Regional Differences and Division
By: Frankie Sperka
The Civil War
Early Tensions
Slavery Ends in the North
Northern Life Style
Southern Life Style
The Compromise of 1850
The Nation Begins to Divide
Leading up to the Secession of the Southern States
Southern states where so unhappy with the federal government, that they said if Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 they would leave the Union and become their own separate country. The truth to the statement was disregarded and ignored by northerners who thought that they couldn't do such a thing... but they were wrong.
The Union Flag
The American Flag
The Confederate Flag
The Confederate States of America
South Carolina, as the first state to secede from the Union had had enough of the northerners neglecting to respect them as a state and a part of the country. Following South Carolina's secession came the secessions of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. These state banded together and called themselves the Confederate States of America. They named their president as Jefferson Davis from Mississippi. Despite their efforts to send a message to the north, they were ignored and told that the secession was invalid because the federal government has the final say. Within three months of the creation of the Confederate States of America the union and the confederacy would engage in a war that would last five years.
My Reaction
Works Cited:
- http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/
- http://www.historynet.com/causes-of-the-civil-war
- http://slavenorth.com/emancipation.htm
- http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/civil-war-overview/northandsouth.html
- http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp
- http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/confederate-states-of-america
- www2.lhric.org/pocantico/civilwar/south.htm