In my opinion any obstacle or disadvantage can be turned into something good. For example‚ Abraham Lincoln was our 16th president‚ who faced many challenges like growing up in poverty with no parents‚ Civil War‚ and abolishing slavery. He ultimately gave his life for this country and that made him a good person. While living in poverty‚ at age 9 Abraham’s mother died from a milk sickness. Her death caused problems for himself and his dad‚ Thomas Lincoln. Thomas later married Sarah Bush‚ who was a
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When war began in 1914 the British army possessed a mere 25‚000 horses. The War Office was given the urgent task of sourcing half a million more to go into battle. They were essential to pull heavy guns‚ to transport weapons and supplies‚ to carry the wounded and dying to hospital and to mount cavalry charges. In the first year of war the countryside was emptied of shire horses and riding ponies‚ a heartbreaking prospect for farming families who saw their finest and most beloved horses requisitioned
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The Role of Federal Government The Role of Federal Government Initially‚ a citizen of the United States would be more likely to interact with and be impacted by state or local government than the federal government. Possibly the first major expansion of federal power came during the Civil War‚ when the federal government refused to allow the secession of what came to be known as the Confederate States of America. Not only did the federal government not allow for the secession of states from
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\The Civil War‚ probably one of the most devastating events in the history of America‚ and in the cases of most countries‚ probably one of the most devastating things they’ve ever heard of. A major country divided and turned against itself and completely unable to work things out without violence. Yet not only did it affect us and our image as a nation to the other nations‚ but if affected various aspects of our lives. The Civil War had a gigantic effect in laboring‚ due to the fact that basically
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Even while the Civil War was in progress‚ the “Union”‚ the federal government offered amnesty to confederate citizens in an attempt to encourage loyalty to the Union and to begin the process of reconstruction. The Confiscation Act of 1862 authorized the president of the United States to pardon anyone involved in the rebellion. The Amnesty Proclamation of December 8‚ 1863‚ offered pardons to those who had not held a Confederate civil office‚ had not mistreated Union prisoners‚ and would sign an
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The Civil War era was determined by the unresolved issues of the Revolution. Two of the main issues being would the United states be a dissolvable group of sovereign states (The Confederacy) or an indivisible nation with a central government; the other being if the nation announcing itself to the world as an equal nation where all are created equal would maintain its identity as the largest slave owning country in the world. In January 1861‚ seven Southern slave states individually declared their
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The Missouri Compromise Sectional tension between the slave south and free north arose over the control of the vast western lands‚ in 1819. During that year‚ Missouri‚ the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River and carved from the Louisiana Purchase‚ wanted admission from the Congress to be recognized as a slave state. The territory contained a sufficient population to become a state‚ yet the House of Representatives withheld passing Missouri as a state. At the moment‚ the Tallmadge
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The Civil War was a conflict‚ it was a big part of US history. The Civil War has changed our perspective and is a big foundation of our history. The Civil War began on April 12‚ 1861‚ and ended on April 9‚ 1865. The Civil War appeared because of the Northern and Southern perspectives of slavery‚ and the economic policies of both sides. The Union‚ also known as the Northern side‚ had won the Civil War. The Union won the Civil War because of how they had more of superior resources than the Southerners
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad‚ she served as a spy
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