rapidly developing North in the coming Civil War. The lack of emphasis on manufacturing and commercial interest‚ stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society‚ surrendered to the North their ability to function independently‚ much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the Civil War‚ rather Northern guns and industry. From the onset of war‚ the Union had obvious advantages. Quite simply‚ the North had large amounts
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Abraham Lincoln is one of the most well-known Presidents because of the things he did. Lincoln helped the United States get through the Civil War‚ which had the highest casualty rate of Americans than any other war. South Carolina threatened to secede if Lincoln won the election‚ so the state seceded on December 20‚ 1860. (South Carolina‚ 1862) After Lincoln was elected he had to travel to Washington‚ D.C. from Illinois. On the trip‚ Lincoln was supposed to go through Baltimore‚ Maryland. General
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America. The Civil War‚ even though it was so long ago‚ played a major role in America’s division. It has been 150 years since the last shots of the Civil War were fired. That was a war that divided the American people ‚ and in many ways‚ still divides Americans today. Whether it be race‚ gender‚ class or geographic location‚ Americans have always found a reason to hate or disagree with each other. President Lincoln started planning for reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers
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The American Civil War was the result of economic and social differences of the North and South. It ended with the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution. The Civil War provided the Northern Union opportunities by introducing war supplement businesses such as railroads‚ weapons and machines‚ and crashed the Southern economy and its market. Some lasting effects of the Civil War including abolishment of the institution
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The Civil war started in 1861 because of conflict between the North and the South. The Southern states broke away from the United States of America and made the Confederate States of America because they wanted to have slaves and have more freedom. The war lasted for four years between the Union and the Confederacy. Many different people were affected by this war. Some people that were affected include women‚ children‚ and African-Americans. Before the war‚ women didn’t have a lot of rights. During
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Introduction In the years that followed the end of the American Civil War‚ and more than a hundred years after the first industrial revolution which was centered around textiles‚ the economy of the United States grew considerably as the country entered in its second phase of Industrial Revolution. The visual map of the United States has therefor been transformed by unprecedented urbanization as more and more people started to emigrated from the countryside to the cities. Also the new territories
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nation and started a war amongst them. The ability of not being able to compromise or to end the practice cause a division of a nation that would go down in history. As every issue has two sides‚ here are the strong views that would lead the United States to war. The abolitionists were very demanding in their fight of abolishing slavery. They believed that slavery was a sin and that God did not want this. They looked to the bible where God communicated with Moses and showed him how to break the bonds
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The Civil War has arguably been the most important event that America has undergone. The United State’s Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States‚ was fought from April 1861 until April 1865. The war was fought over the issues of slavery and the states’ rights. The Springfield‚ Spencer‚ Napoleon‚ and Gatling gun all helped the North and South in winning the Civil War. A large reason the North defeated the South was because of their advantage in weaponry. The North had a large railroad
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Hampton roads Virginia. The U.S. and confederate states held this conference to discuss how to end the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln meets with confederate officials to possibly come up with a peace agreement but refuses to grant any positions and ends the meeting within hours. The topics talked about during the conference are the following: be alliances with France in Mexico‚ slavery involved with war‚ surrendering‚ and about the south and property. Both Lincoln and seaward agreed on the issue
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Slavery; North The North during the civil war era saw no need for slavery as factory production boomed. Most of the workers in the factories were woman and children who worked for a low wage‚ so slavery was not a hot commodity. The political cartoon to the left is considered a northern view based upon how the north fought for the freedom and equality of slaves. The cartoon depicts the blacks and the whites uniting through a waltz. The definition of Amalgamation is to unite or combine two. In the
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