American Civil War | 3 Minute History

The Cyncial Historian - / @cynicalhistorian

[@oliviamorris2035]

welp this is how I’m studying for my civil war test tomorrow

[@SouthernGentleman]

Olivia Morris Thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy like black Confederate sailor W. S Lewis from CSS Alabama, Cuban Woman Loretta Velasquez dressed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes fought for the Confederacy. The last Confederate General to stop fighting was Cherokee General Stand Watie. 10,000 Jews fought for the Confederacy, like Moses Ezekiel. 13,000 Hispanics and 3,000 Mexican-Texans fought for the Confederacy as well, like Santos Benavides. Hundreds of Asians fought for the Confederacy like Charles Chon.

[@laurelgrace900]

Same

[@youngsquad3868]

@@SouthernGentleman what’s your point?

[@SouthernGentleman]

“The northern myth that the confederate soldier went to the battlefield to keep slavery is just that a myth. Their letters and diaries in the tens of thousands reveal again and again that they fought their southern homeland was invaded.” - William C. Davis I can assure you, that the gallant hearts that throb beneath its sacred folds, will only be content, when this glorious banner is planted first and foremost in the coming struggle for our independence. - John Bell Hood “For my part, I have no hesitancy from the first that, right or wrong, alone or otherwise, I go with Virginia.” - JEB Stuart “I would rather be a private in Virginia’s army than a general in any army that was going to coerce her.” - JEB Stuart

[@youngsquad3868]

@@SouthernGentleman you just quoted a bunch of southern sympathizers. Simp.

[@temporaryaccount932]

Who's doing this for homeschool for quarantine

[@declansmith6372]

every one

[@kinghammershark6808]

me

[@wakipedias1282]

me

[@slimeyslugxxx8791]

@@wakipedias1282 me

[@wakipedias1282]

Joseph 57 why u resoind

[@littleleaf.gamez_8941]

here i am up at almost 3 am working on a last-minute school project.

[@Cerami_]

Here I am watching this at 2 am, hoping that Its gonna help me on my final exam today 🙃

[@dearjanaemajor1387]

Me watching at 12:30pm because I have a civil war test tmw 😛

[@rzmh2790]

SAME HAHAH 3 YEARS LATER

[@TheCandyNana]

thank you so much for this video, I'm a French student whose major is Study of the english speaking countries and their History, cultures, language, and literature and your video helped so much for my American Civilisation exam ~ Kind regards from France ~

[@sensho2919]

UwU

[@longsleevethong1457]

This video is not accurate. Do not use this video as a historical reference.

[@stentbeefclench]

This series should really be called 4 minuet history because most of the videos are about 4-5 minuets.

[@wolfycake1254]

I agree even tho it call 3 minuet they should call 4-5 minuet video war

[@happysad4603]

*minute *though

[@SouthernGentleman]

George Lewis Thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy like black Confederate sailor W. S Lewis from CSS Alabama, Cuban Woman Loretta Velasquez dressed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes fought for the Confederacy. The last Confederate General to stop fighting was Cherokee General Stand Watie. 10,000 Jews fought for the Confederacy, like Moses Ezekiel. 13,000 Hispanics and 3,000 Mexican-Texans fought for the Confederacy as well, like Santos Benavides. Hundreds of Asians fought for the Confederacy like Charles Chon.

[@declansmith6372]

you right you right

[@stentbeefclench]

@@SouthernGentleman I don't exactly see how that's relevant but okay

[@kaja022]

3 Minute history Looking at the length of ur video You had one job mate lol

[@jeremiahs4862]

who else watching this for fun and not bc of school 😂

[@shira6975]

Who does that

[@eden9977]

🙋‍♂️me

[@adams4163]

@@shira6975 me

[@dbro8400]

Yep me!! :D

[@angelabradley9513]

I'm hoping that you are watching to educate yourself, but I'm assuming that you all are a bunch of racists inbreds, but I'm glad when you wake up in the morning that we are the first thing on your mind, we feel very special.

[@craigusher1106]

😀I love your art it is wonderful thank you for your historical work

[@lshn8457]

Nice video! Thanks for explaining

[@birgerholm6987]

Kiitos myös kyyniselle historijoitsijalle, Thank's to you too The Cynicial Historian.

[@drhistory8304]

Kentucky was not invaded in 1962. it was 1862 .

[@jacksons1010]

And it wasn't invaded "by Tennessee". Braxton Bragg invaded with a force named the Army of Mississippi.

