ALLUSION PROJECT Civil War Part 1 A nation in four decades had been multiplied several times its territory‚ purchase of Louisiana to France‚ Florida to Spain‚ the annexation of Texas and the subsequent war with Mexico (1846-1848) ambient. The political states of north and south had been mounded by the interest of the second in their plantations and the conservation of slavery‚ while the firs inclined towards trade; shipping and financial interests on one side were the debtor farmers‚ and other
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Civil War Reconstruction Essay The “winner” of Reconstruction was the North mainly due to the fact that the South took most of the damage from the Civil War. The Civil War brought destruction to the South‚ its economy suffered from all the costs‚ the land suffered from all the battles‚ the people suffered due to Sherman‚ and African Americans were fighting a tough battle with the North on their side and the South against them. The South had much more Reconstruction to do than the North‚ so in the
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Despite the fact that the Civil War resolved the issue of slavery‚ racism after the war was still rampant and vicious in various parts of the country. Not only did African Americans experience this mistreatment‚ but immigrants as well. The popular notion of Scientific racism encouraged the subjugation of non European people all over the country. Although there was racism in the North and out West after the Civil War‚ nothing compared to the institutionalized racism in the South against African Americans
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MSS220 US Economy After the Civil War The north and the south both experienced a slight struggle after the Civil War concerning agriculture‚ commerce and the state of the economy. A southern newspaper out of Augustus County‚ The Staunton Spectator‚ offered several articles that gave insight as to what the conditions were like after the war had ended. One article‚ “Grape Culture” explained the possible profit one could obtain by adding grapes to their normal crops. Grapes were extremely expensive
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at 30‚000‚000; the population of African Americans at as many as 8‚000‚000. At the close of the war at least 90 per cent of the Black population was concentrated in the South. The vast majority of the White population was in the urban centers of the North. We actually outnumbered White inhabitants of the
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The period after the Civil war has always been referred to as the reconstruction era. The reconstruction era can be defined from two perspectives. First‚ it covers the story of the United States between the periods of 1865 to 1877. The second part revolved around the transformation of the United States in 1863 to 1877 through the directive of the congress. An era was full of so much pain and endless questions. It is argued in different quarters that although the war was over reconstruction was still
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At the end of the civil war‚ there were many plans on thought for President Lincoln to come up with for the rehabilitation that included economical and political situations. The politicians want to especially bring changes in southern part. “This struggle to rebuild Southern government‚ society‚ infrastructure and economy was called reconstruction.” This was greatly opposed by the white people‚ as they predicted that this could bring the opportunity for the black people to get their rights. That
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After the Civil War many people became rich. The wealth of people was shown quite clearly. The rich would try to present their earnings in the most obvious ways. However‚ not everyone can be rich. There were many poor people in poverty. Race‚ gender‚ religion‚ or even politics of the people did not matter. Many people were in deep poverty and it‚ like the rich and their expensive accessories‚ showed. It showed by the way they lived. The community was unsanitary and so were the people. Many diseases
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After the Civil War‚ Americans adopted the idea of Social Darwinism and began to apply it to their own lives. The idea of Social Darwinism supported the death of “weaker” or “poorer” individuals so that the future generations of humans would be “stronger”. At the time immigrants from China and Native Americans were viewed as inferior by white people which caused the idea of Social Darwinism to be applied to them. The Americans thought that the Chinese and Native Americans were in a sense infecting
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The rise of big business after the American Civil War can be attributed to widespread technological developments. Pre-Civil War and Post Civil War can be contrasted drastically over the topic of big business. Before the Civil War American economy had been dependent on rural society. The small business and craftspeople could not sustain the growth of the national market. Thus‚ the Industrial Revolution began and large corporations were created. As the Civil War ended‚ the Gilded Age began due
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