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Civil War Dbq Essay

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The Civil War had the most dead men ever in US history. No ordinary person would want to be a part of that gruesome war. Why would Texans volunteer to fight in it then? This all started when “the glue that held America together began to unstick in 1820 (Background Essay)”. The main cause of the Civil War was slavery, which was a huge controversy between the North and South. Numerous reasons brought Texan soldiers to fight in the Civil War such as protect state rights, keep slavery, and sectionalism. First of all, Texas fought in the bloody Civil War to protect slavery. They believed their government was only established for the white race and “that the African race had no (part) in their establishment (Document B)”. According to the chart
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