Civil War Dbq

On April 12, 1862, the Civil War started in the United Sates. The Civil War is known as the bloodiest war in U.S history. However, what events led to the civil War? Why did the union fight against the Confederate States of America? Between the years of 1820-1860, there were a few disagreements with many American citizens. In 1820 the New Louisiana territory was known as a free state because of the Missouri Compromise. This Compromise sounded really promising to many slaves, but others disagree with it because many American citizens relied on these slaves. Later, other states were being known as Free states which made some American angry because they couldn’t have any slaves of their own, depending on where they live. However, in 1854 the Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed, Stephen Douglas offered popular sovereignty, making people decide whether to have their territory slave free or not. This act terminated the Missouri Compromise. In addition, to this in …show more content…
Many leaders could not decide whether or not to make slave men and women free. Which was a conflict because of the Declaration of independence, it stated that “all man are created equal”. This was a conflict, especially for Thomas Jefferson since he wrote part of the Declaration of independence. Despite the Declaration of Independence, we have the U.S. Constitution does have something to say about slavery. In the year 1865, we can see that it state “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, nor any place subject to their jurisdiction”. Although this after the Civil War has the United States really changed. They might not use the name slaves, but they are people who are treated like slaves. Mostly because they are not American citizens so although there was a Civil War has America really