The Civil war was a war to abolish slavery, people from the North and the south were fighting just because of slavery. The Civil war had people from the south fighting for slavery and people from the north fighting to abolish slavery. The Civil war changed how people live today and their ideas about freedom. The Civil war was a bloody battle that people risked their life for and some died to get rid of slavery and to get women and African-Americans rights. The Civil war was about the north and the
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Over the years people have thought of many different causes for the civil war that took over 600,000 American lives in 1861-1865. Many people believe that the only true cause of the civil war was because of slavery but the war itself was fought over something much bigger than just slavery it was fought over the great political difference between the North and South. The actions of the Democratic politicians from the South and Republican politicians from the North kept the conflict between the states
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Decisions can be difficult that they cause war, division of one’s family, and arguing. The civil war started because of a disagreement. Something as little as bringing the first slave to America caused a war. The north and south argued and disagreed. They made the choice to start a war. Border states played a huge part in the war. There were few border states. They were Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri. They all had choices in the part they would play in the war. Even though those states weren’t
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The American Civil War (1861) took place between the Union (Northern States) against the Confederates (Southern States) over the argument over slavery. The dispute had escalated to such an extent that the Southern States declared themselves independent of the Unites States of America. As a result, a war took place costing the death of more than 600,000 Americans. In the article the writer explains how history had been written to dominate our historical understanding of the Civil war. The reason
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Matt Kaiser Period 5 Adv. US History With out a doubt, one of the major causes of the Civil War was definitely SLAVERY! From 1820 to 1861, so many different events involved slavery to lead up to the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott Case, and Harper’s Ferry, Virginia was three of the biggest events that involved slavery and led to the Civil War. In the beginning, one of the first major events was the Compromise of 1850. The compromise admitted California as a free state
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opening the time capsule from the 1960’s is The Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was waged from 1961 until 1975 ("Battlefield: Vietnam,"). The Vietnam War cost over $150 Billion and lost over 58,000 American lives (Van Buren, 1991). The Vietnam War was such a big part of the 1960’s; it is almost impossible to no it include it in any time capsule representing the 1960’s. The second item found in the time capsule is the civil rights movement. The civil rights movement was a movement started to create equality
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Over the course of American History, there have been a lot of events that shaped America to the way that it is today. However, one of the most famous events that had happened was the Reconstruction Amendments, particularly the 13th Amendment. The 13th Amendment was one of three Amendments of the Reconstruction, along with the 14th Amendment, which was focused on citizenship and passed in 1868, and the 15th Amendment, which was focused on voting for African-Americans, and passed in 1870. The premises
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Dan Abreu Amputations during The Civil War Hist. 1301 6/27/2015 If anything is remembered about the American Civil War, it is the gruesome way wounded soldiers were medically treated when a foot or a leg was hit by a bullet. The most common solution to save back then their lives, was Amputation. This technique of removing any limb did not start with the Civil War, but it had been performed since the beginning of ancient times. Primitive amputations were more inclined towards the removal
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The reconstruction era was a time of change, and growth for all parts of the country. Following the civil war, the US was in need of healing, and major social as well as constitutional improvements. In the time period from 1860 to 1877, social and legal developments contributed to sustaining continuity as well as promoting change within the US. These changes and continuities were vital to the continuation of our country and would shape the US for decades to come. State’s rights and the different
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Elements of African American Identity The Pre slavery Era brought Africans from their homes and to the United States in 1619. The Africans were sold to white settlers in Virginia as servants who had the same legal status as white servants. Slavery took place over a span of 300 years, from the 16th century to the 19th century. Slavery practices varied by state or by region (Deep South versus border South). The experience of the slave may have differed depending on the plantation size, the
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