In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?
Title: In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?
Category: /History/North American History
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In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 863 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
In 1861 the bloodiest and one of the most important revolutions in American History
began, The Civil War. Socially this war had been brewing since the beginning of slavery.
This controversial subject had been the object of debate mainly because it required a
balance between free and slave states. Slavery was also a big issue between the
Democrats in the 1860 election because they could not agree on the issue of popular
sovereignty. This eventually led to …showed first 75 words of 863 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 863 total…oppression. The end of the Civil
War brought about the need for black rights and new ways of life. Opposition to these
revolutions led to the reverting revolution that turned back the clock taking away once
again what so many died for. The social and constitutional developments that helped fuel
these revolutions are responsible for some of the nation's greatest achievements like the
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, and some of the worst like segregation.