Civil War Causes and Reconstruction

Since the beginning of time, man has pursued power by any means necessary; the Civil War is a great example of this theory in action. The reason conflict started and the reason it became such a two sided battle all points back to one thing, power. The way it should be distributed, what type of people should have it, and who should have the most all stir up conflicts between people with different opinions. In …

…their power in anyway possible. America was built on the phrase "land of the free, home of the brave" but they never specified what type of man you had to be to be free. Possessing another man as property brought more power to the individual, and he would do anything to protect it. Power can turn a man against his brother, or in this case, a country against itself, neither of which are good things.