The civil war was a war that redefined America and reaffirmed that freedom was not limited solely by a person’s race. The results of the war echoed long past the final battle and forever changed what being an American means today. Many of the stories and accounts from this period helped establish the meaning of freedom and the struggles to understand how freedom applied to all people such as The Gettysburg address (Abraham Lincoln) and The narrative of Fredrick douglass. Both pieces discuss American
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Black soldiers have a very important part in the Civil War at the moment. They are fighting in the war because they need their freedom‚ the war is about slavery‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation is taking action. These soldiers are currently fighting for their freedom. In the beginning they were not able to fight because the Confederacy and the Union thought they would be useless‚ so they are in charge of being able to feed the soldiers and help out. Now they are allowed to fight with either side
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1861‚ the civil war began. It was a war between the north‚ or the Union‚ and the south‚ or the Confederacy over slavery. The Union had an army of nearly two million soldiers‚ while the south had approximately half because of their population differences. About 620‚000 total soldiers died from combat‚ starvation‚ disease‚ or even accident. The civil war was the bloodiest battle in the history of our country and resulted in the greatest number of casualties compared to any of American war. Soldiers
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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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north and the south‚ which separated states slave and non slave states. In 1820‚ the United States had an equal number of slave states and free states‚ but around that 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
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decided to volunteer for the military and he served under the command of Andrew Jackson in the Black Hawk War. Lincoln was a United States Representative from the year of 1847-1849. He was also a lawyer. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president and he was in office
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Family Life During Civil War As a pivotal point in our nation’s history‚ the civil war holds a special fascination in the land and minds of the American people. It was a war entirely fought by Americans‚ often dividing families and even brothers against brothers. The American civil war was unforgettable. It was fought between the United States of America and the Southern slave states of the nearly formed confederate state of America under Jefferson Davis. The Civil War made really a tragic long
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Throughout history‚ women have played pivotal roles in many parts of history as well as create their own history by advocating for women’s rights. Women were not able to be much other than housewives during the times before the Civil War‚ however‚ when the Civil War came‚ women were promoted to many new positions. As the Kelvin and Laurie Hillstrom said in their academic journal titled‚ Women in the Civil War published in 2000‚ “In order to serve their country‚ these women had to overcome traditional
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The civil war ended many problems‚ but it also created many. Slavery was abolished‚ supremacy of the national government was confirmed and secession had been refuted. Reconstruction did not last very long‚ in fact it lasted for twelve years. Even though the northern states won‚ the southern states lost thousands of lives‚ properties were destroyed‚ and it created many tasks to be accomplished in order to reunite the country. Some people however did not like the new laws that stated that blacks
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The Civil War was a war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil war and not just soldiers fighting. “The Civil War caused difficulties for the people at home as well as the soldiers. Although the North
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