[@Kitkitka-official]

No it was in 1962

[@MimyRoo]

@@Kitkitka-official 1800s not 1900s.

[@codykerby6865]

Your not cool. Your being rude.

[@moffitron5727]

@@codykerby6865 first time on the internet?

[@ludrickarceneaux9053]

It's very helpful thx🤝.

[@benv7933]

College professor who graduated in history (paraphrased): If you talk to a Northerner they'll say: Civil War is fought for slavery If you talk to a Southerner they'll say: Civil War is fought for states rights

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Ben V state rights to own slaves?

[@kuwinsitall]

Yep, they said later it was "states rights" but if you read every Southern states Declaration of Secession, the upholding of slavery is mentioned as the reason for secession. It is the only reason. Not over tariffs, currency rates, roads, or anything else. To say it was "states rights" is a lie. Is just a handy go-to because they were later ashamed to say they fought to preserve slavery.

[@mrbrainbob5320]

Paul Hoffman the south lost get over it already.

[@Allistar123]

fugitive slave act kind of shits on the whole "states rights" thing tbh.

[@theguy6082]

What it was actually fought for: _Both_ of those things.

[@awsnap1709]

who's still confused?

[@detectivehobson7465]

Not me

[@user-ic5xq8oc9z]

Just you

[@reynagarzon9123]

me :(

[@GLICIOUS21]

The country was evolving its beliefs and implementing federal equality laws to federally enforce the abolishment of slavery and slave labor and the south wanted to reject federal laws from being enforced on their state territory and thats why claim it was a territorial war. The south wanted to protect their rights to continue to slave blacks on their state territory and wanted the north to kick rocks and mind their business. The North said "nope we're going to come onto your state territory and force you to free your slaves", and thats exactly what the North (union states) did to the South confederate states. Kicked their ass and took the chains off their slaves. Now they're back talking about how they'll rise again.

[@detectivehobson7465]

@@reynagarzon9123 noob

[@jfs5873]

We gonna do another video on this for 2021?

[@chabisarangi5638]

It's very useful and important....

[@artgirl6059]

So much good information thank you soooooooooo much!!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@tipoomaster]

Indo-China or any of several (or all smashed together) Indo-Pak wars could be interesting for this channel! Didn't see any on searching

[@birgerholm6987]

Kiitos Jabzylle näiden videoiden teosta ja kiitos suomenkielisen tekstitykseni hyväksyjälle. Thank You Jabzy for these videos and thank you you unknown approver of my finnish translation.

[@therealestrx3707]

*TRUE*

[@hotshothistory8630]

Brilliant Video

[@madboy9xx]

The different voice caught me off guard there! ;)

[@rocknrollkid90]

Could you review, “The Civil Rights Movement?”

[@ares-zj7qe]

Have a test tomorrow and this sorta helps

[@infocreations6967]

Southern and northern states fighting Slave: Is this for us?🤔🤔🤔

[@saulmtz7309]

I'm still waiting... what song did you use?

[@anakngbayan16]

This video's narrator is much better than that of the other videos.

[@ABPHistory]

lmao bag heads at 4:34

[@renan150123]

It is the most brutal war in the Americas ( north central and south). Fun fact the second place is the Paraguay war.

[@royronson3275]

Well aren’t all wars brutal? I know what you mean though.

[@abdurrahmanqureshi3030]

Paraguayan war was more brutal, also one can argue that the Spanish conquests of Maya and Azteca was much much more brutal. As well as the American tribes war with the Settlers was much more brutal.

[@shockwavesteve]

@@royronson3275 No now shut up

[@The_king567]

No it isn’t the Mexican revolution killed more people read a book

[@The_king567]

@@abdurrahmanqureshi3030nah those didn’t kill more people the Mexican revolution killed over 1 million read a book

[@jasminekampono2933]

what sources did you use for this? i need to analyze this for my work. xx

[@DarthMercanto]

The description of the causes of the war are ok, a few mistakes but basically covers some of the key political issues. Where this video faltered was its military history

[@vexintersect1312]

Brace yourself for the comments about how the civil war wasn't about slavery....

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

Buuuuut it wasn't................................

[@vexintersect1312]

+Sandor Clegane great argument m8

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

justin ret m8? You mean you aren't even American lol

[@vexintersect1312]

+Sandor Clegane lol no I'm from Michigan the greatest GREAT LAKE STATE!!!

[@docslastname2711]

Lincoln didn't really care about free the slaves he just said that to get support. He only cared about keeping the Union together.

