The American Civil

War
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The Background
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USA was chiefly divided into the northern states and the southern
States.The northern States developed as manufacturing and shipping centres
whereas the southern states developed great plantation Industries the most
important being the cotton growing industry . Much of this cotton was
shipped to the cotton mills in Lancashire of England where Industrial
Revolution had created a huge demand for raw material .The cotton growing
Industries gave rise to serious problems in United States and the plantations
increased so did the demand for labour and so the southern States
demanded for slave where as the northern States was industrialized and did
not need slave labour in the industry and so the did not approve an slavery.
In the middle of the 19th century slavery had been abolished throughout the
British empire and anti-slavery movement began in the Northern States of
America demanding abolition of slavery in the United States of America.
The southerners were often very cruel and harsh in the treatment of slaves.
This outraged many northerners and the tension between the slave states of
south and evolution states of north began to grow. When the northern states
started there the anti-slavery campaign it began to gather momentum.The
southern States threatened to secede or break away from the Union and form
a confederacy of their own.
Slaves of
the
southern
states.
 Abraham Lincoln became the 16th
ABRAHAM LINCOLN President of the United States in
1861 .During this time the country was
passing through very critical phase
sharply divided over the burning issue
of slavery. Lincoln thoroughly
despised slavery and considered to be
a brutal system . He opposed to
slavery and declared the foundations
of democracy. The southern States
seceded from the Union and form the
confederate states of America.Jefferson
Davis was appointed the president of
the confederacy. Lincoln was
determined to save the Union at all
costs- at the cost of war, if necessary.
Civil war broke out in 1861. In 1863
Lincoln abolished slavery in the south.
He remains enshrined in the hearts of
the free men as the great emancipator.
 The American Civil War
The American Civil War was one of
the most bitter civil wars in history
where nearly 7 lakh people lost their
lives. The Civil War was fought
because the southern states had left
the union that is on the issue of
secession.The southerners fought with
determination and courage under the
leadership of brilliant generals.They
initially won a number of victories.
Gradually, however, the north with
superior resources wore down the
confederacy and thus, the civil war
came to an end.It had established the
fact that the American Federation was
an indestructible Union of states and
no state had the right to secede.This
war had resulted in the
impoverishment of the southerners.