Origins of the American Civil War Summary

    Prior to the Civil War, the United States was emerging as the epitome of grandeur, as it had finally found itself a somewhat worldly eminent ranking.  Once the idea of expansio... Read more

     At the beginning of American history, the settlers of the North and the settlers of the South had many differences.  However, they all had a common history, most coming from E... Read more

The Coming of the Civil War Some may argue that no war is inevitable, but I am inclined to disagree. There was nothing either side could have done, short of rolling over for the opposition, which c... Read more

The civil war threatened the existence of the United States itself. In the war it cost more American lives than any other American conflict in history. The Civil war had many factors, which caused i... Read more

The tie between the northeast and northwest became very strong for several reasons. One was the fact that the northeast shifted from cottage industry to the factory system. Another reason was the immi... Read more

"The Civil War was not inevitable; it was the result of extremism and failures of leadership on both sides." There are those who argue that the slavery issue led inevitably to secession and civil war... Read more

The Civil War was caused by a myriad of conflicting pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by sectional differences and pride, and set into motion by a most unlikely set of political events. Fr... Read more

Disunion within the United States was seemingly inevitable during the Antebellum period. Frustration seeded in the north and the south regarding differentiations of perspective on slave trade fueled... Read more