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Economic And Social Problems In The Early 19th Century

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Early 19th century America begins to see disputes between the North and the South. Compromises in hopes it would solve the issues. However, in the 1860, economic and social problems between the North and South became so immense that using compromises to resolve political disputes no longer seemed possible. In 1861, the Civil War began. America was split in two over the issue of slavery. One side was the Union and one was the Confederates. The war was officially declared by President Lincoln for the matter of uniting the states, which have been disunited due to the secession of eleven Southern states. In 1865, the Union took victory, and more troubles were yet to come. Even though the Civil War was officially declared for the reason of uniting

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