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Did the Civil War Have any Benifits and Harm to the Nation?

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Did the Civil War Have any Benifits and Harm to the Nation?

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It definitely has benefits, and harm, back then and today. During the Civil War, there were benefits such as women's rights, new technology, medical advancements, the slaves were free and African Americans have have rights. On the other side, what harmed the Nation, was that many lives were loss in the battles and all of the southern states had to be rebuilt from the damage that was done from the wars, starting the reconstruction stage in the U.S.  Going to today, we have the benefits of no slaves and all of the U.S has not been split into different Nations.

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Which Battles of the War Were Most Important and Why?

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Which Battles of the War Were Most Important and Why?

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Fort Sumter -
The Fort Sumter battle is one of the important battles because it was the first battle of the Civil War.

The First Battle of Bull Run -
It was the first major battle of the Civil War. This shocked the Union to be more vigorous
and prepare more for the actual war they might be having.

Shiloh -
Just after the Union was shocked by the defeat in Bull Run, the Confederate was shocked at the battle of Shiloh,  telling the Confederates that Lincoln was serious about the war.

Antiem -
The battle of Antiem was important because it was a successful attempt to defeating the Confederates so that they would not take the Union state of Maryland and make it succeed.

Battle of the Ironclads -
This is an important battle, not really because of the battle itself, but because it shows the advancements made because of the war, like in this, armored ships.

Gettysburg -
The battle of Gettysburg was an important battle because it was a great victory for the Union, not letting the Confederate take Pennsylvania, like they wanted to.

Vicksburg -
While Lee was losing in the north, Grant was besieging Vicksburg, Mississippi, and eventually won with a surrender by the Confederates, letting the Union have control of the Mississippi River, and splitting the Confederate country in half.

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Venn Diagram of the Civil War Listed Individuals

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Venn Diagram of the Civil War Listed Individuals

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What Influenced Lincoln's Decision to Abolish Slavery?

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What Influenced Lincoln's Decision to Abolish Slavery?

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Lincoln never saw slavery as morally right, but was opposed to giving blacks equal rights to that of the white people because he wasn't necessarily an abolitionist. He is often heard quoting how in the Constitution, the Founding Fathers said that all men are created equal, and that should be at least somewhat the same for Blacks, and that Blacks should at least be free and able to enjoy the fruit of there workings. He is seen writing to his friend Joshua Speed about slavery, saying that a moment when he was on a boat with 10 or 15 slaves, all shackled up in chains, haunted him in his moral figure. He thought that no person should have to go through that kind hardship. This is the reason that influenced Lincoln's decision to abolish slavery.

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The Differences Between Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address and his Gettysburg Address.

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The Differences Between Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address and his Gettysburg Address.

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The difference between the two was ,starting with the main points of the inaugural speech, were that the United States army would not act on the opposing force, unless they were to attack them, in which it was there obligation to retaliate. Another main point to the inauguration speech was to say on a big point that, although the North did not condone slavery, it was there state and moral laws that protected them to practice slavery, and he did not care if they did. Basically it had to deal with relations between the two sides. The Emancipation Proclamation, however dealt with slavery in the whole, instead of all the other issues, and made it that all slaves in the rebellion states have now been freed, and they were not slaves anymore, but free blacks who had rights, and a lot ended up serving in the Union Army. That being said, the main difference was that the president now had a different opinion about slavery, and now was more in favor of no slavery anywhere in the United States.

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Why Did South Carolina Have the Right to Leave the Union?

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Why Did South Carolina Have the Right to Leave the Union?

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South Carolina had the right to leave or secede from the Union because South Carolina wanted to protect the states rights.  Which was a law for each state to protect it's rights, in South Carolina, therefore they had the right to have slaves.  With slaves, there was more work being done on the farms and more of the materials that the owners would sell to stores and get their money and become wealthy.  The slave holding state felt that they had to reject what President Abraham Lincoln had to say and separating the slave holding states from the United States, forming the Confederate states of America.

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Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War?

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Was Slavery the Main Cause of the Civil War?

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No, we disagree because the cause of the Civil War was sectionalism.  Meaning to give loyalty to other men and women's race and religion.  Think of category and example.  The category is sectionalism, and one of the examples in sectionalism is slavery.  This proves that sectionalism was the main reason why there was the Civil War not slavery, that's just one example that falls into the main category why this conflict happened.

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Imagine it is 1863, when the American Civil War was in it's 2nd year. The Union, is not winning, and it seems that for now the Confederate forces are doing considerable damage to their side. Even the president, Abraham Lincoln did not like the outcome of the war at that point. The Union had to devise a way to change the tide, and sent a force to capture Chancellorsville, but didn't win. Although it was a stunning loss to the Union, Stonewall Jackson, a highly decorated general on the Confederate side, was shot, he eventually died of pneumonia due to getting shot. This was not necessarily a turning point, but uplifted the spirits of winning. Now it was the Confederates turn to win back the favor of winning, in which they decided to take a major state, Pennsylvania, in the Union territory. General Lee concentrated a lot of his troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, but the word got out of the campaign, and the Union president sent troops to deal with them. On July 1, 1863 the Union and Confederate forces came upon each other, and battled until the defeat of the Confederate side. This was the largest number of casualties in a single battle, and this marked the turning point in which the Union took the lead.