rners said that slavery revoked the rights of a human to be a free person. The subject of slavery left, and the North headed for war and eventually defeated the South in the Civil War. Without this war I sorely would have to say that we could have been in a much more segregated society than we already are. This war was needed in order to produce a stronger and more stable country for everyone. Slavery was abolished in the Union during Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Lincoln called it Emancipation Proclamation. This movement was definitely a day of awakening for America as a whole, which finally realized what "free" meant. All the Southern states would soon rejoin the Union.After the war concluded there were many events that would forever affect America and the world. All the states were a Union, no longer fighting amongst themselves. Other countries finally recognized the United States as an individual country and later would view America as a World Power. It is truly hard to believe that this entire act of slavery was around, but since it's in our textbook it has to be true. Slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. Just think there would be no war if there were no slavery. But this act of disloyalty is what kept the South running. There were other problems that induced the secession of the States but none greater than the slavery issue. By the Northerners rebelling and taking a stand against the South, I believe this began a progression of bigger and better things to that the U.S. has discovered and has yet to discover. Thousands of Americans lost their lives in their home country over a difference in opinion. The Civil War had solved some old problems for the United States. But it created some new problems as well. Even though both the South and the North enjoy great prosperity, disaster struck a new country and tarnished it infinitely. Hardships of the North and the South have streng...
