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    Meghan Gardner Civil War & Reconstruction Paper 1 Compromise involves both give and take‚ where both sides involved receive some of what they wanted‚ but neither side fully gets 100 percent of what they wanted. Compromise for the most part keeps things running smoothly. I personally believe that compromise is beneficial during this time. The Missouri Compromise‚ for example‚ started when the territory of Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state after

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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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    and situations that started the civil war. However‚ many continue to debate over the ultimate causes of the Civil War. James McPherson wrote that‚ " The Civil War started because of the uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states (civilwar.org). After Lincoln won the election in 1860 he was the first Republican pledging to keep slavery out of the territories. It was at

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    Civil War Paper Darrell Jones HIS/110 August 22‚ 2012 Adolph Woodard Civil War Paper The Civil War was fought between Americans from the North and the South. Many factors led to the eventual conflict‚ but none was more important than the issue of slavery. While Northerners felt slavery was essentially against what America stood for‚ Southerners depended on slavery to maintain their economy. The conflict resulted in the South wanting to secede from the Union and exist as a collection of Confederate

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    The Civil War had many causes‚ some of them were long term causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would

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    are three main events that represent the sectionalism in the United States‚ lead the civil war of United States of America. First‚ an economic difference of North‚ South‚ and West is the one of the essential sectionalism in U.S. The North part of U.S is heavily based on the manufacturing such as a ship‚ train‚ etc... which requires the sophisticated machine invented in the industrial revolution. Therefore the slavery was not necessary. In contrast‚ Southern people‚ specifically white landowners were

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    Eulogy About Slavery

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    I would teach about slavery‚ and how I would decide what to teach them is based on the things I’m interested in. As a black female even though I didn’t go through slavery‚ it’s unfortunate to read articles on what happened to slaves back in the day and what they had to go through. When the Europeans occupied the North American continent the land was huge‚ the work to be done there was hard and there was scarcity of people to work in the land. In the seventeenth century‚ a Dutch ship‚ which was loaded

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    The Civil War was a war between the North and the South and who should get this big plot of land in the middle. The North thought that they should get the land because it was above the imaginary line which was called the ¨36‚30¨ line. However‚ the South wanted it because they wanted to expand slavery in the U.S. That was one of the reasons why it caused the Civil War. In addition‚ there was many people that fought to end slavery people such as Dred Scott‚ John Brown‚ and many others. There are many

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    Katelin Foster 9/30/12 Period 5 US History The Civil War The Civil War was a fight between the Southern states and the Northern states. It began in 1861 and ended in 1865. The northerners referred to this war as the war to preserve the Union because that became the main goal of the Civil War. Slavery was one of the causes of the war‚ but in the end Lincoln’s goal became preserving the union. When Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin in 1783‚ cotton then became very profitable. Many farmers

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    Women in the Civil War Leading up to the Civil War women’s lives were much different than they were during the Civil War. While the men worked away from home in factories‚ offices or shops‚ women were expected to stay at home. Their household was their pride and joy‚ it was their private place. Women wanted to provide a clean and comforting home for their husband and children. This was their job and they devoted all of their time to accomplishing this (history.com). Women’s Roles However‚ during

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