The American Journey The American Journey is a book that tells of the events that shaped the modern-day America. The wars and the leaders that defined those early eras are exhaustively covered. Chapter 5 focuses on the civil war between the Union and the Confederacy as well as the emancipation proclamation. Since each side was pursuing different objectives, their strategies were also expectedly different; however, the implementation was the deciding factor on who would emerge victorious. Chapter 5 details the struggle between the Union under President Lincoln, and the Confederacy under President Davis. The war was as a result of disagreement on the issue of abolition of slavery. The Southern states were dependent on agriculture, and they used the slaves to in their plantations as free labor. Therefore, slavery was important to their economic system and hence could not give in to the abolition of slavery. Consequently, the rebellious states decided to undergo secession. Secessio...