Ernest Willis October 22, 2016 U.S. History Dr. Tolson Hi on October 15 we were given two topic to research about how the causes of the civil war and what led up to the Mexican war and how did it impact sectionalism. Between the years 1861 and 1865 the United States engaged in a civil war. The north and south divisions created a problem after the election of the future president Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
The civil war began in the year of 1861, many historians have established theories for the main cause. Four of the possible theories include, morality and views on slavery, two societies, failure to compromise, states rights and Lincoln's election. Although all of these play a big role in the causes of the civil war, I believe the principle cause of the civil war was, the existence of two societies in the United States beacuse the South wanted to become more independent, had multiple uprisings due to slavery, and had differnt oppions on slavery. America was split into the North and the South, both very diverse. Some might say that the North was very independent and the south was very dependent on the north.
The American Revolution War and the Mexican American War is similar revolutions because of the many triumphs and mistakes of each revolution, but had many differences. The differences between both of them were that America was a monarchy and Mexico was dictatorship. American did not treat slaves the same as the rest of the people and Mexico exploits and give horrible treatment of workers. Both revolutions were differently socially and economically. America’s social causes was lack of freedom, inferior to Britain, wanting liberty, republicanism, and independence.
The war also contributed to North-South hostilities that led to the Civil War. Said Ulysses S. Grant, The Southern Rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican War. Nations like individuals, are punished for their transgressions. We got our in the most sanguinary and expensive war of modern times. Punishment.
The Civil War was a monumental bloodshed, which was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States, from 1861 to 1865. The primary cause of the war was the Southern states' desire to preserve the institution of slavery, which did not please the beliefs of the North. At the beginning of the Civil War, twenty-two million people lived in the North and 9 million people, which included four million of whom were slaves, lived in the South. The North, led by President Abraham Lincoln and his trusted generals, had more money, more factories, more horses, more railroads, and more food than the south. These advantages made the United States much more powerful than the Confederate States, which ultimately led to Northern victory.
The fight between Mexican and American troops officially opened fire on April 25, 1846. It was a war that was fought for land where Mexico battled to keep what they thought was their property. The war consisted of eight major battles that were fought in different locations and with different Mexican and American officers. The first battle fought was the battle of Palo Alto on May 8, 1846. The war took place between Fort Texas and resulted in the American troops winning and Zachary Taylor protecting the Rio Grande.
“Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain!” (Norris 123). Years before the war, the United States and Spain were at peace with one another until April 1898. President Mckinley was pressured into retaliation caused from the sinking of the battleship Maine and words from the press.
The big debate across the growing United States was the debate of slavery and which states would come in as free or slavery states. The Mexican-American War was a major turning point in this debate because it settled the debate over which states would become free or slavery states. This war lasted a little over a year and 9 months long on the border of the United States and Mexico (Texas and Mexico City). This war would helped settle many disputes, but the main debate it would settle would be the huge slavery debate. The Mexican-American War helped the United States gain new territory is the south-western part of the United States.
The outbreak of the war affected New Mexico at once. Many army officers stationed in New Mexico resigned. They joined the Confederate armed forces. The outbreak of the war also had a more lasting effect on New Mexico. This was because of the plans of the South, These plans called for the conquest of New Mexico.
The Mexican-American War changed the Unites States of America in a monumental way. This war changed The U.S.A.’s relationship with foreign powers and the economic standpoint of the nation. The Mexican- American war, and its strong ties to manifest destiny, shaped the nation in a country bordered by two seas with a chance for common folk and foreigners to have a sustainable life due to the gold rush. The war can also be accounted for the downfall leading to the Civil War over the conflict of slavery due to the land purchased in the wars treaty. Conflict between Mexico and the United States began when Texas, previously part of Mexico, became part of the United States.
To a greater extent, slavery was the greatest cause of the outbreak of the civil war in 1860. Disputes of slavery caused economic and political troubles between the northern and southern states leading up to the civil war. The fact the the northern and southern states were different in almost every way caused them to turn out like completely different territories, one of their greatest differences was the fact that most southern states economy relied on hard labour, agricultural jobs like tobacco in Maryland, and cotton in Virginia; this caused their economy to be more based on the labour of slaves than the more developed territories in the north (Harrold), who after this time was starting to not need the slave labour in their territories because after early 1800’s, the industrial revolution had been spreading to America, and the country developed very quickly. But in this expansion, only the north states were getting the effect of the industrial revolution, meaning the north would not need slave
Dealing with other nations calls for foreign policy used by the government. Between 1867 and 1920 there were a lot of foreign policies pursued. These are a few of many other policies the Spanish-American war, the Panama Canal and Mexican-American war. These policies have made an impacting difference.
The United States war with Mexico continues to be a divisive topic among many people because of its background. The Mexican-American war was a fight between Mexico and America for land. America’s belief at the time was Manifest Destiny, which meant that they believed that America should extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean. In the end, America benefited from the war and got the land. The United States expanded its size, achieving their dream of Manifest Destiny.
The Spanish American War The Spanish-American war was fought between the Spanish and the Cubans for approximately three months in 1898. The war began when Spain controlled Cuba and promised the Cubans a better government. But these promises were never carried out. The Cubans soon lost patience.
There were three main causes of the civil war including slavery, sectionalism and secession. Slavery was a huge part of it and it led to the Missouri Compromise where any states below the border would be slave states and the anything north of that was free states. (Mrs. Wise) "The south feared the declaration of freedom for the slaves by government leaders in the North." Next, sectionalism. Sectionalism-
