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The American Civil War Study

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The American Civil War Study

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Running head: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WARTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WARName of the Student:Name of the university:Author Note:
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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR1The American Civil War is, without a doubt, one of the most important events that haveshaped the course of history for the country as well as the world in general. A number of factorscontributed to the events that ultimately culminated in the Civil War that engulfed the entirenation from 1861 to 1865. Answer 1: Cause of the Civil WarDespite there being many reasons for the war to break out across the country, the mostprominent and immediate reason that has been universally accepted as the direct reason for thewar is slavery. The southern states refused to pay heed to the Union’s laws that called for slaveryto be abolished from the country and some Southern states even voiced their opinions tor legalrights and laws that would preserve the “Southern Rights” and would allow them to get on withtheir lives as they have always done: by continuing to use the slaves (Henretta et al., 2010). TheFugitive Slave Act was one of the major points of conflict among the Union and the Confederateparliaments. The northern tactics of limited war had to be changed to a strategy of total war by1862 and a full-fledged war had ensued that resulted in the death of more than six hundredthousand Americans. However, it must be acknowledged that the desire for political control overthe other territories acted just as much as the cause of slavery to fuel the war.Answer 2: Effects of the Civil War on the American societyThe American Civil War impacted every aspect of life and radically changed theAmerican society from how it used to be before the war. Racial, ethnic and genderdiscriminations were rampant in the nation before the war. However, growing numbers of peoplefrom the northern territories had begun to believe that slavery is a social malice that should beeradicated, which created the foreground for the war in the first place (Henretta et al., 2010). The
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