Task.

Compose a historically accurate well developed paragraph response

to this prompt: Why is the Civil War still relevant today?
Though it seems to be so far back in history, the Civil War is still very relevant in

its objective, its emotions, and the progress it has made for the U.S as a whole today.

For starters, “The North was fighting for reunification and the South for independence”

says www.nps.gov in their article “The Changing War”. This is representative of how

beliefs change over time. Democrats in 2022 believe in uniting the nation with social

programs and racial equity, while Republicans are more economy-focused. During the

Civil War period, things were much different. The republicans were instead the

advocates for civil rights while trying to improve the economy on the side. The

Democrats, at that time, were much more divided; “Northern Democrats divided into two

factions: the War Democrats, who supported the military policies of President Lincoln;

and the Copperheads, who strongly opposed them. In the South party, politics ended in

the Confederacy.” writes a historian for Wikipedia. The second reason the Civil War is

so relevant today is the emotional conflict. During the war, northern and southern

“sympathizers” arose. These are people who felt for the opposing side. Many of them

were known for taking the opposite stance as the state they lived in. One infamous

southern sympathizer was John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President

Lincoln just five days after the surrendering of General E. Lee evoked an emotional

outburst. In some depictions of the shooting Booth is even leaping out of Lincoln's

balcony to attack the rest of the attendees. The last reason the war is so present in our

current society is what people take from it. Many people believe that the Civil War was

necessary. According to Betsy Towner, a writer for AARP, Those “heroic years shaped

us as one nation”. She goes on to say that we have improved hospitals and technology
because of the war and that it just seemed needed to finally resolve the question of

ethics and law. Others would beg to argue. A large portion of the population seems to

believe that another Civil War is looming revolving around abortions and civil rights.

There is still a lot of discussion about ethics and racism and human rights in general,

and the conversation will continue to upset some and intrigue others, all of it relating to

the Civil War in one way or another.

- The Changing War - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service)

https://www.nps.gov › civilwar › changing-war

- History of the Democratic Party (United States) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_the_Democra...

- Lincoln's Assassination

https://ahec.armywarcollege.edu › edwards_Assassination

- 8 Ways the Civil War Affects Us Today - AARP

https://www.aarp.org › 8-ways-civil-war-changed-lives