Blog discussion.
Civil War - Robert E. Lee, born Jan. 19, 1807 in Virginia. Against slavery and secceding from the union.
Main causes of the Civil War, 13 states had weak federal government. North didn't want slavery and the south did, because their economy was very agriculturally based. The slaves provided cheap labor. The southern states secceded from the union when Abe Lincoln was elected president.
Seccession of the south, the majority of the population didn't expect a war at all. Slavery wasn't really a main cause of the war. The south did not want Lincoln as president because they feared he would abolish slavery. The southern states started calling themselves the Confederates and were very serious about being their own country. They printed their own money and elected leaders. Neither side wanted to go to war, but the south did not have the right to seccede, so the north had to punish them and bring them back to the union.
Effects of the Civil War, carpetbaggers were northerners who went down to the south to steal. The KKK was upset at the end of the war ,because blacks were no longer slaves and they were gaining rights.
We watched America: The Story of Us: Episode 4
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