able to disrupt the Confederate supply train that ran along the Memphis-Charleston Railroad. Huntsville citizens were a mixture of slave-owners and manufactures. This diverse group desired to have a government that would protect their wealth and to continue to ensure the stability of their city. They understood the implications that succession would have on the economy of their city. However, once secession took place Huntsville inhabitants helped financed to the Confederate
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Quetzalli Terrazas 11/25/17 Strategic Reading and Writing Essay #4 The altercation along the removal of Confederate monuments has been a boiling topic for politicians and US citizens. A dispute over the meaning of confederate history that white supremacist seem to have escalated considering the Charlottesville incident. The monuments have been reported to be an appreciation to the south during the Civil War era, where slavery was a central disagreement. Times have alternated and America
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the confederates states. This battle started in mid May 1863 and was started by the Union. The geography of Vicksburg made the battle very difficult because of its land, but Vicksburg was so important because it was by the Mississippi river. The geography of the land had cliffs that reached 200 feet, and deep gorges.This was important because it was a popular trade route and supply line. This battle was difficult because the union ships could not get past the Mississippi because confederates had
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The Civil War officially began in 1861, but had been in the thoughts of everybody before it had even started. The northern half and southern half of the United States were having some major disagreements on certain things since about 1850 starting with the Compromise of 1850. However, what really pushed the Civil War to begin was the disagreement on slavery between the north and the south. The north did not support slavery, but for people in the south, it was their way of life. Slavery was ultimately
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Could you imagine a cannonball and bullets flying through the air at your house. This was what happened in 1861, because of the compromises that failed. There's many compromises, but the three most major compromises that failed and contributed to Georgia’s secession are Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act. Due to these three failed compromises there will be no way trying to negotiate peace with the U.S. Federal Government resulting to secession and war.
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Unit IV: Continuing Sectionalism, Civil War, And Reconstruction. 1853 To 1877 1. Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 – A Bill introduced by Steven Douglas to organize the Nebraska territory. He hoped to build a transcontinental railroad making Chicago the terminus, but they could not do this until the Indians were cleared away and the land was in control. Nebraska would presumably become a free state due to the Missouri Compromise but to please the South Douglas argued that the territories should be
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the invading union forces were great, and the old social economic order founded on slavery had collapsed with nothing to replace it. There were 11 confederate states that needed to be restored to their positions in the union. Radical Republican leaders argued that slavery and the slave power had to be permanently destroyed, and all forms of confederate nationalism had to be suppressed. Before the end of the war, President Lincoln began the task of restoration. “Lincoln was motivated with a desire
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David Cornejo May 24, 2011 Social Studies Period 2 Civil War Writing Prompt There were many reasons why the civil war began, but the election of 1860 was the most responsible of starting the civil war. I believe the election of 1860 started the civil war because it starts with a debate to start a war. Also people like the south didn’t like the election which leads to more emotion which also means violent people. If the election of 1860 was the start of the south being emotional
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Atlanta: For Fun and Adventure Winfred D. Walker ENG 121 English Composition I Instructor: Amy Erickson 29 April 2013 Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I have visited many places throughout the United States, however, none are as exciting as Atlanta, Georgia. In Atlanta, there are many places to go and sights to see. For example, Six Flags over Georgia, Stone Mountain Park, and the Atlanta Braves Stadium, are all in or near the city of Atlanta. Six Flags Over Georgia is
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Union had to have prisons set up where similar acts were being enforced, right? Is Andersonville so well regarded as the worst of the worst simply because the south have the stank of loserdom all over them? Located in Andersonville, Georgia, this Confederate Civil War prison was perhaps the most notorious. Many people know this hostile locale as simply Andersonville. All though, in fact, Camp Sumter is the proper name of this infamous facility, named after the county in which it resided. Prisoners
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