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    The United States of America divided by different beliefs and ideas in 1861. Therefore, states were demanding to split up America because of the vast different beliefs. The southern states of The United States formed “Confederate States” because of the desire of central power and state’s rights. They believed that the northern states were trying to take away southern values and society (Blight, p.43). The Confederate states consisted of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina

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    Jefferson Davis was the only president of the Confederate States of America on November 6, 1861. The group of southern states that seceded from the United States and precipitate the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was elected the president of the Confederate State of the American. Davis ran without antagonism. The election plainly confirmed the commitment that had been made by the associated symposium unseasonable in the year. Davis legacy as a nation-builder, both figuratively and literally, was as

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    In the beginning when America was uniting and trying to form its official government the northern states and the southern states had already different greatly from each other. The North was industrializing and working on expanding west and the South was booming with farming and its famous cash crop. The North wanted to abolish slavery and the South did not. Since the North and South had so many differences and could not keep a steady compromise, heavy tensions arose between the North and the South

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    Confederate Flag: Honoring Veterans or Hateful Racism? When a country loses a battle, their flag is lowered and no longer flies over government buildings. In America a war against racism has been raging for many years. Although the war against racism may continue in the hearts of men for eternity, the battle against legal prejudice acts has been won. A new America emerged out of the birth pangs of the Civil Rights Movement, a seventy five year battle is over. The Confederate flag must never fly over

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    an internal conflict fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. Among the 34 U.S. states in February 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America. War broke out in April 1861 when Confederates attacked the U.S. fortress of Fort Sumter

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    What Caused the Union to Lose the Civil War? By Amelia E. Hicks On April 10, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to General Robert E. Lee of Confederate forces and delivered a farewell address to his Union soldiers, “After four years of tiring service, marked by supreme courage and commitment,” said Grant, “the Union Army has been forced to concede to overwhelming numbers and resources.” According to Grant, the Union lost the Civil War, more commonly referred to in its time as the “War of

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    between the Northern and Southern states. The Northerners wanted the America to remain united as one nation while the Southerners believed that the formation of Confederate states would enable them to gain equality with the North. Therefore, the major factors that spearheaded the secession from the Union included conflicts on whether to continue or abolish slavery and economic disparities. Slavery Notably, for a long time slavery was practiced in the United States. However, in the early 19th century

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    Northern and Southern states causing what we call now the Civil War. This war started due to free and slave states holding different opinions on whether the government had the power to prohibit slavery in territories that were not yet states. Abraham Lincoln was elected to office in 1860, pledging to keep slavery out of new territories. After hearing about this seven southern slave states decided to secede and form a new nation, the Confederate States of America. The Northern states did not acknowledge

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    underlined sites to find the answers to the questions. (Place your cursor before the Question mark and type your question. Highlight a word or words and link to the web site Where the answer is located.) 1. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis 2. Clara Barton became the first president of the American Red Cross. 3. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865 in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth. 4. Union General William T. Sherman

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    the largest areas of debate were state rights, the institution of slavery, and the rights of African Americans. Due to the vast geographical distance between the North and South, each developed distinct political and economic systems based on their individual needs, leading to conflict over the power possessed by the federal government to regulate the states. While the Northern states sought to prohibit the expansion of slavery into new territories, the Southern states wished for the institution to

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