Causes Of The Charlottesville Riots

The Civil War of 1861-1865 determined the type of country United States of America would be. Out of thirty-four states, in 1861, seven Southern slave states declared their independence from the United States, they formed the Confederate States. The number of confederate states, also known as the South, grew to include eleven states. The remaining states that did not declare their independence were known as the Union or the North. The War had its origin from the issue of slavery, especially in regards to the expansion of slavery into the Western states. Four years of battle between the North and the South, over 600,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died and most of the South’s infrastructure destroyed. The Confederacy collapsed and slavery

The Charlottesville Rally in Virginia (otherwise known as the Unite the Right Rally) took place on August 12, 2017. Here white supremacists and residents of the town came out to speak their opinions as to whether or not confederate statues depicting figures like Robert E. Lee should be kept standing or removed. The difference in opinion between these groups caused many injuries and a death to occur from all of the brawling and combat that happened at this rally. But this rally didn’t start all of the problems in Virginia, it just changed the way Virginia operated, closing up stores and declaring a state of emergency. How could a small decision made by the state cause so much violence to occur? Why couldn’t there be some sort of compromise?

As evidenced by the confederate flag-waving, torch-bearing, Nazi slogan-chanting throng at the base of the Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia this spring—or more importantly by America’s lack of outrage at the protest’s raison d’être—many Americans, or at least a sizeable portion of them, are still laboring under the delusion that Confederacy is a righteous cause to champion. A complicated admixture of unrepentant overt racism, subtle racial & ethnic biases, and America’s failure to clearly and unambiguously create legislation that corresponds with rest of the world’s answer to paradox of tolerance—tolerate everything except intolerance—seem to be the only things keeping scenes like this alive and on the front page of papers and sites nationwide.

On Monday, August 14, 2017 a very controversial protest lead by white supremacists occurred Charlottesville, Virginia. The reason why this protest transpired was because the city of Charlottesville decided to remove the statue of the Confederate General, Robert E. Lee, from one of the city’s parks. The groups had met at Charlottesville to protest the decision to bring down the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Among the protests were activist Richard Spencer and former “Ku Klux Klan” (KKK) leader David Duke. They began to riot in the streets, people began to bash cars and hit people with bats, and fights broke out. One female got hit by a car and died when a car drove in the crowd.

With the inauguration of Donald Trump rapidly approaching, there has been a much needed resurgence of interest in the progressive movement around the country, as well as an awakening to the need of an actual revolution by more moderate liberals. The Republican sweep of all levels of government indicates an all too familiar conservative backlash against the social progress that has been steadily building over the last eight years. Historically, this has ultimately led to the empowerment of emboldened racists and bigots of all ilks, which we are presently seeing.

The Political War The North and South fought over politics, mainly the idea of slavery. Basically the South wanted and needed it and the North did not want it at all. The South was going to do anything they could to keep it. This was the issue that overshadowed all others. At this time the labor force in the South had about 4 million slaves. These slaves were very valuable to the slaveholding planter class. They were a huge investment to Southerners and if taken away, could mean massive losses to everyone. Slaves were used in the South as helpers in the fields in the cultivation of tobacco, rice, and indigo, as well as many other jobs. The South especially needed more slaves at this time because they were now

Civil unrest is happening in the United States, again. Since starting his election, Donald Trump has managed to offend may minorities such as Muslims, Women, African Americans and Hispanics. These groups, along with many others, feel that under Trump’s leadership they will become a lesser citizen and not have the equal rights that they should be allowed. In the days after the election, there were many reports of racial threats and violence to these minority groups(The Washington Post, 2016). These seem to be coming from white supremacy groups who supported Trump during his campaign. Protesters in many U.S. cities took to the streets to chant “We reject the president elect!”(Thomson Reuters) . Immediately following

The 4th of July many Americans and different nationalities celebrate it as a remembrance of the American Revolution, which ended Great Britain rule over the Thirteen Colonies and created the modern United States of America. The American Revolution was fought from 1775 to 1783. The American Revolution stared with protest. In this paper, I will explain the causes of the revolution, major figures and also major events which lead up to the Revolution.

The slightest mention of the American Civil War is enough to bring graphic and often horrifying images into one’s head: mountains of dead soldiers, amputations without anesthesia, and diseases running rampant. The Civil War was a war that no one wished for, it resulted in the deaths of several hundred thousand American lives, but it is often justified by its end result, which was the abolition of slavery. But could the Civil War have been avoided?

In 1860, the world 's greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war, but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the arrival of

Among the various causes of the Civil War, The Compromise of 1850 added fuel to the fire that would soon inevitably break out into war. After the Mexican-American War and the gold rush of 1849 a large influx of people moved West, specifically to California, leaving it in complete chaos, with no structure or government. Consequently, California wanted to officially become a free state in America, but the president at the time, Zachary Taylor, had trouble accepting California’s statehood due to slavery issues that would then arise. The South however knew that if California was added as a state then there would be an unbalance in the Senate with more non-slave states. Moreover, the South wanted new, harsher Fugitive Slave Laws because of the Underground

The Civil war was one of the worst times in American history. The Civil War was to separate the North from the south. The South was for slavery and the North was for freedom. The North was called the Union and the South was called the confederate. The North had more supplies and the South had to go to different countries to get resources. They did not have it easy like the North

The Civil War was one of the most momentous and pivotal periods in U.S history. After decades of tension between the North and South over matters involving expansion, slavery, and the states rights these caused the beginning of a horrific devastating time known as the American Civil War, that lasted between 1861-1865. Within these 4 long barbaric and destructive years, it led to an innumerous amount of political, social, and economical changes for the U.S. Leaving 2.4 million dead and millions injured it leaves us questioning, “What caused the Civil War”? The three main causes of the Civil War between the North and South were Battles over political power within the states, the fight for keeping/abolishing slavery, and Economical

One of the events that shaped the U.S as a nation is the Civil War. The civil war lasted from 1861 to 1865. Abraham Lincoln who was president at the time and has the title of the “Great Emancipator” was very active on the whole process of the civil war up until he died. It is important to not only to question, and understand why this civil war happened but if it was inevitable or with its cost.

What about the Charlottesville, Virginia in where a 32-year-old woman of the name Heather Hyer, which was killed when a car slammed into a crowd of counter protesters. Before all that happened the reason why people were protesting was because they wanted the city to remove all confederate statues. Of course, there had to be people part of the Klu klux klan anti protesting not to remove it. Now this were the