Going into the Civil War, the knowledge about medicine and medical practices was primitive. People didn’t know about sterilization, or cleanliness in general. During the Civil War, many diseases ravaged the soldiers on both sides of the war, such as malaria, tetanus, and blood poisoning. But in spite of all the horrible things going on, there was some good medical advances going on as well. In the Civil War, there were tons of diseases that ran rampant all over both the Union and Confederate
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What better way to learn about the men that fought in the Civil War than from journals and letters from the soldiers themselves. For Cause & Comrades: Why Men Fought In The Civil War by James M. McPherson pulled from copious amounts of personal letters and journals to show the history of the thoughts and reasoning behind the war. You are able to get exceptional background why the Northerners and Southerners enlisted in the war, and see how both sides had very diverse reasons why they enlisted, from
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Journal A A plethora of causes contributed to the Civil War. Firstly, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was a large contribution to the Civil War. In 1854, Stephen Douglas helped push the Kansas-Nebraska Act through Congress. Douglas wanted lands to develop west of Illinois and a railroad built from Illinois through Nebraska to the Pacific Coast. This would create the Kansas and Nebraska Territories which would use popular sovereignty to determine slavery in order to please the South as they were upset that
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Timothy Groves Military History Prof. Timothy Orr 3 March 2015 Attack and Die Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage This was a intriguing book, the authors offer a different version of the severe loss of life suffered by the Confederacy States of American during the Civil War. The authors pull social and cultural elements together with military history to create their central thesis: the Southern military leadership failed to recognize new tactics and technological advances
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socio-cultural impact of the abolitionist movement including: a) The effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin b) The Kansas-Nebraska Act c) The Compromise of 1850 d) The Underground Railroad | A) 1851-1852B) 1854C) 1850D) 1830-End of the civil war | A) After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, there were many uproars. The liberals said the book was not strong enough. The moderates praised the author for writing a book that personified slaves. Those for slavery
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About half of the civil wars are initiated by the difference in the ethnicity of rebel groups versus the government. Since the Second World War, most of the civil wars were based on ethnicity. That is the reason why so many researchers are trying to collect and analyse data to find similarities in civil wars base on ethnic causes. Some Researchers found out that ethnic wars then to last longer than normal civil wars; ethnic wars are around 5 years and half longer. This date
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11/22/10 Review of Charles B. Dew, Apostles of Disunion (2001) Charles B. Dew's Apostles of Disunion delves into the controversial topic of the causes of the Civil War and the secession of the states that eventually became the Confederate States of America. There are many accounts that point to defending states' rights as the primary cause of the Civil War. However, most people believe that slavery was the main and primary concern the deep South cited for seceding from the Union to form their own
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Remembering and Commemorating the War Essay According to Blight, Fredrick Douglas fought hard to protect the memory of the war. What was Douglas’s memory of the war and why did he try to protect it? North vs. South, Confederates vs. The Union. Rifles were fired… brother vs. brother. Men were named heroes for seemingly valiant acts in battle. We learn many things from the past. A nation was literally ripped in half in what was called the bloodiest conflict in American History. History is not
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Civil War Paper By Shane Iverson 12/23/2012 HIS/115 The Civil war was a huge war fought over territories and freedom. Over 600,000 Americans lost their lives in this war, with the North having been more effected. The North had no regrets about the war. They were satisfied that the slaves were free, and the Union was preserved. The South began to glorify what they called “the lost cause”. The
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The Civil War is a dark mark on America's History, that helped define who we are today. Brothers fighting brothers, fathers fighting sons, and families devastated over a fear of change and compromise. Change, compromise, and leadership are all needed for a nation to succeed, but is bloodshed necessary to achieve success. Our land is stained with fathers and sons who believed that bloodshed was necessary to achieve greatness. The Civil War is a blemish on the history of the United States of America
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