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown road], September 1862. Library of Congress.

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Jefferson Davis ordered General Pierce G.T. Beauregard to attack Fort Sumter, and with that the Civil War begins. After the rebels began to take Fort Sumter waving their flag over it, President Lincoln Recieved the news calmly as documents stated. Governor Houston of Texas sent Cornel Wade to help those at Fort Sumter. This gave the south the comfort they needed to get secessionists to the allegiance. Later that evening Fort Sumter surrendered to the Rebels granting the first win for the rebels.

“The Civil War Begins.” Digital history, 13AD. https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=428.

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John Reekie, “A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia,” 1865, via Library of Congress

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There were many battles that happened between the short years leaving 680,000 to 700,000 soldiers death leaving the civil war one of the most deadliest war of America, back then at least. As multiple battles happened through the years the North and South would “tug-of-war” on the power struggle of who was wining the war, yet the North had more advantages to end up as the winner. The man power from almost 22,000,000 of the North to the South of 9,000,000, but also their resources of transportation helped succeed in winning. The North produced 90% of goods in America with 20,000 miles of railroads allowing the North to transport their men and goods. As all these resources advance the North finally beat the south with a final battle causing the Civil war to end.

Green, John. “The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20.” YouTube, June 28, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9zHNOjGrs&t=278s.

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The Beginning of the New World to those that didn’t know of freedom-1865

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The Beginning of the New World to those that didn’t know of freedom-1865

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In April of 1865 Robert Lee knew he was in no position to win the war with the forces baring down on him. His army’s supply lines were cut off forcing them into a corner. As they started retreating westward, the North was hot on his trail. Soon after that he realized that he was in no position to fight the North he gave a speech to his solider of the surrender about to come. In his surrender he describes the men that fought for him, and will no longer sacrifice their lives, and made sure they were aloud to go home unharmed. In that the Civil War ended and the North took down the South and along with it Slavery having President Lincoln pass the 13th Amendment freeing all African Americans from Slavery.

Lee, Robert E. “General Robert E. Lee Surrenders.” Digital history, April 1865. https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=435.

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Lee, Robert E. “General Robert E. Lee Surrenders.” Digital history, April 1865. https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=435.

“South Carolina Declaration of Secession, 1860.” The American Yawp Reader. Accessed July 9, 2024. https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/the-sectional-crisis/south-carolina-declaration-of-secession-1860/.

“The Civil War Begins.” Digital history, 13AD. https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=428.

Secondary

Green, John. “The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20.” YouTube, June 28, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY9zHNOjGrs&t=278s

Green, John. “War & Expansion: Crash Course US History #17.” YouTube, June 6, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s&index=18.

Locke, Joseph L., and Ben Wright. The American yawp: A massively collaborative open U.S. history textbook. vol. 1. to 1887. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2023.

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Locke, Joseph L., and Ben Wright. The American yawp: A massively collaborative open U.S. history textbook. vol. 1. to 1887. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2023.