Title: The American Civil War Review Scavenger Hunt Use the underlined sites to find the answers to the questions. (Place your cursor before the Question mark and type your question. Highlight a word or words and link to the web site Where the answer is located.) 1. Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? Jefferson Davis 2. Clara Barton became the first president of the American Red Cross. 3. President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14‚ 1865 in Washington
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‘The English civil war started in 1642‚ primarily because of religious disagreements’. How far do you agree with this statement? On 22 august 1642‚ Charles 1 declared war against hi enemies in parliament. This led to a civil war where 1 in 10 men died. In this essay I am going to explain the main causes of the civil war and then I am going to see how much I agree with the statement. Charles got off to a bad start in 1625 when he married a French‚ catholic princess called Henrietta Maria. This was
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Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing
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The Civil War of the United states was a time of great division. A time where some people were only considered 3/5 of a person. A time where the North and the South were not always seeing eye to eye and were states rights truly came into play. This was one of the main turning points in America’s History. In 1860 the general consensus of the Republican party was to arrange a ban on slavery‚ which at the time was led by Abraham Lincoln. This viewpoint was not well received by everyone‚ especially
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After the victory of the union after the Civil War‚ many things had changed. The fact that the War was over was good news but it left the United States with a new set of problems that were no less challenging than the Civil War itself. The four most important challenges were how the south would rebuild its shattered society and economy after the damage inflicted by the four years of war?‚ What would be the place in that society of 4 million freed blacks and to what extent was the federal government
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this research report‚ we shall investigate‚ evaluate and present the work of Bethany Lachina into the explanations for the severity of civil conflicts. Lachina’s inspiration for such an inquiry is founded upon the fact that‚ considering the publishing of numerous studies into civil conflicts — few‚ if any‚ focused exclusively and adequately on why some civil wars are so much deadlier than others. Given that domestic discord is the most common form of warfare‚ accounting for 90 percent of battle deaths
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Bleeding Kansas Before the Civil War‚ the territory of Kansas was unsettled as a slave state or a free state. This caused a conflict over who should settle this territory‚ right before the Civil War. This conflict was also called “Bleeding Kansas”. Later on‚ popular sovereignty‚ played a key role before the Civil War. The Kansas Territory became the center of attention in the battle between North and South over expanding slavery into the territories. Those southerners who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska
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Studies Essay: The Civil War was a period of internal war‚ fought between the Union and the Confederacy‚ within the United States‚ during the years of 1861 to 1865. From the principal cause of this war‚ which was the debate between the regions over slavery‚ secondary causes emerged‚ like the states’ rights‚ and lead to this major battle. Even though the war came to an end on May 9 of 1865‚ not everything was resolved. A new set of problems arose‚ caused by the consequences of the war and by the emancipation
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time the north did not want slavery in their country so the started the civil war. During the civil war‚ many acts were made like the Kansas-Nebraska act. The civil war ended with almost one fifth of the soldiers dying and many were wounded. Why did Texans fight? Texans fought in the Civil War because they had a immense love for Texas‚ wanted state rights‚ and most importantly to preserve slavery. Texans fought in the Civil because of their love for Texas. “Tell him not to enlist till just before
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Civil War Battles summary: The Civil War consisted of nearly 10‚500 battles‚ engagements‚ and other military actions including nearly 50 major battles and about 100 others that had major significance. The remainder were skirmishes‚ reconnaissance‚ naval engagements‚ sieges‚ bombardments‚ etc. The engagements were fought in 23 different states and resulted in a total of over 650‚000 casualties. The battles are divided amongst designated theaters including the Easter Theater‚ Western Theater‚ Trans-Mississippi
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