Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks
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The civil war created a big rift between the North and the South that was not easily mended. After the decisive union victory the government had to create an ingenious plan for reconstruction. After Lincoln’s assassination‚ Johnson tried to carry out many of the former plans. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government was greatly impacted in terms of race relations and western expansion during the period between 1861 and 1877. The post-civil war role of the
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Running head: THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR The Nigerian Civil War Molloy College The Nigerian Civil War Between 1870 and 1900 the continent of Africa and the Africans that inhabited it endured a European imperialist push that ended with the entire African continent‚ except for the nations of Ethiopia and Liberia under the colonial boot of the European powers. The European nations of Belgium‚ Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Portugal and Spain carved up the continent between
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What do you think was the cause of the Civil War? The main cause is not slavery‚ but SLAVERY is the main source of the causes! The Civil War Started 1861 1865‚ very bloody‚ deadly‚ 160 thousand people died War between the Confederacy and the Federal Government Confederacy: the southern states (not all)‚ based on slavery --- separation Federal Government: no separation allowed (Lincoln)‚ keep unity! Causes linked with slavery Why South want to separate from North? Culture
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Owning a slave in North America during the Civil War era was as common as having a house pet today. Slaves were being sold like cattle to work on the cotton fields for the farmers mainly in the Southern Region of the United States. In the North‚ the economy was based on factories and wages compared to the South who had large plantations which needed the slaves to pick cotton. These different economies caused divisions in the United States. Soon the states started separating themselves creating
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Although most of the fighting had occurred a far distance from many families‚ the “War of the Rebellion”‚ as it was officially named‚ had immense but different effects on northern and southern families. The men were the ones who participated in the war‚ but the families were the force that aided them and struggled to survive and provide food and nursing. Even the children of the time were greatly interested in the war and helped their families. The Union and the Confederate States differed in more
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Civil War Medicine In the Civil War era medical advances were few and so were surgeons. This time period is known in medical history as the "Medical Middle-Ages". This was the beginning of the technology of today. In this time doctors or physicians were known as surgeons. At the beginning of the war the United States Medical Corp. consisted of less than one hundred people on staff. This included the United States Surgeon General‚ thirty-six surgeons‚ and many assistant surgeons. Soon
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Slavery in the Civil War Slavery was a major turning point in the civil war. Slavery is when one person owns another person. This was a big issue at its time. The south also known as the confederate states of America and the north also known as the United States or the union had fought over slavery. The north was against slavery and the south was ok with slavery. Many battles went on between the two to get this settled out and finally in the American civil war when the Union won. But before that
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The Chinese Civil War Evaluate the reasons for the success of Mao and the communists gaining support during the Chinese Civil war. By: Chia Ni Wu 13th May‚ 2010 Teacher’s Name: Mr. Smith Total Number of Pages: 11 {2‚903 words} Table of Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. Families torn apart by different views‚ all fought in the name of liberty. Was this war about race? How could it not be? It was a fight of one group of people‚ whites‚ to own another group of people‚ blacks‚ and for blacks to be free with no oppressive master controlling their lives. A fight that lead to blacks being a free people. Black men were barred from joining the U.S. military because of an existing federal law passed in 1792. President
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