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    Phillip Henry Sheridan

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    Phillip Henry Sheridan’s youth and early childhood‚ followed by his rise to Calvary Commander‚ leading to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign‚ brought along by the Battle of Five Forks‚ transcending into his post-civil war life and death. Philip Henry Sheridan was born to Irish immigrants in March of 1831. Some historians contemplate that he was born in New York‚ where his family lived concisely before settling in Ohio. Sheridan worked as an accountant in a goods store during his teen years‚

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    President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union‚ and therefore‚ the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the Union while the Confederacy fought to protect states’ rights. The contributions of African Americans for the Union war effort in the Civil War pushed the federal government. But controlled largely by the Republican Party‚ to fundamentally change the purpose of the war itself

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    The 14th Amendment

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    The 14th Amendment 157 years ago‚ when slavery was an on-going issue‚ an African-American slave came upon the notion that he should be considered a freed man. His reason for feeling such way was simple. He had been living in Illinois for an extended period of time. Illinois at the time was a free state‚ meaning that it had prohibited slavery. With the help of a group of people who opposed slavery‚ he set out to try and become a freed man. This man’s case was presented to the Supreme Court March

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    France was one of the ’super forces’ in Europe amid the Age of Exploration. Britain‚ France‚ Spain‚ the Netherlands and Sweden were all looking to new grounds‚ riches and wealth to construct their domains and pick up influence. The European arrangements of Colonialism and Imperialism were intended to broaden a country’s power‚ power and impact by regional pick up and by the foundation of monetary and political predominance. The disclosure of the ’New World’ gave new terrains and chances to France

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    Andersonville Prison

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    prison camp. A major reason for the overcrowding at Andersonville was because Abraham Lincoln stopped the exchange of POWs. President Lincoln wanted to make sure that all African-American POWs were treated the same as any of the White POWs. The Confederacy refused to do this‚ so President Lincoln stopped POW exchanges. Had the exchanges continued‚ the mortality rate at Andersonville most likely wouldn’t have been as

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    2. Why were the border states so important to Lincoln? When South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860‚ four of the other fourteen slave states—Maryland‚ Delaware‚ Kentucky‚ and Missouri—chose to remain in the Union rather than join the Confederacy. West Virginia eventually seceded from Virginia in 1863 to become a nonslave state in the Union‚ too. These five border states were crucial to the North both geographically and economically. As a result‚ Lincoln was careful to maintain the border

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    APUSH MIDTERM PRACTICE TEST MR. MANGAN GABE BLUM 1) Some big businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie vertically integrated their corporations by a) eliminating middlemen to control every aspect of production b) buying out all competing firms to monopolize a single product c) inflating the price of their own stock d) issuing uncompetitive rebates e) paying workers less so that they earn extra money for themselves 2) Why was there a larger problem with the new immigrants than

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    the United States‚ and end the secession. The war lasted for more than four years with a staggering loss of more than 600‚000 Americans dead. Midway through the war‚ Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed all slaves within the Confederacy and changed the war from a battle to preserve the Union into a battle for freedom. He was the first Republican President‚ and Union victory ended forever the claim that state sovereignty superseded federal authority. Killed by an assassin’s bullet

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    APUSH Ch. 1- 7

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    Chelsey Lopez Apush Colonial Era Test Topics: Chapter 1 -7 Causes of Expansion Christian Crusades: control over Holy Land from Muslims‚ exotic delight from asia (silk‚ sugar) Marco Polo: venetian merchant traveler‚ introduced Europeans to Central Asia and China Improvement in navigation tech. Primogeniture: the legal principal that the firstborn to inherit entire estate (property & land) Development of Joint Stock companies: economic arrangement by which number of investors poo their

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    Segregation Reconstruction was a twelve-year period (1865–1877) of rebuilding that followed the Civil War (1861–1865)‚ a conflict between the United States (the Union; states mostly located in the North) and states in the South (the Confederacy). The Confederacy took stand for their independence while the Union fought for the preservation of their region. Each conflicting side had their set goal in the Civil War. However‚ after the War and Reconstruction the South emerged to be profoundly different

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