During the early 1800s the United States grew and changed. Many of the changes were the result of new inventions. These inventions changed the way people lived, worked and traveled. Let’s investigate the effect these inventions had on the lives of Americans. One important invention was a machine called the cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney. During the early 1800s, southern planters were desperate to make the growing of cotton profitable. The production of cotton was slow work because the sticky
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and it allowed the Southerners to remain bitter towards the Union they already despised. I believe it could have been possible that the South would have risen up again against the North, if they were not punished. It is important to note that the Confederates only surrendered to the Union because they ran out of supplies and men, not because they lost the spirit and drive for independence. Therefore, it is a possibility that if the Ten Percent Plan was
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in the civil war, there was two sides, the union and the confederate army. there was also many different perspectives on it. you were either for it, against it, or you didn't have a preference. the civil war tore families apart, including slave families, which was the reason why there was a war in the first place. the civil war greatly impacted the views of the soldiers and there families soldiers today have views that do not stray from the soldiers in the past, for example, in" letter to sarah
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Anderson as expected rejected the demand by the Confederates, his Government was also sent a second message. The message informed them that the Confederacy “did not desire to needless bomb Fort Sumter” (Ramsdell 287). As stated earlier, both sides wanted to avoid being the first to start a war. However, that does not mean that the Confederates would not attack Fort Sumter and the Union troops if needed. Major Anderson On April 12, 1861 the Confederate forces under command of Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
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The Civil War was a time of chaos and different opinions. It all started with Abraham Lincoln being elected to be our 16th president. Slowly tension from the South and North started to build up about slavery, which then resulted in war. This war lasted for about four years with many significant battles. There were many important events that were leading up to the Civil War, but there were a few that were the key causes. The six events that are vital to the war’s build up are the Missouri Compromise
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played part in such a high casualty rate in this battle were the artillery pieces used, the terrain and location of the battle, and the two experienced generals on both sides, George B McClellan as the Union commander, and Robert E. Lee as the Confederate commander. The Battle of Antietam featured four different artillery cannons, those cannons were the 1857 model Napoleon, the 3inch ordnance rifle, the 1841 model gun, and lastly the 10 pound parrot rifle. The 1857 model Napoleon cannon fired 12
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Beauregard. Beauregard. Beauregard. The chant, as his men marched back South from the The First Battle of Bull Run. The Confederacy wouldn't have won The First Battle of Bull Run if it wasn't for P.G.T. Beauregard going to U.S. military academy at West Point. In St. Bernard Parish on May 28, 1818, Beauregards mom gave birth to one of the best commanders of the Confederacy. Beauregard was an important person in The First Battle of Bull Run which started on a hot sunny day on July 21, 1861. The first
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What was Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation? The emancipation proclamation was an executive order to free slaves but not actually free any at the time. There were some problems in the war for the Union which caused Lincoln to give this proclamation. Although the Union had suffered numerous defeats to the south at the beginning of the war the south was struggling and needed a foreign aid to win the war. They were trying to receive aid from Great Britain for the use of their cotton which is the reason
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Bruce Catton's, “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts” begins by painting a scene of the end of the American civil war at Appotomax. The author describes two American Generals, their contrasting beliefs and what was common between them. Robert E. Lee, was an aristocrat from Virginia. He embodied the ideals of the privileged upperclassmen, who had no desire for change. He believed that there should be inequality within America's social structure. The author mentions “In the end, it almost seemed as
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The Department of State preserved this document with other proclamations in a large volume for many years. The volume containing the Emancipation Proclamation was transmitted in 1936 to the National Archives of the United States from the departement of States². From a legal point of view , the Emancipation Proclamation was a brilliant move because the president is not favoured by the constitution or even give civil liberties to a specific people. Yet, the U.S. president has the right in wartime
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