Diversity & Demographics: Civil War

During the Civil War many African Americans were severely segregated from society, especially in the South which seceded from the United States in 1861,conpared to states in the North. During the upcoming and active years of the civil war, African Americans were strongly segregated compared to other races considering they made up much of the United States population at this time. Although, in the South Blacks as a whole were not accepted in society nor politically, as they were not citizens, according to the constitution whether or not they were a free man or woman. The United States did not see blacks as citizens before and during the civil war. Blacks were most likely slaves or very rarely free. In the North, still not considered citizens, African Americans were not slaves and slavery became illegal in the North after Lincoln became president. In Northern states, even though African Americans were free from slavery they were still not citizens and but socially accepted more than in the South. Throughout the United States African Americans were greatly segregated, until after the civil war in which African Americans began recieving rights, and became citizens. Before and during the civil war African Americans were the minority of the states and were commonly mistreated in society, and when they were given their rights after the civil war, segregation began to form in different ways than before. During the times of the Civil war the United States population was full of unhappy and segregated African Americans until they recieved their rights after the Civil war.

Lincoln

In The Gettysburg Address written by President Lincoln, addresses the country that we must never forget what happened at the end of the Battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln believes that the battle itself was a fight to remember and the battlegrounds will now be a very large graveyard for the men that had died there in battle. He also said that it will not be a memorable ground, but rather an area in which the cause must still be fought for, for the sake of the ones that were unable to reach themselves. Lincoln feels that they need to push harder to reach the cause that could not not be reached the day of Gettysburg.
Through Lincoln's second inaugural he discusses the main cause for the civil war was in fact the prohibition of slavery in areas that were becoming states. In the South, they feared that by prohibiting slavery in those areas would threaten slavery in the areas it was already taking place. In the North they believed slavery needed to be prohibited in many areas. Lincoln felt that instead of continuing to fight against one another, that we should come together and create peace amongst our country again.
The second inaugural address supports Lincoln's First inaugural address because he believes that as country there is no need to keep fighting or fight each other period. The two of these excerpts help us understand what the cause of the war was, but also allow us to see Lincoln's views on the war. These excerpts could be used to help others gather an understanding of the civil war and what its cause was. The views of the excerpts are limited because they are bias to president Lincoln's views. Other sources that represent what the cause of the war
will help us fill any gaps in the excerpts we used as well as get different reasons, if any, that give info on the war.