The Rights of Women in the Unites States from 1846 to the Civil War

The controversy over slaves ultimately led to the secession. Abraham Lincoln thinks slavery is wrong and he wants to stop it from spreading. Earlier, he had warned that slavery could separate a nation. In the 1860 election Lincoln is elected, but southerners are worried he will end slavery forever. Southern states start to secede because they are worried. First South Carolina succeeds, then North, Texas, and then Florida too. They give themselves a new name called the Confederate States of America. (Wise...)

Before the war, women had very little rights. A married woman could not control property that was hers before marriage, keep control of her wages, acquire property while married, she could not transfer or sell property, she couldn’t even bring a lawsuit. A husband could do anything he wished to with a woman’s material. He could sell them, break them, and his wife couldn 't sell or give away the exact same things. It was immensely unfair to women. But, they would not stay quiet for long. The sexism had to stop!

To begin with, immediately after the election and inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, the newly-established Republican Party’s presidential nominee, eleven states of the South seceded from the Union. These events marked the beginning of the Civil War and the war was a result of many political tensions that had emerged between the North and the South in the prior decades, all of which were associated with the institution of slavery installed in the Southern United States. President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union, and therefore, the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the Union while the Confederacy fought to

The South wanted to secede from the Union because of Lincoln’s inauguration. Since he was elected, the South felt they were losing power and

The slaves states secede from the Union since the South thought Abraham Lincoln would try to end slavery. To many southerners, it seemed that the South no longer had a voice in the national government(textbook 500). The southern states secede from the Union since they felt they had no voice in their own country anymore. The South thinks Abraham Lincoln was trying to take slavery away from them. Therefore, Many southerners favored secession as part of the idea that the states have rights and powers which the federal government cannot legally deny(Document 5). Many southerners favored secession as part of the idea that the states have rights and powers which the federal government cannot legally deny(Document 5) The South believed that Abraham Lincoln was against slavery which lead to the states

Once he was elected, South Carolina seceded from the U.S. in December of 1860 becasue they knew that he would put an end to slavery. A month before his inauguration, six other southern states seceded, forming the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis was elected to be President and Alexander Stephens as Vice President. The capital was placed in Montgomery, Alabama and the Confederacy had a good government running before Lincoln was inaugurated. On the flip side, Linoln believed that you couldn’t just secede from the United States, he believed that it was illegal. He also didn’t want to bother where slavery already was, he just wanted to put a stop to it. The final straw that pushed the Confederacy over the edge was Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter, which waslocated in South Carolina, was one of the last forts under control of the federal government, not the Confederate government. Lincoln didn’t to confront the fort armed, yet also didn’t want the fort to be under the Confederate control. Finally, on April 12th, 1861, the Union proceeded to make advances toward the fort and once it fell to the Confederacy, that, was whenever the four-year long war, called the Civil War,

The American Civil War initiated directly from the northern and southern strained relations on the controversial matter of states’ right opposed to federal supremacy, slavery, and economic sectionalism. The Presidential Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 engendered the secession of seven states forming the Confederate States of America, following of four states after emerging battle of the Civil War. Why was the election of Lincoln the catalyst that led to the United States secession? Republicans opposed the enlargement of slavery flowing throughout the territories, therefore restricting the practice of slavery. Southern states discerned on the depriving control of federal government eventually overpowering slavery to become prohibited. In

When Abraham Lincoln got elected president southerners thought that the government was getting too strong. Southerners felt that if they stayed with the United States, then the North would control them. Some southern states felt like they had no choice and decided to secede. There was Union forts on the Confederate land. In Charleston, there was a Union fort which was called Fort Sumter. The Union soldiers did not leave the fort, so the Confederates fire on the fort. This was the start of the Civil

Going by this speech, there should have been no reason for secession as he promised he would not interfere with slavery where it already existed. However, Southerners still though of Lincoln as an abolitionist and were worried that he would completely abolish slavery. This emphasises that Southerners were unhappy that a Northern, anti-slavery party had won the presidency. As a result of Lincolns election, South Caroline, followed by six other states, seceded from the Union. This further divided the nation, which in turn led to the Civil War. Tulloch backs up this view as he argues that:

I believe that the biggest reason that the South wanted to secede, was the North wanted to eradicate slavery. There are other reasons that helped push the South to secede, like how the South wanted to have equal State Rights, or even Abraham Lincoln being elected president. A quote that shows that the South overreacted to lincoln being elected is “When President Lincoln got elected, the South was convinced he would end slavery, even though President Lincoln never said he would do that.” so when the South overreacted to him becoming president and seceded this just fueled the flames of the Civil War. These are the main reasons that I believe the South started the Civil War.

From 1815 to 1850 America had a lot of political and economic improvements such as; voting for men did not fulfill the ideals of the declaration because Women and Native Americans were not granted by their lawful rights. From 1815 to 1850 the U.S. treated them unfairly due to skin color and gender stereotypes. They did not have the chance to take up their political and social rights.

In 1860 the South decided to secede from the Union. The reason that the South decided to secede was because they did not share the same views as the North. The South was in favor for slavery, unlike the North who up the Mason-Dixie Line had begun to gradually ban slavery. The South was more reliant on slavery for plantation matters. The North did not care much for the reasons why the South needed slavery, since they relied on cheap labor. The South had to secede because they would not be getting their slave economy if they stayed in the North. Once Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 the South seceding the Union vas creating their own Confederacy. South Carolina decided to secede for the Union first. Then they dispatched delegates

Southerners had the choice to not seceded and remain with the Union but, they didn't and they made a small probably become a civil war. This is one big difference between the South and the Colonists. The South seceded for other reasons also for one, the election of Abraham Lincoln. Back before the election James Buchanan was the president having no force, power, or backbone he caused irate anger in the Democratic party causes them to split. As a result of the seperation of the party President Lincoln was elected. Southerners were very angry because not only were they pro slavery but, they despised

The newly independent state South Carolina fired shots at a Federal ship entering the Charleston Harbor and then proceed to bombarded Fort Sumter until it surrendered. This was the start of the Civil War and it was a result of over decades of continuous malicious tension between the South Carolina and her sister states and the North and rest of the Union. By the mid 1800s the South was able to see that they were being stripped of their state rights and control over slavery by the federal government, abolitionists, and the North. South Carolina was pushed and forced to declared herself seceded from the Union in order to protect the very lives of her citizens and ensured that their rights were not taken away. It was a last resort measure that was careful and patiently decided before declaring.

The southern states had no life threatening reason for them to go against the North but they made it seem as if their life depended on it. What did they really secede for? Southerners thought that after Lincoln was elected that slavery was going to end, the government would become too powerful, and that the South would be controlled and told how they should live. As if the South had no choice in any matters, they ran from the problem instead of facing it because it could have been settled mannerly but they went ahead doing their own business like if they knew how to rule a country. Then, what happens? The Civil War starts. It began when the Confederate states whined and wanted the Union fort and soldiers out of their Confederate land even though they weren’t doing anything wrong or offense towards the Confederacy. On April 12, l861 in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina at Fort Sumter, a Union fort, the Confederates decided to open fire with cannons after the troops refused to