[@BigBoss_670]

so we had America's deadliest war to free slaves? And then after the war, treat them like complete shit until the 70s?

[@shedd45]

Sounds about right.

[@dannytanner5955]

yes😂😂😂

[@chillywilly3285]

Till the 70's?

[@chillywilly3285]

Stephen Shelley just a bit

[@Kuraakka]

The war wasn’t to free slaves the war was because Abraham Lincoln didn’t want slavery to spread to the west in order to control the black population but stopping the spread scared the south that their main source of income would disappear and a war starting forcing Abraham to free slaves but his ending plan was after the war was to keep the slaves from being citizens and have them deported

[@renecappers9427]

It would be interesting if u would make a video about the 80 year war.

[@JabzyJoe]

+Rene Cappers Been trying to for a while. I could never shorten the script though.

[@renecappers9427]

Jabzy Well, the video has to be "around" 3 min right? 7 min is around 3 min in my world. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@lordreehaw1267]

Have certain bonus videos that go over the around-3-minute mark.

[@liverbubble666]

You forgot to update your map after West Virginia split from Virginia (you should also mention it!)

[@albrown1812]

Years worth of history in 4mins

[@319Schum]

Virginia didn't join the Confederacy until after war was declared.

[@Unknowngfyjoh]

1. Why the change in narrator? 2. Believe it or not, slavery was initially illegal in Georgia when it was first founded. They later changed the law.

[@stephanieostler1623]

This video showed a lot for just being 3 minuets I will show my daughter this for her social studies homework it will help her so much

[@longsleevethong1457]

The video isn’t accurate. This is a myopic account of the American civil war.

[@TheRedAirOn]

5 minutes actually

[@saulmtz7309]

What song was used for this video?

[@sadiqrahman2961]

Is JABZY and the new channel that hosted are related?

[@saulmtz7309]

Whats the song you used?

[@DaisyGeekyTransGirl]

The Cynical Historian sounds like Mr. Enter.

[@LaxGoalieWestPoint]

DO THE ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR

[@robevans8629]

FYI 100,000 Free Blacks owned Black slaves in the South during the times of the Civil War..... this coming from a Northerner. As with everything in History no event happenes because of ONE reason the truth is the war was more fought for States Rights Vs Federal Rights, USA was founded in favor of strong State Power and small Federal Power and the North was imposing Federal laws to overtake the souths state laws.For example, the Morrill Tarrif, it was a Tarrif that raised interest rates on Southern goods by a gigantic amount that Southerners were barely making profit( The Nullification Crisis happened because of un constitutional Tarrifs) , another reason is that Northern Merchants were aleanating the South.I can go on and on such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, the raid at Harper's Ferry etc . Bottom line the South felt that there Constitutional rights were being threatened .Slavery itself could not be a main cause in a world which had been phasing out slavery ever since the Empire of Portugal started it in the late 18th century and in a country where it was slowly but surely being voted out by STATE. Those thousands didn't need to die .God Bless the South Deo Vindice .

[@joellaz9836]

Very few blacks owned slaves. The ones who did own slaves was only due to fact that slaves who were freed by their masters ended up buying their children, wife or a family member or a close friend after they became free. I have read many, many slave narratives. But I have yet to read one that states that they saw blacks owning a plantation or even having slaves that worked for them. I have read a slave narrative where there was description of a Native American owning slaves (and they were described as being far more humane and kind slaveholders than the whites). But none that describe blacks.

[@royalblueknight83]

+Joella Z Who is it on your profile picture, good Sir?

[@joellaz9836]

Royal Blue Knight Why your good and dear dear friend, Thomas Jefferson.

[@royalblueknight83]

+Joella Z Oh, my bad! Watch out for Federalists, Mr President!

[@christianweibrecht6555]

Rob Evans provide citation

[@superskyron19]

south Carolina was like FUCK DIS SHIT BRUH

[@quickster2253]

whoever voiced this sounds similar to sprayandprey11

[@easypc8053]

My great great great grandfather was in the civil war he was at the deadliest battle in the world

[@Tia-Louisa]

America isn't the world 🙄 more people died in the Napoléonic wars as well as when the Indians split with Pakistan just to name a few... ✌🏽 The Christians killed millions of pagans in Europe and the turks killed hundreds of thousands. Thank me later.

[@easypc8053]

@@Tia-Louisa yea i miss phrased that mb!

[@blackjack4939]

THIS IS HOW I WANT MY HISTORY TEACHER TO BE 😃

[@longsleevethong1457]

Mostly wrong?

