Growth and Disunion
Vocals - Jon Baxter, Nick Macchia, Anna Koltunova, David Spritzer
Bass - Nick Macchia
Drums - James Johnson
Guitar - Josh Merlis
Keyboards - Mike Grecco
Lyrics - Sasha Ahuja, Roxanne Rosales, Jason Thomas, Jeanine Uzenski, Cory Vogel, Kenny Wang, and Anna Koltunova
This is the story of the Civil War. This is what they're fighting for. Two separate entities entered the war, by the end they were stronger than before. Lincoln was elected, Southern life erased. Secession resulted, as slavery defaced. The North had Abe, and Grant by their side, but the South had Lee and a cavalry to ride. Put your hands up, for the soldiers who fought. Lives were risked, victory's what they sought. Now sit back in your chairs, and get in a mindset, where ideas are flowing like a ball to a net. Reconstruction was a try to rebuild, yet opposition left this task unfulfilled. America's like a giant Jenga board. Pull one block, and the others get floored.
The Antebellum years, agreements on the rise, from Kansas and Nebraska, to the 1850 Compromise. The North became hostile, as blacks were being chased. Slave power's bout to bounce, as their lifestyles are erased. Sentiment arising for the laws of land anew. A rush to Missouri made sovereignty askew. The Whigs were destroyed, Democrats were undecided. The moves of Stephen Douglass kept the Union divided. Parties on the rise, Free-Soil anti-expansion. Democrats for states' rights, slavery they demanded. Republicans established, bringing mass appeal to life. Free labor and growth versus Know-Nothing foreign strife. Corruption at its peak, Buchanan not working harder. Sectionalism toppled over, as Brown became a martyr. Year 1860, Lincoln's elected inauguration sent the South to secede, as war was their declaration.
What the heck's going on up here?
I see people dying, everybody's crying.
I said what the heck's going on up here?
Confederacy, you don't challenge me.
I said what the heck's going on up here?
Everybody can do it, don't worry pull through it.
The Civil War began in 1861 when seven states seceded declaring they were done. Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware. These border states remained, at the time they didn't care. With Fort Sumter it began, followed by Bull Run. Then came Shiloh, New Orleans, and Antietam. The Union won Gettysburg, the turning point of the war. The very next day, control of Vicksburg heightened the score. The war was affecting economies good and bad. The North had prospered devastating land the South once had. The Union control of Mississippi had its compensation. Trading and commerce increased for the Northern nation. April 9th of 65', Lee was done. Leaving half a million dead, yet the North had won. It was clear to all the fighting just had to end. Now the nation was left with relationships to mend.
The goal of the Freedman's Bureau was to give support to those who had zero. Food, aid, churches, and schools helped not only blacks, but whites too, fool! Lincoln's ten-percent plan in 1863. Voters set up their own state democracy. The Wade-Davis bill in 1864. vast support needed, Strict constraint was it's core. Radical Republicans took drastic measures. Focused on southern punishment, by increasing the pressure. The Tenure of Office and Command of Army Acts. Less presidential interference now that's a fact. The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Born here, citizenship, cannot be bent. Rights of suffrage, no matter race or occupation. These amendments were the seeds of this new freedom consecration.
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