Essay - Civil War the Cause of the Civil War the Purpose...

Civil War

The Cause of the Civil *****

The purpose of this paper is to introduce, d*****cuss, and analyze the topic of ***** Civil War in American history. Specifically it will contain an analysis of James M. McPherson's Ordeal by fire: The ***** War ***** reconstruction regarding the question "Was Slavery ***** primary cause of the Civil *****?" Many scholars point to numerous reasons from the economy ***** rapid growth as ***** main *****s of the American Civil War. However, many of *****se reasons can be traced back to slavery, making ***** the primary cause of the ***** War.

***** the Prologue to his book, McPherson wr*****es. "The social and political strains produced by rapid growth provoked repeated crises that threatened to destroy the republic. From ***** *****ginning, these strains were associated mainly with slavery" (*****, 2001, p. 1). Thus, he makes ***** thesis clear in the o*****ening ***** this text, ***** then goes on ***** elaborate on the many different ***** facing the country, and how they can almost always be traced ***** to the division between North and South over slavery.

***** economic ***** of both ***** North ***** South was truly remarkable during the first half of the nineteenth century. The industrial revolution provided growth spurts throughout the country, and brought more people to the *****ern cities for jobs and opportunities. As the North industrialized, ***** South grew too, and became must more productive agriculturally, rather than industrially, and this would cost them greatly ***** the Civil War, since they did not have the ability to create ***** of the materials they needed to continually supply their fighting forces as the war dragged on.

***** also flourished during this time, and again, it flourished mainly in the North, as ***** connected industrial centers with population centers, and helped move people ***** goods much more efficiently and quickly. Railroads criss-crossed the Northern states, and there were some railroads in the South, but not nearly as many, which would again cost ***** greatly during ***** Civil War. It made it more difficult for them to move large amounts of men and materials, and it ***** them more vulnerable to railroad attack, because they ***** not have more ***** available as a back up.

All ***** ***** adds ***** to tremendous modernization going on throughout the country, and the need for ***** materials ***** labor ***** help industrialize the country. Education ***** more important, the American family changed, and immigration continued to populate the western United States. All of this change did ***** occur without tension and dissent, and ***** is part of how ***** and social unrest helped lead ***** the Civil War. For example, religious beliefs helped fuel debate throughout the country, and the *****ly Protestant North wanted to impose its values of temperance and modernism on ***** Catholic ***** of the country, largely Germans and Irish immigrants who did not appreciate the Protestant attempts at altering ***** lifestyles. *****re were clashes among classes ***** among religious beliefs,