CAUSES OF DISUNION

Causes of Disunion

Causes of Disunion

Introduction

In American historiography is still one of the most controversial issues is to determine the causes of the Civil War between North and South. It would seem, for a period of time since its completion, American historians have sifted through and discussed every conceivable and possible reason for the "inevitable conflict”. It lay in the military conflicts that preceded them: the Seven Years War and the Mexican War. It is proved that it is the Mexican War resulted in the Civil War North and South.

Discussion

The story, as you know, does not know the subjunctive mood. Therefore, debates and discussions of American historians in connection with the Civil War North and South continues. It is impossible to accurately determine the number of papers which address the maturing of the American Civil War. This is not surprising, since the study of this phase of American history the most important issue related to the second American Revolution: what is the cause of the bloody strife that killed an enormous number of lives. The nation, numbering in 1860 nearly 32 million, went to war, three million people, and the terrible loss of nearly one million. Directly in the battles killed more than 600 thousand soldiers and sailors of the Union and Confederacy. Of these, about 360 thousand were soldiers of the Union and 280 Confederate soldiers were thousands. Although the loss of the North in the Civil War exceeded the loss of the South by about 40%, the impact of the war in the South have been more catastrophic, due to lower its population. The American Civil War took 4th place among all the military conflicts of the total number of casualties and the 8th largest number of victims per 10 thousand populations. More than 50 years, ...