The End Of The Civil War

Soldiers of the American Civil War were overwhelmed by a time where weaponry and technological developments were thriving. This brutal war changed the soldiers, both mentally and physically, and continued to have an impact throughout their entire lives. There were not only many deaths during the war, but also prior to the war as many soldiers took their own life. They would experience disturbing thoughts and events in their mind that could not be explained until they became known as mental illnesses. The exploration of psychological disorders following the Civil War improved medical diagnostic tools and the way patients were treated which transformed the treatment of mental illness by creating new ways of discovering illnesses, treating patients, and developing the foundation for the future of psychology throughout America.

Frederick Douglass once said “What a change now greets us! The Government is aroused, the dead North is alive, and its divided people united…The cry now is for war, vigorous war, war to the bitter end, and war till the traitors are effectually and permanently put down” (Allen, 2005). In 1861, the start of the Civil War was needed by the Confederacy and the Union. Ever since the American Revolution and the birth of the United States, seventy-eight years earlier, there were many disagreements that began to tear apart the country. The main issues that were debated were state rights, unfair taxation, and slavery. Slavery was the main issue because it caused a separation between the north and the south. The north had mostly abolished slavery by this time because it became an industry driven economy, while the south was made up of plantations that grew crops. Almost half of the southern population was made up of slaves because about one-third of families owned slaves. The southern states wanted to break away to start their own establishment and we able to have slaves if they wanted. The Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter is located in the Charleston, South Carolina harbor, three and a half miles from the shore. Many events occurred leading up to, during, and after the battle to mark it as an important part of the Civil War.

During the Civil War, the president Lincoln promulgated the Emancipation Proclamation(Colling 5/22/17), this document helped the union win the Civil War.By the end of the war, the Thirteenth Amendment(Colling 5/22/17) of the Constitution was implemented. This amendment brought the freedom to the slave and it made Emancipation Proclamation permanent validity. The south returned to the union and started to reestablish. At first glance, the Reconstruction seemed all right and it fulfilled the promise of America. Nevertheless, a multitude of problems were still not addressed. Although the slave regained freedom again, but they can not integrate into society. In order to deal with this situation, the 14th Amendment and 15th Amendment(Colling 5/22/17) were implemented

The war produced about 1,030,000 casualties, including about 620,000 soldier deaths—two-thirds by disease, and 50,000 civilians. The war accounted for roughly as many American deaths as all American deaths in other U.S. wars combined.

The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.The 14th Amendment provides the citizenship, due process and equal protection clauses. The 13th amendment was adopted on December 6, 1865. It was preceded by the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, which freed all slaves from the Confederate states during the Civil War. Most of these states were in the South below the Mason-Dixon line.The 14th Amendment was adopted on July 9, 1868, and it is the longest of all the Reconstruction Amendments, having five separate sections. The amendment also covers citizen's' right to hold public office, suffrage, compensation for emancipation and debts of war.

When elected, President Lincoln vowed to prevent the extension of slavery. As a result, the Southerners chose secession, while Northerners believed that the collapse of Union would destroy the possibility of a democratic republican government. This resulted in the Civil War, which lead to the end of slavery in the United States. Throughout the war, there was much debate over whether or not the Civil War was about slavery or the Union. Lincoln first rejected the end of slavery as a goal of the war, but slave escapes in the South bothered Lincoln. The Union’s fate was at stake and Lincoln’s major goal of the war was to save the Union. Lincoln finally surrendered to the pressure of antislavery republicans, making the Civil War mainly about slavery, and seeing slave abolition as a way to end the rebellion and protect the Union. Abraham Lincoln created the proclamation of emancipation in July 1862, which called for an end to slavery. The proclamation was issued on September 22, basing its legal authority on his responsibility to suppress the rebellion and was signed by Lincoln on January 1, 1863. After the war, abolitionists were concerned that the Emancipation Proclamation would be forgotten about, so they pressured the congress to pass a law that would finally abominate slavery. In January 1865 the Congress approved the Thirteenth Amendment to ending slavery, and sent it to the states

