What happend before or after the Civil War?

Answer 1

The US civil war began over the issue of slavery. The first African slaves arrived in North America in 1526, and though the practice of slavery took many years to become popular, it thrived under British colonialism. On 1 January 1808 American Congress voted to ban further importation of slaves, but children of slaves automatically became slaves themselves. There was no legislation against the internal US slave trade, or against the involvement in the international slave trade and the outfitting of ships for that trade by US citizens.

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, was not in favour of abolition of slavery, but he opposed its expansion into new territories and states in the American West. It was this issue that led to the secession of the southern states to form the Confederate States of America, and ultimately also led to the Civil War. Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor had caused tension between the Union and Confederacy for several months, as the Union could not allow it to fall into the hands of the Confederacy, and it was a stronghold which the latter wished to capture. When Confederates fired on the fort on 12 April 1861, it signalled the beginning of the US civil war. Lincoln was a diplomatic and strategic wartime leader. He had to negotiate between Radical and Moderate Republican leaders, who were often far apart on the issues, while attempting to win support from War Democrats and loyalists in the seceding states. He personally directed the war effort, which ultimately led the Union forces to victory over the Confederacy. Lincoln is most famous for his roles in preserving the Union and ending slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 made the abolition of slavery an official war goal and it was implemented as the Union of northern states retook territory from the Confederacy. The Republican Party introduced the Thirteenth Amendment into Congress to enable the implementation of the Proclamation as the War drew to a close. When the last Confederate troops surrendered on 26 May 1865, the final ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment took place on 6 December 1865, officially ending chattel slavery in the United States. Final recognition of the amendment occurred on 18 December 1865.

Answer 2

IMPORTANT EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1852--Uncle Tom's Cabin published by Harriett Beecher Stowe. 1854--Ostend Manifesto fails to annex Cuba as a slave state. 1854--The Republican Party is formed. 1854--Kansas-Nebraska Act passed. 1857--Dred Scott Decision .1857--Lecompton Constitution (Kansas). 1858--Lincoln-Douglas Debates begin. 1858--Lincoln makes his "house divided" anti-slavery speech. 1859--John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. 1860--The Constitutional Union Party forms, adding a fourth major presidential candidate. 1860--The Democratic Party splits along sectional lines, offering two Presidential candidates; Stephen Douglas is supported by the North, John Breckenridge by the South. 1860--Abraham Lincoln is elected President. 1860--South Carolina begins secession process. 1861--Battle of Fort Sumter. Union troops

Answer 3

The Revolutionary War, and the Trojan War occurred before the Civil War.