...the South (confederate soldiers). Many people thought this war would be a short war, but it lasted 4 years. This war was the Civil War and it is an important event in history. Many people say the civil war was over states rights, but a majority of people say it was over slavery. Slavery was said to be the #1 conflict between the North and the South in the 1860’s (Guelzo 1). People from the North were being used as slaves in the south. The south liked/ wanted slaves, but the North did not agree, which is why the country was divided (Luce 1). Fifteen out of 34 of the states were slave states...
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...lies that teachers a textbooks leave out throughout your education. One of these interesting topics explored is the ideas that Loewen presents in his analysis of the Gettysburg Address which was given in November 1863 by Abraham Lincoln which was only 273 words but is considered one of the most important speeches in American history highlighted the need for human equality by referring back to the Declaration of Independence and referring to this contradiction between this. Loewen creates an analysis of the address with a very high opinion on Lincoln stating right off the bat saying “Abraham Lincoln was one of the great masters of the English Language. Perhaps more than any other president he invoked and manipulated powerful symbols in his speeches to move public opinion” (Loewen 185). He then refers to the idea of textbooks not referring to address well enough referring to the idea of “authorial monotone” he...
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...“To be a good soldier you must love the army. But to be a good officer you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. That is … a very hard thing to do. No other profession requires it. That is one reason why there are so very few good officers. Although there are many good men” (Shaara 191-192). July 1, 1863, 87 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, the bloodiest and most important engagement of the Civil war, the Battle of Gettysburg, had transpired. Three days of continuous conflicts brought out the best and the worst of every individual on the battlefields. James Longstreet, also known as “Old Pete” (Civil War 1), was one of the most controversial of these individuals. As a result of many disputes with...
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...ended slavery by expressing his opinion and standing out for it. With being a Commander in Chief in the Civil War, he performed outstanding achievements. Unfortunately, America lost him too soon because he was assassinated at the age of 56. A fact is that Lincoln was such an significant person from our past, he is on our penny for US currency. One way he changed history was when he signed the 13th Amendment to the constitution. On January 31, 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment of the Constitution. This law ended slavery and was passed during the Civil War. The Senate agreed with this law, but the House did not. This is where he started to stand out because they did not approve of the law. So he used his knowledge on what he knew about politics, and convinced them to agree with him....
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...The Civil War had the largest death toll for any American war, nearly 620,000. The causes of the Civil War was caused by what is to be believed four main things, know as the four S's. The Civil War needed every solider to end it but some were truly amazing like the two presidents and the two generals of the warring sides. The Confederate and Union army had many battles throughout the war and the tide of war changed with each battle but some greatly changed the outcomes. The war's end came slower than it was thought to come and many great things came out of it like the end to slavery and the reconstruction of America. The Civil War commenced in order with the causes, the people who were a big impact, battles, and the results. There were many...
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...not we should keep the Confederate monuments or destroy them. The monuments have distinguished themselves as a huge part of our history, and the monuments demonstrate the fact that our country has not been ever been perfect. If we destroy our Confederate monuments, then we will not be able to remember all the great things that come from our history; preserving all parts of our past and our history is crucial to remaining strong as a nation. The argument for why we should remove the Confederate monuments has many valid reasons. Americans should not praise the South because they seceded from the country and started a civil war, these leaders could be considered traitors against the U.S. Constitution, because they advocating the state's right to own slaves. Bob Cesca in his article states, “Consequently, it became publicly acceptable — normalized, as we say these days — to have monuments to traitors against the...
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...our history. He was the 16th president of the United States and is known for achieving such feats as keeping the Union together and the emancipation of slavery. Having many followers as well as resistance during the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln showed fortitude and never gave up on his vision and goals. Hence, after fighting for many years, he was able to give freedom and support to those who were chained by weights of racism and prejudice. Therefore, aside from having a vision and many followers, what made Lincoln such a great leader? What type of leadership style did Abraham Lincoln mostly use and why was it so successful? To begin with, Lincoln seems to fit the bill of what a great leader is supposed to entail. He was very charismatic, intelligent, determined, self-confident, and showed integrity to his followers and goals. All of these traits as described by Northouse (2013) are characteristics that leaders should aim to develop if they want to be effective commandants. Although leadership does not have one exclusive definition, since we all have our own ideas of what it means to be a good leader, Northouse does provide standard definition for the term. Northouse (2013) defines leadership as “a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p. 5). Lincoln was seen by many to be a great leader. He was able to deliver powerful and influential speeches without elongation. He was also able to convey important messages...
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...Black Hills of South Dakota, which has become a big tourist attraction. It has a history that not everyone knows, which makes it unique from other United States monuments. Some common questions people have are why was a huge carving placed on a mountain in South Dakota, who carved it, and how did they choose which four presidents would be on it? In the 1920's a historian by the name of Doane Robinson had an idea to carve historical figures into the granite “Needles”, which was the tallest mountain in South Dakota to attract more people to visit the state (Smithsonianmag.com). Robinson located a sculptor named Gutzon Borglum, but when he came to look at the site called “needles” he felt that...
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...throughout history have used the power of rhetoric to get their views across, whether it was for a political election campaign or a speech for freedom and equality. Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s (MLK) Washington speech was one of the most important in the history of racial equality and sparked the world wide battle for racial equality. During the 2008 election campaign for presidency Barack Obama delivered his ’Yes we can’ speech, addressing all Americans to tell them that change was possible. Both men were black and wanted change and achieved it by delivering effective...
