Why is the American Civil War called Civil War and not Liberation?

A civil war is a war between the same ethnic groups within a sovereign country. China’s so-called liberation war is actually a civil war. The so-called victory is the king and the defeat is the enemy. Liberation is just the name of our party. We call our liberated areas occupied areas. As for why the American Civil War is called the Civil War and not the Liberation War, it is because the American Civil War broke out not to liberate the black slaves, but because the South wanted independence. In addition, the capitalist development in the North took a fancy to the cheap black slave labor in the South, so the North-South war broke out. In the early stages of the war, the North was almost defeated. Later, the abolition of slavery laws were promulgated, and only then did they gain the support of the black slaves in the South, which turned the tide of the war.

The reasons for the American Civil War

1. Reasons

In 1854, the Democratic Party was established in the north. In the same year, southern slave owners attempted to use force to expand slavery to Kansas, so an armed struggle broke out in Kansas between western farmers and immigrants from free states against southern slave owners. The struggle lasted until 1856, kicking off the Civil War. In 1857, slave owners used the Scott decision to attempt to extend slavery to all U.S. territories, leading to John Brown's uprising.

In 1860, Lincoln, who advocated the abolition of slavery, was elected president, and southern slave owners launched a rebellion. The southern slave states became independent one after another and formed the federal government in February 1861, with Davis as president. In April of the same year, the Confederate Army preemptively captured Fort Sumter, and the Civil War broke out.

2. Introduction

The American Civil War is the only civil war in American history. The two parties involved in the war were the United States of America in the north and the Confederate States of America in the south. The war ultimately ended in Union victory. The war began as a war to safeguard national unity, but later evolved into a revolutionary war to fight for the rebirth of freedom for black slaves.

3. Impact

The Civil War was the first large-scale war after the Industrial Revolution. During this period, standards for modern warfare such as tactics, strategic thinking, and battlefield medical care were established. The vast majority of the 3.5 million people who participated in the war were volunteers. The war resulted in the death of 750,000 soldiers and the disability of 400,000 soldiers. Relevant associations estimate that the number of casualties may be even higher, and an unknown number of civilians were also affected.

The Civil War left a deep impression on European observers at the time. Karl Marx said that the Civil War represented a great war unique in military history. The Civil War had great, world-historic, progressive and revolutionary significance.

What are the similarities and differences between the American Civil War and the Chinese War of Liberation

American Civil War

Also known as the American Civil War, it is the largest civil war in American history , the two parties participating in the war were the Union of America in the north and the Confederate States of America in the south. The war ended with the North winning.

The Civil War was the second bourgeois revolution in American history. It maintained national unity, abolished slavery, further removed obstacles to capitalist development, and made the United States quickly become an industrial power. But racial discrimination has not been completely eliminated, and black people still receive unequal treatment. This war not only changed the political and economic situation of the United States at that time, leading to the final abolition of slavery in the American South, but also had a huge impact on American civil society in the future.

The Civil War was mankind's first industrial war. During this period, the standards for tactics, strategic thinking, battlefield medical care, and so on were established for almost all modern wars. Known as the first volunteer war, only tens of thousands of the 3.5 million people who participated in the war were professional soldiers. The war killed 750,000 soldiers, injured 400,000 soldiers, and affected an unknown number of civilians.

Liberation War:

Refers to the civil war fought in mainland China and Hainan Island from August 1945 to June 1950 as the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang competed for leadership. , the war ended with the victory of the Communist Party and the Chinese People's Liberation Army. On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed and the Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan.

The victory of the War of Liberation ended the history of a handful of exploiters dominating the working people in mainland China, and ended the history of imperialism and colonialism enslaving the people of all ethnic groups in China. The liberation of the Chinese people, who account for a quarter of humanity, has changed the balance of world political power and has had a great and far-reaching impact on the international situation and the development of the revolutionary struggles of the people around the world.