Civil War and Reconstruction

THE CIVIL WAR AND THE RECONSTRUCTION

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The Civil War and the reconstruction era are considered the turning points in the history of the United States . The Civil War represents a crucial period when the survival of the nation was on the wane and America was at the brink of crumbling . Reconstruction on the other hand set a pace for the future interactions and laid down policies that changed the direction of racial relations in the United States , laying the foundations that would eradicate

slavery , a vice that has forever tainted the history of the United States . This shall look at the causes of the Civil War paying attention at how the issue of slavery entangled with territorial expansion , property rights , the 5th amendment and the row on state vs . federal states authority led to the war

Indeed the American Civil War was as a result of the extended struggle between the abolitionists and the slave states . This row was sparked by the extension of the American territory through what is referred as the Westward Expansion , a move initiated by President Andrew Jackson in the 1920s . This expansion however ended up creating more problems than solutions as it meant that slavery would be extended into the expanded territories . The territorial expansion coincided with the important national debate over the morality of slavery resulting to the abolitionists move to demand for the non-expansion of slavery into those territories . This led to a flaring of tempers between...