Civil War Statehood Essay

America hasn’t always been the country of strong united people that stand before the world ready to face any obstacle that thrown in their direction. At one point they were actually at war with each other; this was known as the Civil War. The war divided the nation into two warring factions: The North, which was the Union, and the South, which became the Confederate States of America. Each state, that left the Union and joined the Confederacy, did because of many different factors; however, no state had such a complex movement from the Union than Tennessee. The process by which Tennessee recesses from the Union is so unique that it singles Tennessee out from the other states, that joined the Confederacy. The events and steps that led Tennessee

This growth would stem from the land that the government would take from the Native Americans. The Creeks would forfeit their land to the American government after losing the Creek War. The Chickasaws, in 1816, would sign a treaty with the American government, which would grant America the Chickasaw land north and east of the Tennessee River. Then two years later sign another treaty that would grant the American government all the Chickasaw in west Tennessee. With all this land being gained by the American government, it increased the desire for settlers to move to Tennessee and take advantage of the new fertile

Ten years prior to Lincoln’s inauguration California stand on slavery was being determined. Tennessee delegates met in Nashville to determine what would happen if California became a free state, and the topic of secession was on the table. However, after the Compromise of 1850, which implemented the Fugitive Slave Act, that required all runaway slaves be returned to their masters even if they are in a free state, like California, Tennessee and the other southern states threatening to secede from the Union were slated. Then ten years later when the democrat Abraham Lincoln was elected president it pushed many states over the edge and state began to secede. However, Tennessee’s divided regions kept it from seceding in the beginning of this civil