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Cause And Effects Of The Civil War Essay

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Jean Park
US History
Period 4
23 September 2017

The Effects of the Civil War

The civil war was between the Northern and Southern states, which were divided on the issue of slavery. The northern states didn’t want slavery to continue while the south wanted slavery to continue. This disagreement led to a five-year war from 1861-1865 leading to many social changes like the how the emancipation proclamation leading to the formation of the 13th, 14th, 15th amendments. Which allowed the African Americans to have a chance to gain their freedom not just by not having to be property but also free in ways so they are accepted in to the “other world” and guaranteed that slavery would not be an issue. Another change they faced was the political …show more content…

The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that stated that every man should have the right to his or her freedom and that the government should protect him.
Out of this the 13th-15th amendment came out, 13th allowed the African Americans slaves to be free. The 14th amendment allowed the African Americans that were born in the US or naturalized to be able to live as citizens in the US. Lastly the 15th amendment gave the right to vote to the citizens of the US, which included the freed slaves. The political effects they faced after the war were that the federal government’s power and authority were increased. They passed laws like the income tax law and the conscription law. The income tax was a tax that takes a specified percentage of an individual’s income and the conscription law, which forced men to serve in the army. This results in giving too much control over the individual citizens and gave power through all the people. This also would allow both Black and whites having the same advantages as everyone else. Another example of political changes were the Emancipation Proclamation it didn’t allow slaves to be free right away because it only applied to some people. This made the North and the South to have disagreements. The north would be angry for not processing things quickly and how the abolishment wasn’t coming along. On the other hand the south

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