[@tarunshivakumar5032]

when its called 3 min history but really is 5 min

[@AJMontNC]

3:32 looks like World War One trenches XD

[@cats2537]

Thanks. Still have no clue

[@anuradhamanocha1828]

Vgood👌👍👆

[@APineTree]

So wait, the war didn't officially start until Fort Sumter, or am I mistaken?

[@SouthernGentleman]

Lord_Kalb The war officially started at Sumter. There were conflicts before like Harpers Ferry

[@daveharrison84]

Nice job! My only comment is that West Virginia sided with the Union and they should have been shown on the Union side.

[@JabzyJoe]

+David Harrison That was my bad, I made the maps. I'll add an annotation.

[@nekrataali]

West Virginia wasn't a state before the Civil War. They were granted statehood after a referendum refusing to succeed with the rest of Virginia in '61.

[@dukes1993724]

Can anyone tell me why the North was keen on ending slavery? My gut tells me (unfortunately) it isn't because the majority of northerners cared whether blacks down south were free or not. There has to be an alternative reason.

[@kuwinsitall]

It's a little complex, but I'll do my best to be brief. Basically, the South completely depended upon slavery for their economy. Lincoln's election freaked them out so much that they seceded, fearing he would outlaw slavery. He bent over backwards saying they could keep it if they rejoin. They felt no need to as they didn't trust the North, and few new slave states were being added....and the South thought the Senate would tilt against slavery. The North was mostly motivated to preserve the Union, not end slavery. The border states of Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia and Maryland were even allowed to keep slaves through the war. Once the war was on, Lincoln felt that it was too late to go back and sought to end it by war's end. Emancipation Proclamation made it official. That being said, not all Northerners were "good guys" that were pro-black rights. Many black soldiers were mistreated in the North by their white counterparts and many blacks were lynched in New York City during draft riots. On the other hand, only 12% of Southerners had slaves, so most average people down there weren't monsters or anything, they were mostly fighting for their home states. The South did secede to keep the institution of slavery though, it is in every states' declaration of secession documents. Whew. A bit nuanced, but there you have it. I was administrator of a Civil War Battlefield a few years ago so I often told people this. Hope this helps.

[@dukes1993724]

Thanks, but why did Lincoln press on with the Emancipation Proclamation?

[@kuwinsitall]

Kush MasterB it was always something he wanted down the line, but he was never willing to risk the union for it. he wanted it to happen naturally or through law, with possible payouts to the south to make it happen. but once the war was on against his wishes, he was basically saying "fuck it, might as well now."

[@dukes1993724]

Ah, okay

[@nora22000]

Bleed Green Northern white men didn't like slavery being extended to the territories. They would become poor whites like Southern poor whites if huge plantations loaded with slave labor undercut their prices and kept wages low for any jobs. That's why California and Kansas didn't want slavery. Slaveowners get an unfair advantage over free citizens, plus slaveowners look down on any people who work for a living--including whites--which creates a negative, backward culture. Yankee culture is hardworking, upbeat and forward-looking, and slaves did not fit into it at all. Immigrants coming to the US to make good lives did not go to the South and also avoided slavery for the same reasons.

[@panfan947]

Quarantine...

[@successfulexcellent1646]

Go to Spotify and type in 'Successful Excellent - The Birth of America's Death Warrant', and enjoy 😀

[@drhistory8304]

could you do the Mexican revolution?

[@gislebert559]

Why does Lincoln look so pissed off in this video?

[@albertolopezlopez2693]

are you interested in working as my personal animator?

[@JabzyJoe]

I don't have the talent

[@randomuser5443]

The war wasnt over slavery: it was over state’s right. Which rights? The right to own farm tools

[@adamhenrywalker]

Hell yeah! General Frémont!

[@camtheinteresting3439]

Hi am watching this vid for school

[@SouthernGentleman]

Cam The Interesting Thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy like black Confederate sailor W. S Lewis from CSS Alabama, Cuban Woman Loretta Velasquez dressed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes fought for the Confederacy. The last Confederate General to stop fighting was Cherokee General Stand Watie. 10,000 Jews fought for the Confederacy, like Moses Ezekiel. 13,000 Hispanics and 3,000 Mexican-Texans fought for the Confederacy as well, like Santos Benavides. Hundreds of Asians fought for the Confederacy like Charles Chon.

