The American Civil War remains one of the greatest military conflicts occurring in the U.S., its implications having been instrumental for the further advancement of the concepts of human rights and democracy. Fueled by the necessity to abolish slavery as the most atrocious and despicable practice, the Civil War led to a tremendous social change. Although the nationwide social change that spurred the Civil War would not capture the entirety of the U.S. long after the war ended, its conceptual ideas of equality would shape the future principles of social justice.
Remarkably, the Civil War could be seen as the military response to the sociocultural conflict occurring within the American community. On the one hand, there was the humanist endeavor to abolish slavery and the tremendous effort among African American people to gain essential rights, particularly, the right to be recognized as a human being and a citizen (Murphy, 2019). On the other hand, the challenges in transforming the perspective of opponents and fighting them effectively in the environment where traitors were numerous was excruciatingly challenging. Nonetheless, even after the defeat at the Fort Summer, the North under the guidance of U. S. Grant managed to triumph over the enemy. Thus, the prerequisites for the promotion of equity and equality as they are known today were created.
Though the change that launched the Civil War was excessively difficult to promote in the American South, the conflict set a premise for the development of social justice as it is presently known. The gradual social change and the recognition of African American people’s rights were enhanced by the Civil War, which created legal premises for the further transformation of American society. Therefore, the Civil War must be remembered for the essential social transformation that it encouraged.
Reference
Murphy, j. D. (2019). American Civil War: Interpreting conflict through primary documents. ABC-CLIO.