Although we have come a long way, the infected idealology that existed then still manifest itself in the form of overt and covert racism. One major turning point during the period immediately after the war was termed Reconstruction. In 1865, many Confederate soldiers returned to a devastated South whose farms, factories, railroads, bridges, and entire infrastructure had been destroyed. Immediate rebuilding started with the physical rebuilding progressing quickly. Yet, the rebuilding of southern
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Lincoln issued a opening decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by January 1, freedom would be approved to slaves within those states. The decree also gave opportunity for a plan of compensated emancipation. No Confederate states took the offer, and on January 1 Lincoln offered the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation stated, "all persons held as slaves within any States, or designated part of the State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the
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In this report I compare two great historical figures: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery, and the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis. Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union, and Jefferson Davis struggled to lead the Confederacy to independence in the U.S. Civil War. Lincoln was treasured by the African Americans and was considered an earthly incarnation of
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very popular and common practice. Thirteen states from the south seceded from the United States. These states called themselves The Confederate States Of America. According to www.civilwar.org the first battle of the civil war took place at Fort Sumter. On April 12, 1861, Major Robert Anderson was under fire by General P.G.T Beauregard, who was in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston harbor. Major Robert Anderson surrendered on April 13 and evacuated the next day. This The battlefield
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their people. The Civil War was supposed to of had brought freedom to the United States but later some Southerners found ways to change that. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared all people held, as slaves in the confederate states shall be freed. After the defeat of the Confederacy and the end to
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in the war one is a Union solider from the North dying and he wears his navy blue uniform with a large belt buckle that states “U.S”. The dying brother shows to be younger. The older brother is holding his younger brother wears a grey uniform of Confederate from the South. They look to be very weak and been in battle for some time. The painting has a symbolic meaning, which shows how families are forced to become separate due to war. The grief that one brother shows for another. In the painting the
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President Abraham Lincoln Name Course Date Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America from 19861 to 1865 when he was assassinated. Most people in America believe that he is the best and most influential president America has ever had. He was born on February 12th 1809 on Sinking Springs Farm Kentucky. He was the son to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. He is looked upon as one of the greatest heroes due to the incredible impacts he on America and his unique
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having any yields of crops that were able to produce food for southern soldiers and civilians was nearly impossible. In addition to the property damage and loss of crops experienced by those in the South, it is arguable that the families of the Confederate soldiers experienced far more suffering as well. The innocent women and children left behind struggled to get by without the men there to protect them and take care of them. As seen in the movie Cold Mountain, this left many innocent families to
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certain their ideas were the correct ones. One of the first people who came up with a blueprint for Reconstruction was the president at the time, Abraham Lincoln. The “Lincoln Plan” took and open stance, stating that after certain criteria were met a confederate state could return to
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South, just like characters Louis Hughes, Samuel Agnew, Cornelia McDonald, and John Robertson. Hughes was a slave from the Deep South, Agnew a preacher and son of a planter, McDonald a newly widowed mother of seven, and Robertson who was a former Confederate soldier; these characters are examples of Southerners with different backgrounds who still felt the hardships during the first and final months of the Civil War. Louis Hughes, a slave originally trained as a butler, spent the majority of the
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