[@killerontheloose80]

Cold harbor 1864 Score 01 for the general

[@LyllianaTV]

i am here because i was genuinely curious

[@deonzahenderson2719]

This is not Jabzy

[@CynicalHistorian]

+Deonza “King of Texas” Henderson yep

[@korayacar1444]

Who tf liked that?!

[@dodec8449]

To be honest: this guy has a much better voice for this kind of narrating.

[@JabzyJoe]

+Dodec84 Totally agree.

[@dodec8449]

+Captain Inc I think Jabzy still wrote the lines and made the drawings of this video.

[@alilokhandwala562]

Why is it almost 5 min????

[@HOE68YEN]

Title: Civil War in 3 minutes Video: 5 minutes

[@shanks6404]

these videos are not the same without the voice of the real Jabzy, but nice video still

[@Trisaaru]

02:08 "1962"

[@tjcassidy2694]

Fremont wasn't at Antietam.

[@goldenpen3164]

How many forks does it take to win? :-)

[@mr.lello3339]

What is this? Change? No. No. Not the CHANGE! Jk. Don't really care, great video anyway. Keep up the great work.

[@tobyoneil1969]

I mean, it is just 3 minutes but jeez.

[@shotzzyt4619]

It's 4:53 vid

[@ares-zj7qe]

2:38 is kinda messed up (confederate soldiers)

[@211pirate6]

Abraham was a Republican, and a Republican Party general view was to abolish slavery, and let’s face it, a huge part of the south’s economy came from slaves. The South saw slavery wasn’t going to survive if they stayed apart of the Union, so they seceded.

[@polandhome]

whos this?

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

Man you really are Polish, he said who he was in the video

[@polandhome]

+Sandor Clegane Must have missed it. Me being Polish has nothing to do with it.

[@Bringmeoneofthosechickens]

PolandHome Sure buddy

[@andreasimoncini2793]

+Sandor Clegane well ok then slow down there with the weird subtle racism bro

[@CynicalHistorian]

+PolandHome In case anybody missed it, I am the narrator.

[@chopdahead2453]

Pov: your teacher wanted you to watch this Edit: like if you agree

[@SAADD]

I m pakistani n watching this as part of ushistory as it is required in a special exam here

[@DrR.]

3 minutes The video: *4 minutes straight*

[@crazywildgamer4454]

Were was West Virginia

[@eygon7925]

put them back!

[@PartiyaLenina1]

Here come the lost causers...I can smell them already. Every time I see the word 'tariffs' or the phrase 'northern aggression' I might lose a few brain cells.

[@zombieguyproducion]

+Maxwell Gross The big evil Confederacy

[@lordreehaw1267]

The tarrif was solved years before the war and the South started the war. this is from a southerner as well, we lost, and it was an unjust war.

[@Elizabeth-ProfHovey]

It wanted independence because it felt the Union was not going to let it continue to expand slavery's territory indefinitely, and the only thing that was really making slavery profitable was being able to sell slaves. No new territory, no market for slaves. Otherwise the system of forced labor had inherent flaws, including that mechanization was disadvantageous, as was providing education for everyone, including poor whites.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Pretty much this, but also was an institutional element to it. Roughly speaking, The North controlled the House and the South controlled the Senate and the expansion of the country kept raising the thorny issue of adding new states to the Union and upsetting the series of delicate - and ultimately futile - balancing attempts to reach an equilibrium. Additionally, all three branches of government would sequentially fail to resolve the widening divide between North and South. The Executive failed in the guise of weak president after weak president, the Judicial failed due to that one really famous supreme court case about slavery the name of which escapes me right now - basically the court ruled in a way which called into question its impartiality and integrity and 'took sides' with the South. The Legislative failed just by being a bunch of partisan, unwilling to seriously commit to resolve the issues and quell inter-communal violence, pricks.

[@pyromania1018]

I'm a Southerner, my mom preaches the "treated like stepchildren" BS, and yet I spit on the so-called "Lost Cause". The Confederates were the bad guys, and I hope they burn in he'll.

[@SS-sf5wv]

How wrong/correct it will be to call american civil war a revolution. Please answer........

[@Albukhshi]

@ 4:29 I had no idea JWB used a turd to shoot Lincoln with.... :P

[@Iove75]

Not bad, you missed West Virginia though.

[@JabzyJoe]

+Iove75 Just added an annotation now.

[@jamesbedwell8935]

2:06 1962??

[@themerchantofengland]

*1862.

[@robertthompson5908]

Great for studying history - not so much for math. 3 minute history is close to 5 minutes long.

