Some have stressed the idea that the South warranted its own country because it developed its own rather unique culture. Some historians have argued that the acrimony between North and South was directly linked to the ideology of free labor versus the ideology of slavery. These include abject differences between North and South, the inability of the politicians of the antebellum era to be able to work out a compromise between the two sections, suggesting that it is the unwillingness of politicians in both sections to put the country ahead of their own selfish interests. Many theories abound as to why they war occurred. In the years since this enormous tragedy, much has been written about the causes of the Civil War. Lastly, I also tried to illustrate how images can be used to help illustrate a historians argument as well make a particular discussion or point much more poignant and valid.Įver since the cacophony of guns and artillery were silenced in April of 1865, many historians, and some of the war’s participants, have tried to explain how tensions between rival sections, North and South, led to the wholesale slaughter of hundreds of thousands of American citizens. What I tried to illustrate, using images that many have perhaps not seen before is the complex relationship between territorial expansion, slavery, and the North and the South. I begin with a little discussion of McPherson’s main argument and a couple of images describing the United States territorial growth by mid-century before plunging into slavery. The theme that I try to present is slavery agitation between the North and the South. Moreover I tried to select the images so that they constructed an overall theme. The images that follow were chosen in some ways because they effected real people living in the period before the Civil War. Not only do they help illustrate the overall argument of a historical work, but they serve as a reminder that for the people living in the period of discussion the issues and events were very real and affected their everyday lives. Visuals are a very valuable tool for a historian.
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