The Battle Of The Civil War - 1643 Words

The American Civil War started on April 12th, 1861. It was by far the bloodiest war ever fought on American land. The war left a mark on America with 620,000 people killed and millions of casualties. It was between the northern states called the Union, and the Southern states called the Confederacy. They were angry at each other, mainly because of three reasons: slavery, Compromise of 1850 and secession. All three of these factors led to the inevitability of the Civil War. Slavery, some historians argue, was the main cause for the Civil War. It was one of the biggest issues in the 1800 s. Slavery generated conflict between the Southern and Northern states. The South was heavily reliant on slavery. They had a lot of plantations, which†¦show more content†¦Marx proclaimed, This would fully accord with the loudly proclaimed principle that only certain races are capable of freedom, and as the actual labour is the lot of the Negro in the South, so in the North it is the lot of the German and the Irishman, or their direct descendants (Davidson 71). These immigrants were willing to work at low wages in the North, which eliminated the need for slavery. The Abolitionist movement started around the 1830 s and ended around the 1870 s, and their goal was to end slavery. This drive to end slavery was fueled by the second Great Awakening, which were religious movements that spread the idea that we are all God s children and equal. In the early 1830 s, the American Anti-Slavery Society was formed, which declared slavery to be a sin. By the mid 1830 s, this organization had expanded all over the Northern states, spreading the message to end slavery. A book was written to further help spread the message of the cruelty of slavery. Uncle Tom s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe became a nationwide bestseller. It illustrated the harsh world of slavery that not that many people knew about. It created a wave of anti-slavery attitude which helped expedite the start of the Civil War. Some other abolitionists assisted slaves to run away and escape through the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a network of secret meeting places and routes to help slaves escape to