Question

Why was the American Civil War fought? What were its effects?

Answer 1

Hint: The American Civil War was fought from April 12, 1861, to May 9, 1865. It was a civil war in the United States fought between northern and Pacific states, called "the Union" or "the North" and southern states that voted to withdraw from the union and form the Confederate States of America or "the Confederacy" or "the South".

Complete answer:
American Civil War was fought when Europe was in the initial stage of the Industrial Revolution.
Causes:
- The main cause of the war was the slavery conditions, especially the expansion of slavery into newly acquired land after the Mexican-American War.
- During the industrial revolution, the demand for cotton grew and with that the demand for labour in the plantations in the south of the US also rose. The cotton plantation was dependent on the practice of slavery, without which the economy would not continue. Hence, the southern states were in support of slavery and wanted to spread it further. However, the northern states wanted to annihilate the overall slave trade and practices.
- Thus, the northern states started the anti-slavery movement. This jeopardized the southern states as their cotton plantation economy was largely dependent on these slaves. So, finally, the American Civil War was fought.

The verdict by Government: In September 1862, Lincoln called on the separated states to return to the Union or to free their slaves. When no state returned, he implemented the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The edict provided moral inspiration for the North and made European countries discouraged to continue supporting the South. It also permitted the recruitment of African Americans into the Union army. Around 2 percent of the population of the United States in the 1860s died in the war. The American Civil War is the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Result:Despite a string of early Confederate victories, the Union forces powerfully made victory in the war. The success of the North, above and beyond its superior forces and industrial and economic resources, was partly due to the statesmanship of Lincoln. By 1864, he had become an accomplished political and war leader. Even though the South was devastated by the war, but the Union was preserved, and the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1865, officially abolished slavery all around the country.

Note: The federalists restored the Union after the Civil War was over. They began the process of revoking the acts of secession, and also accepted them as members of the Union. After the war, the defeated states were gradually allowed to return to the United States. During the period after the war, attempts were made to solve the political, social, and economic obstacles arising from the readmission to the Union of the former Confederate states, known as Reconstruction.