American History

The American Civil War happened in the years of 1861 to 1865. During this civil war, the eleven Southern slave states formed the Confederacy and declared secession against the United States. These slave states were led by Jefferson Davis and fought hard during the war against the United States government (the Union).

What truly caused the Civil War has long been debated. Some are solid with the belief that the Civil War was fought because of the issue of slavery. There is no simple reason that could explain on why the civil war had begun. The causes of the American civil war were a complex sequence of incidents, which included slavery that was long been around even before the first shot at the war was fired. This issue of slavery is also used by several historians in justifying the federal governments attack of the South. Accordingly the federal government was fighting in order to free the slaves while the South fought back to keep them in repression. Critics claim that the Southern States fought back in order to make certain that slavery will continue. True definition of freedom, political mayhem, competing nationalisms, upholding of the Union, the societys structure and economy are all major contributing factors in the bloodiest conflict in the United States history.

When did the south lose the civil war(i.e. What factors ,ideas, concepts precipitated the southern downfall

During the American Civil War, the North or the Union had a clear economic advantage against the South. This could be considered as one of the reasons why the South lost the civil war. The resources and manpower that the North had were too much for the South to take. The troops of the South were comparatively smaller than the Norths population. Aside from that, a huge advantage over resources was on the Unions side. Souths failure to recognize this disadvantages and shortcomings led to their downfall. Furthermore, the Southerners were not as fully committed as those from the North. Most of them were half-hearted concerning the war and as soon as the South lost the desire and willpower to fight, they have already lost the battle at the point even before defeat was officially proclaimed.
Why did reconstruction fail(based on your knowledge of american history did it fail,and could it have possibly succeeded)

The North believed that a total victory is more than just ending the battle. Secession had to be rejected and the slavery in the United States should be put to a stop. The goals of the Reconstruction period were to restructure the economic, political and social conditions of the United States after the Civil War. Issues arose as the southern states were to be rebuilt and readmitted to the Union. The Reconstruction plans were ideal and most of the goals happen but soon died with the idea at the end. It was hard for the Southern states and people to co-exist and have equal rights with the Union. The Republicans who mostly comprised of the Northern states were strongly in opposition of slavery as well and hence they were indifferent to the south and simply wanted to look after the slaves that were freed. The problem was also on what side would be in control of the government.

The American Civil War was the deadliest war in the history of United States. The Victory of the North ended the slavery in the United States and the end of the Confederacy. It strengthened the role of the national government, and the economic, social, and political issues caused by the war were continuously dealt with after the chaos.