UNIT 7
Crisis, Civil War, and Reconstruction
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1820
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1877
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19th Century
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Sectionalism leads the nation to splinter along cultural and regional lines, dividing the nation into the free-north and the slave-south. This division will push the nation to the brink, causing a national identity crisis.
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Both the Union and the newly formed Confederacy take their arguments to the battlefield to fight in order to preserve the Union, or champion states rights and the preservation of a way of life.
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Union victories rejuvenate the North to lead an all-out attack at the heart of the South to end the war quickly. Their actions help achieve a Union victory in this war, but leave the South badly scarred from the effects of total war.
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In an uneasy peace, the United States now has to find a way to rebuild the South following the effects of total war, the loss of slavery and political voice.
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The scars of war deeply affected the South, causing resentment and hostility toward the former slaves as Congress comes to grips with its failure to fully reform the South.
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