[@metkic94]

How is this war about slavery when south didn't need to attack north to keep their law of owning slaves . . . Union didn't want to pull back from their fort and both sides had ambition of one nation where they would rule . . . Those ambitions exist today still but not in favor of uniting but in favor of spliting and if USA didn't have heavy centralized army and gouverment like commies during USSR , USA would split apart because there are states in USA that would do much better economicly speaking if they were not in UNION . Also democracy is very limited if you wan't to pull from union since you need 60%+ of states suporting you to leave . . .

[@SouthernGentleman]

Metkic 94 “We Are Fighting for Independence, Not Slavery”. - Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy to Edward Kirk “Slavery is a political evil in every country.” -Robert E Lee “I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interests of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.” - Robert E Lee “I have always been in favor of Emancipation.” - Robert E Lee “Let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.” - Nathan Bedford Forrest “African Americans should have the right to vote.” - Confederate Colonel John Salmon Ford The confederate soldier “Fought because he was provoked, intimidated, and ultimately invaded” -James Webb Born Fighting a History of the Scoth-Irish in America “I was fighting for my home, and he had no business being there” -Virginia confederate Solider Frank Potts List of causes of the Civil War- Harpers Ferry On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown and a band of followers seized the federal arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in what is believed to have been an attempt to arm a slave insurrection. (Brown denied this at his trial, but evidence indicated otherwise.) They were dislodged by a force of U.S. Marines led by Army lieutenant colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was swiftly tried for treason against Virginia and hanged. Southern reaction initially was that his acts were those of a mad fanatic, of little consequence. But when Northern abolitionists made a martyr of him, Southerners came to believe this was proof the North intended to wage a war of extermination against white Southerners. Brown’s raid thus became a step on the road to war between the sections. States' Rights The idea of states' rights was not new to the Civil War. Since the Constitution was first written there had been arguments about how much power the states should have versus how much power the federal government should have. The southern states felt that the federal government was taking away their rights and powers. Political power That was not enough to calm the fears of delegates to an 1860 secession convention in South Carolina. To the surprise of other Southern states-and even to many South Carolinians-the convention voted to dissolve the state’s contract with the United States and strike off on its own. South Carolina had threatened this before in the 1830s during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, over a tariff that benefited Northern manufacturers but increased the cost of goods in the South. Jackson had vowed to send an army to force the state to stay in the Union, and Congress authorized him to raise such an army (all Southern senators walked out in protest before the vote was taken), but a compromise prevented the confrontation from occurring. Perhaps learning from that experience the danger of going it alone, in 1860 and early 1861 South Carolina sent emissaries to other slave holding states urging their legislatures to follow its lead, nullify their contract with the United States and form a new Southern Confederacy. Six more states heeded the siren call: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Others voted down secession-temporarily. When President Lincoln called for Volunteers to invade the south, six southern states voted to join the Confederacy. The issue of slavery The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery. Secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union, and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. Most of the states of the North, meanwhile, one by one had gradually abolished slavery. A steady flow of immigrants, especially from Ireland and Germany during the potato famine of the 1840s and 1850s, insured the North a ready pool of laborers, many of whom could be hired at low wages, diminishing the need to cling to the institution of slavery. Child labor was also a growing trend in the North. The agrarian South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties. On the eve of the Civil War, some 4 million Africans and their descendants toiled as slave laborers in the South. Slavery was interwoven into the Southern economy although only a relatively small portion of the population actually owned slaves. - History . net

[@itallafuckingjoke]

The cause had more to do with states rights than anything else.

[@AnimatedArt-ng6dw]

virtual learning- amma right or amma right??

[@user-gc3yb7fv1q]

Where is the video that explains WHY did the civil war happened?

[@pixie4259]

background music kinda creepin me out

[@bigpie82]

UNION UNION UNION

[@amber2090]

This is not three minutes it’s 4 I can’t deal with watching a extra minute of boringness this isn’t even for history it’s for my English :l

[@bryantbot7863]

Haiii Amber its almost 5 min

[@ABPHistory]

Wot about Washington state were they in the union?

[@HateTaxesWASt]

SquirleyIsHere At that point there were a territory, as Washington State became a US State in 1889.

[@ABPHistory]

Zandandido Oh okay

[@sofianyez4564]

This looks like South Park lol

[@jailyn9638]

Yeah

[@Mrk_021]

Slavery was pivotal to the Southern economy, saying the war is about slavery is true but slavery was only a part of the problem the South had