Spain And The American Civil War
During the American Civil War, the Reign of Isabella II, Kingdom of Spain was the target of intense diplomatic efforts by representatives of the Union (American Civil War), United States and the Confederate States of America. At the start of the war, both sides believed that Spain was the likeliest European country to recognize the Confederacy, due to having poor relations with the United States long before Secession, and the persistence of slavery in Spanish Cuba and Spanish Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico. For her part, Spain appreciated that a successful rebellion would reduce American expansionism and allow the recovery of Spanish influence in Hispanic America, but she was reluctant to intervene unilaterally because of long-standing policies of cooperation with United Kingdom and the American Civil War, Great Britain and France and the American Civil War, France, along with avoiding conflict with the United States. Spain discussed the possibility of diplomatic recognition with her allies ...
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American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of America, Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by U.S. state, states that had Secession in the United States, seceded from the Union. The Origins of the American Civil War, central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether Slavery in the United States, slavery should be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prohibited from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War, Decades of controversy over slavery came to a head when Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion, won the 1860 presidential election. Seven Southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding f ...
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