Before the Civil War started, the North and the South argued on two main topics: slavery and state rights. In my opinion, it was because of slavery that state rights were argued. When Western territories were annexed from Mexico, they were admitted to the Union with the condition that that slavery be banned through the Wilmot Proviso (History.com). Because of this, slave states felt they were unfairly treated and outnumbered. The religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening also gave way to new ideology. Combined with the growing abolitionist sentiment, Northern states began taking action against Southern states. Because their rights as

The Civil War is known as a turning point in America, the road to ending slavery, while first turning a nation against each other.

The first source that helped identify whether slavery helped or hindered the confederacy was the Emancipation Proclamation. This document was established by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The purpose of establishing this document was to free slaves located in the Confederate states. The values of this document are that it was the first step in letting the slaves be free in the United States. The document is valuable to the research because it displays a step towards African American freedom, however, it does not offer the rights to exercise their freedom. The document is limited because of the fact that it only offers freedom to the slaves of the Confederate States and not to slaves all over the United States. The United States Constitution issued the Thirteenth Amendment in the year 1865 on

The purpose of this paper is to show the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. The two sides which were at war was the union and the confederacy. Which was basically the United States separated into 2 sections going at war with each other. In this document, I will speak about those people who were involved on the battlefield towards the end of the war.

This amendment specifically outlaws the institution of slavery and involuntary servitude. This means that the Emancipation Proclamation was formally made law by United States government. The South was made to accept the new reforms to the constitution in order to be allowed back into the Union, so therefore they had to accept the fact that they could no longer depend on the use of slaves to advance economic growth in the South. Not only did this amendment not allow slavery but it also made

After the civil war, tension arose between the North and the South. Northerners made the decision to “reconstruct” the south. While the south rejected their efforts and resisted change, the north was angered by their hostile response. The northerners coming in were called derogatory terms, such as carpetbaggers and were seen as exploiting the south. Many changes were being made including the Federal Government protecting each individual citizen’s freedom, reinterpreting the constitution, and a transformation of slave workers into legal citizens. The 13th amendment being passed in 1864 abolishing slavery was Lincoln’s final solution. Next was a movement of reintegrating the north and the south, while also including former slaves into the picture and it proved to be a lot for people to accept. Even though there was revolutionary change happening, things still weren’t progressing in all areas. The black codes that were put in place in 1865 to restrict the freed black slave’s rights were just one of many examples of how racism was not going anywhere even after the civil war. While the conflict between race and class existed very much simultaneously, I believe that in order to fully understand American history since the civil war it is important to focus on racial tension.

The Civil War had just ended. Everyone was in a joyful bliss in the north, including the president, Abraham Lincoln. He had succeeded in winning this war and working on putting the country back together. There was just one problem; not all of the north had supporters that backed Lincoln’s choices. A handful of these oppositions, one in particular, would lead to Lincoln’s downfall. However, history has moved on from this moment in time and over the decades, firsthand accounts have different versions of how everything played out on that fateful night and the twelve days after. Nevertheless, this story always has the same plot, characters, and ending that unfortunately cannot be changed.

The Civil War was a fight to preserve the Union, which was the United States of America. Federalists thought that the federal government needed to maintain their power in order to confirm the survival of the union. Also, they alleged to believe that each state should have the right to regulate the laws within its own borders and should not be forced to follow the instructions of the federal government unless absolutely necessary. The five causes that I will talk about is the election of President Abraham Lincoln, taxation, slavery, the Missouri Compromise of 1850, and The Dred Scott Case.

In 1861, a horrific war began. Nobody had any idea that this war would become the deadliest war in American history. It wasn’t a regular war, it was a civil war opposing the Union in the North and the Confederate States in the South.. The Civil War cost many people’s lives on the battlefield and beyond. In addition it cost an extreme amount of money for the nation which possibly could have been avoided if the war had turned to happen a little differently.