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...Women, Slaves, and Free Blacks in the Civil War Inez Williams-Jones U.S. History to 1865 HIS/110 October 15, 2012 Women, Slaves, and Free Blacks in the Civil War The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point for the Civil War (Civil War Academy, 2010). It turned the tide of war from the South to the North, pushing back Lee’s army that would never fight again on Northern soil and bringing confidence to the Union army. What Roles did Northern Women play in the War Effort on the Union Side during the Civil War Clara Barton, a Northerner, had the skills of helping people, especially in the American Civil War. During the war, she collected and delivered supplies to Northern troops in the Washington, D.C. area, used her medical skills to aid Northern troops, and later organized The Ladies Aid Society as well as The American Red Cross where she dedicated the remaining of her life. Northern women organized fundraising projects, county fairs, which were beneficial in raising money for medical supplies and other necessities. Inspired by Florence Nightingale, the women put forth efforts to work on the front lines aiding injured and wounded soldiers by establishing a Preventive Hygienic and Sanitary Service for helping the union soldiers called the United States Sanitary Commission which were to combat preventable diseases and infections (Chang, 1991). One of these famous Army nurses was Louisa May Alcott, who traveled from hospital to hospital ...
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...Republican party was formed from the Whig Party Wisconsin on March 20, 1854 ” . It was a party that was created to help free slaves in the western areas in 1834. The reason why the Whig Party was formed into the Republican party was because the Whig Party didn’t work out so well and they had a lot of arguments. .The Republicans gained a lot of supporters from the North to help increase their chances of presidency election. Because of their, John C. Fremont , from the Republican Party, won their first election for President in 1856. Later in November 1860, Abraham Lincoln, which was also from the Republican Party, won presidency over the Democratic Party to decrease the level of threats toward salves. In...
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...of the 300 non-black participants preferred white people. A previous research showed that white people had a 81% preference for white people. She concludes that she has hope for the future. The second text is written by Eric Holder. It is an excerpt from a speech which was given on February 18, 2009 at the Justice Department. The text is called “Black History Month” and was published on the website of the Justice Department. Eric Holder is Attorney General of America. Eric Holder finds is really important that black and white Americans communicate with each other about the racial separation to be united. His main statement is that we have to understand Americas racial history before we can understand America. “One cannot truly understand America without understanding the historical experience of black people in this nation” He believes that The United States has done a good job melting all people together. But outside work it’s not the same case. “On Saturdays and Sundays America in the year 2009 does not, in some ways, differ significantly from the country that existed some fifty years ago” He concludes that black history is a subject worth studying by all the people of the nation. The last text is a comment from the...
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...virginal fairy. Gus follows her absorbedly intent on raping her. Flora winds up on a cliff overlooking a series of jagged rocks. She stares at Gus and motions for him to leave her alone. In a silent ultimatum, she gesticulates that if he doesn’t leave then she’ll leap from the cliff to the rocks below. Gus is exposed as a beast, sweating and pulsating lustful desires. He moves closer to Flora to stop her from leaping. Unwilling to give herself to a black man and death being the only alternative, Flora jumps from the cliff. Thus, the quintessential portrayal of the black man was born into the psyche of American culture. The Birth of a Nation was just but one movie of the early era of Hollywood films that combined many of these interpretations or misinterpretations of the Civil War period. With little regard to actual facts, most Hollywood filmmakers rewrote history ignoring the actual stories....
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...Martin Luther King Jr. on 28 August, 1963 in Washington D.C. during the ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom’. Addressing more than 200,000 both, Black and White American civil rights supporters, from the steps of Lincoln Memorial along with the thousands of Americans viewing the live national broadcast, King effectively got his stance as a leading civil rights activist in the American Civil Rights Movement across: an end to the prevalent racial discrimination in the country; an end to the inequality, inferiority, oppression and injustice; a ray of hope for a free, prosperous and bright future for the Black Americans. Even though King relies too heavily on emotional reasoning rather than logic and does not provide the audience with any practical ways of achieving his goal of eliminating racial discrimination, he still succeeds in persuading them through a well structured and researched speech, the use of the Aristotelian appeals of ethos and pathos, visual metaphors, repetition of phrases and words and identification with the audience using a ‘we’ oriented approach. His entire speech is so well structured that it could be broken down into two visible chunks; presenting a wonderful transition from ‘what is’ to ‘what ought to be’. Initially he brings to light the harsh reality being lived by Black Americans from the past to present; their poor, deplorable plight, the grave oppression and injustice done to them. He calls on them to realize it’s high time they stood up for...
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...Biographical Background At 7:22 am on the morning of April 15, 1865 the sixteenth president of the United States of America took his last breath after being assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Being the first president successfully assassinated in the United States of America would be enough to put Abraham Lincoln’s name in the history books, however his life is equally remarkable. Lincoln’s reputation as a strong leader has stood the test of time from his career as a politician and lawyer to the president who preserved the union during a crucial turning point in our nation’s history. Lincoln’s unquenchable thirst for education and self-improvement formed the foundation for the leader he later became (Austell, 2006). Lincoln’s stepmother, Sarah Bush Johnston, was the first person in his life that understood the importance of education and encouraged Lincoln in his educational efforts (Herndon & Weik, 1888). Lincoln’s quest for knowledge was a lifelong journey that continued throughout his career as a lawyer and a politician, and helped him to earn the trust and admiration of colleagues and friends (Alvy & Robbins, 2010). Lincoln’s first office for the federal government was as postmaster at New Salem followed by multiple terms in the Illinois state legislature. Over time Lincoln’s influence within the Illinois legislature grew, in large part due to his ability to draft bills and laws (Burlingame, 2008). It was during his first term in the Illinois legislature that Lincoln...
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