Civil War Dbq

The civil war was fought in the United States during 1861 and ended in 1865. This was a war between the Northern states and the Southern states. The war was fought over conflicts such as tariffs, state rights, trade, and slavery. There were many differences between the North and the South states when it comes to their view points. Their differences resulted in conflicting events which then eventually led up to the civil war. In my opinion, I would side with the North, also known as the Union because not only was the Union trying to abolish slavery, but they also were fighting for the federal government, and to prevent the spread of slavery within the territorial issues. The Union consisted of Maine, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont,

Not only did Lincoln’s speech cause disagreements, but the Missouri Compromise and the Dred Scott v Sanford case eventually led to the first shot of the civil war to be fired during the Battle of Fort Sumter. With the new investment of the Louisiana Purchase, the Congress was in charge of deciding whether these new states would be free states or slave states. Missouri was unhappy with being a free state and wished to become a slave state which caused the big debate on what would happen. This resulted in the Missouri Compromise in which Missouri and Maine would switch statuses on slavery, ultimately dividing the North and South. This then increased the population of slavery. Another situation that led up to the civil war would be a smaller scale impact that would change the view of many. The Dred Scott v Sanford case was an event where Virginia slave, Dred Scott, tried to sue in court for his freedom. The case would eventually be passed to the Supreme courts where justices would rule that Scott had no legal rights and was considered a piece of property. This angered many people from the North because the justices interfered with the compromise between the North and the South since the completely sided with the South. Many other things would led up to the civil war such as “Bleeding Kansas” and the annexation of

One of the reasons that the South wanted to be separated from the North was because they wanted individual state rights so that they could abolish the federals that they do not agree with. The federal government along with the Northern states were not happy with this. I would support the Union in this situation because if the federal government would have no control over the state right, then what is the point to having a government at all. I also feel that the Southern governments do not have a valid enough reason to pull themselves from the federal government just because they are unhappy with the abolishment of slavery and the newfound president Lincoln who was a foe of the slavery