The Civil War was the most bloody war in American history‚ with the most American deaths of any conflict. It occurred when the southern states of the United States collectively succeeded from the Union‚ and formed a confederacy. These states seceded because they felt that their state rights‚ granted to them by the constitution‚ were being infringed upon. With newly invented weaponry and poor medical knowledge‚ the death rate of those involved in the war was extremely high. This pattern of advancing
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During the Civil War‚ there were many great commanders that helped make the war successful. Winfield Scott Hancock is not only known for the Civil War‚ but in the many other wars that he fought bravely in. Hancock is known for when he commanded the Union center‚ and defeated Confederate troops‚ which was known as Pickett’s Charge. Winfield Scott Hancock was born February 4‚ 1824 in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He was one of two identical twin brothers. He was given his name after Winfield Scott‚ the
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Although the three million Confederate and Union soldiers who participated in the war may have been standing for conflicting causes‚ at their core‚ both groups were driven by some of the same basic principles. It seems almost impossible that men were able to endure the carnage of the war‚ and kept fighting even in the face of insurmountable danger. Soldiers were motivated by a combination of many complex contributing factors‚ including religion‚ brotherly bonds‚ and patriotism. Many soldiers clung
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Additionally‚ as women have gained further progress towards equality in the labor force as men‚ this has led to the emergence of Marxist values into American society as result of the Civil War. Some of these values include a classless society‚ without one dominating or governing sect of people over another. They are not only seen in the women labor movement‚ but on the battlefield as well; through men were coming together to fight for a mutual cause that has broken down social class barriers formed
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The Civil War affected the lives of many American women. Many women would disguise themselves as men so that they could go and join the fight. Other women would serve as spies and nureses‚ and many more would take new roles at home when theier husbands‚ brothers‚ and fathers would go to war. Thousands of women who were enslaved began to transition into freedom to begin their new lives with the horrors of the war. American women as a whole improved their education standing‚ secured additional legal
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The American Civil War had an impact on everyone in the country. Women were no exception. Phelps defines Civil War by saying‚ “Civil war exists when two or more opposing parties within a country resort to arms to settle a conflict or when a substantial portion of the population takes up arms against the legitimate government of a country.” Many people today do not realise the effect that women had on this war. Without them‚ the war could have had a very different outcome. Women held an array
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The Civil War affected many lives; not only during those years but in future years to come. The war directly affected not only men‚ but women as well by laying the groundwork for a powerful movement demanding equal rights. By examining women’s roles during the Civil War one can conclude that by women defying “proper roles” and by ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment propelled the women’s suffrage movement into legal documents that can be freely exercised. Women abolitionists vying for the end of slavery
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In American history‚ women have had a profound role. Whether it was the lack of freedom or the excessiveness of their decisions‚ women have shaped what America has become and what it will continue to grow into. Daphne Spain explains in her article entitled “Women’s Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston‚” how “During the 1970s feminists in Boston declared their rights to their own bodies by establishing women’s health clinics and domestic violence shelters. In doing so‚ they wrote a modern chapter
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The Civil War was a huge aspect in America’s history. This could seem quite obvious but it did indeed leave a very large footprint in the plan for America. If it weren’t for the Civil War our nation could possibly be split as of today. Fortunately‚ America is only one nation‚ under God‚ to quote Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address. During the Civil War there were many contributors‚ one of the many just so happened to be women. Women in general did a massive amount of help during this war. It
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Even if the Civil War is most commonly remembered as a war to end slavery in the South‚ many other ethnicities were afflicted by the Civil War and more specifically Native Americans. Native Americans played a very important role in the Civil War and could be found fighting with both the Union and Confederate armies. In fact‚ two of the most famous Native Americans that were fighting in the Civil war were Stand Watie and Ely S. Parker‚ and there stories are highlighting the problems and triumphs that
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