The War Of The Civil War - 1723 Words

The Civil War is by far the bloodiest war in American history. In the four deadly years of war, over six-hundred thousand Americans were killed. Many disputes that led to the civil war. These conflicts started even before the presidency of James Buchanan, who was a Democrat elected in the election of 1856. The issue of slavery, states’ rights, the abolitionist movement, the Southern secession, the raid on Harper’s Ferry, the election of Abraham Lincoln all contributed to the start of the Civil War. The War and its aftermath transformed the entire nation by unifying the United States, abolishing slavery, and led to the American Industrial Revolution. One of the most controversial crisis at that time was slavery. When the Fugitive Slave†¦show more content†¦Abraham Lincoln is the first Republican president that announced that he wanted to keep slavery out of the territories, but he respected slavery where it had already existed. Several southern states seceded a nd formed the Confederate States of America. The northerners refused to acknowledge the secession because they believed it was illegal and illegitimate. Abraham Lincoln wanted to save the Union in the fastest possible way. He believed as soon as national authority was reestablished, the nation would become the Union it was once before. The main goal was to preserve the unity of the America and whether slavery is saved or destroyed depended if it helps save the Union. Even before the civil war ended, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. Emancipation was not initially a war aim, but by the summer of 1862, in order to win support in Europe, the government made abolition an objective. By January of 1863, the Proclamation stated that all slaves in areas of rebellion against the United States, shall then be freed from bondage. Although this was only a start of the political and social transformation in America, it was the start of revolutionizing t he social and political status of blacks. Eventually, black males were granted proper social and political rights such as the right to vote and the right to own land (Doc 1, Garraty 398-399). The ultra