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they wanted to preserve the union and end slavery.
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In the civil war were the Yankees against slavery or for it?
Yankees were supposedly against slavery, but the main reason this was said was to gain European sympathies during the Civil War. The war was started because the Union (yankees) wanted to keep the southern states from becoming the Confederate States of America.
What does Churchill claim that the Soviet Union wanted?
The Soviet Union wanted war.
What was the focus of the Civil War?
The focus of the Civil War was, originally, for the South, or the Confederates, to gain independence from the Union. Later in the war, the focus became to free the slaves in the South. This was caused by the Emancipation Proclamation.
Can Texas become it's own country since the civil war?
After the Civil War, Texas was readmitted to the Union in 1870. It hasn't been its own country since then. Technically, it could now secede from the Union if it wanted to.
Why did the United states and the Soviet union participate in Angola's civil war?
They wanted to help out the angolians and take them as their own
Did the Union wanted slavery to happen?
No, the Union wanted to end slavery, that was the reason was for the Civil War. The Confederacy wanted slavery
How did Abraham Lincoln prevent slavery?
by winning the civil war with the union who wanted to end the war
Which side in the civil war wanted to end slavery?
the northern states wanted to end salavery
On what side of the civil right war was the state of Washington?
During the Civil War, Washington wanted to join the Union as a "Free State"
In the civil war were the Yankees against slavery or for it?
Yankees were supposedly against slavery, but the main reason this was said was to gain European sympathies during the Civil War. The war was started because the Union (yankees) wanted to keep the southern states from becoming the Confederate States of America.
What were the reasons why the union fought in the civil war?
They wanted to end slavery in the us and get the southern states back into the union
Why did they start the Civil War and was Oklahoma in the war?
The Civil War was started because Abraham Lincoln wanted to stop slavery and no Oklahoma was not involved in The Civil War because it joined the Union in 1907
How did enslaved people help the union in the civil war?
The enslaved people in the Union during the Civil War fought in battle. These enslaved people often wanted to fight because the Union treated them better than the Confederacy.
When did the war change from a battle over preserving the union to a war to end salary?
I think you meant slavery? The American Civil War was always about preserving the Union. The South wanted a separate state with slavery, the north wanted a union without slavery.
Why did cilvil war stared?
The Civil War started because the South wanted to separate from the Union, but the North did not believe the South had a right to do so. If this makes more sense, the Civil War started in effort to save the Union.
What made the American revolution a Civil War?
Nothing. A civil war is a war fought by 2 factions to gain control of 1 government. The colonists wanted their own country and government. This is also the reason the American Civil War is NOT a civil war.
Is the Civil War a war for freedom?
It can be argued that it was a war for freedom. The South wanted freedom from the Union, and to become it's own country.
