The Battles Before The Battle Between The States

The Battles Before The Battle Between The States Charley Tollefsen U.S. History Essay no. 1 January 24, 1999 Warning: THE COMMENTARY IN THE FOLLOWING IS THE SOLE PRODUCT OF THE AUTHOR, AND MAY CONTAIN SOME BIAS DUE TO THE BIAS CONTENT OF THE AUTHOR’S SOURCE OF INFORMATION, PLEASE READ WITH CARE. In 1861 the United States declared war on the seceded Confederate States of America. This war is more popularly known as the Civil War or the …

…the North and the South. Because of the many disagreements the Civil war was inevitable and unstoppable. The slave holding South didn’t care for things like the Free Soil Coalition, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, John Brown’s Raid, and the election of 1860, so in a retaliation-like manner the South did things like “Popular Sovereignty,” the Fugitive Slave Law, The ruling on the Dred Scott case, and southern states succeeding from the union. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**