CIVIL WAR

Cause of the United States civil War

Cause of the United States Civil War

Lincoln had written the first draft to the emancipation proclamation in July, but decided not to issue it straight away for several reasons. One of the most important reasons for which he did not do this was because the Union had just lost an important battle, and he feared that the people would see this as a weakness. The Emancipation proclamation stated that any slave in any conquered territory would be free. The reason why Lincoln had decided to issue this was because he had seen himself forced to make a decision concerning what to do with slaves once the war was over. This issue had provoked many different views and later, many debates on Lincoln's reasons for issuing an emancipation proclamation. This however, contributed to Lincoln's portray of the “war hero” of this war (Mack, 2002, p22)

The American civil conflict took location between 1861 and 1865. It had been battled between the to the north states (also known as the amalgamation) and the south States (also renowned as the Confederacy). Northern and Southern states had habitually had numerous moral and political differences, often engaging economy and culture. However, the major and most inevitable origin for this war to break out had been slavery. Although it had been foreseen that the Union was to obtain victory in this war, the South had some advantages which should be taken into account(Licklider, 1995 pp. 515).

The northern victory had not come as a surprise to anyone. It had been long foreseen during the war that they were going to obtain victory due to their numerous advantages they held over the Confederacy. At the time, the North was portrayed as the industrial area of the country. Northern states were known to be ...