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    Time Is Wealth

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    tide wait for nothing. Time is money. Life is all about managing time and dare for venture. This universe is nothing just a main manesfactation of routine and a splendid example of time management. It is said‚ “Coming and going is a part of man dunce life but if time lapse it will never ever come again”. “Time and tide wait for nothing”. Islam also makes it compulsory for it as five prayers at fix time. It is a factor to be looked upon in order to complete shoulder to shoulder with world. As

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    the Confederacy had. The valuable leaders that the Union had possessed were Ulysses S. Grant‚ Philip Sheridan‚ and Abraham Lincoln. The Union was in the middle of an industrial revolution at the same time as the Civil War which meant that they had a booming economy. The Union had organized banks and had easy access to the supplies that they had needed. The Union had a significantly larger population than the Confederacy. The Union had a population over 22 million people while the Confederacy had

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    Colonial Education

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    a girl. • Most girls didn’t go to school past the sixth grade and boys stayed until the eighth grade and a few were able to go to college. • Discipline was very strict. The teacher would crack fingers‚ put the student in a corner with a dunce hat‚ or even spank them. The girls swept the schoolroom and the boys gathered firewood. They helped keep the school warm and clean. Christopher Lamb’s Colonial Classroom • Served 5 year apprenticeship before accepting position to teach

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    through the valley and some mirror the troop movements of the Confederacy during the war.

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    Union only had a few wins against the Confederacy and hope was slowly withering away for the Union; but because of Vicksburg‚ the Union was able to turn the war around and eventually (as we all know) win the war and reunite the North and the South. Vicksburg was an important Union victory and turning point in the war because it was believed to be the key to the Confederacy by Lincoln and Jefferson Davis and contained valuable resources‚ it split the Confederacy in half‚ and it proved that General

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    North or South? Civil War.

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    in their economy‚ diplomacy‚ and military and so do the Union. However‚ the Confederacy stood above the Union with their advantages of the southern states. They were determined to protect their laws to maintain the efficiency of their country after secession from the Union. The Confederacy was better equipped and more prepared to win the Civil War. Although the Union had some advantages in their economy‚ the Confederacy was better equipped economically. In their economy‚ the southern states had

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    Book Report: For Cause & Comrades 1.) What are the primary sources used by McPherson to explain the motives of the 3 million soldiers fought in the Civil War? What are the advantages and drawbacks to this approach? James McPherson used Union and Confederate letters and diaries as the basis of For Cause & Comrades. He used 429 Confederate soldier’s letters or diaries and 647 Union soldier’s letters or diaries. These letters were from different ranking soldiers and also from men

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    The Confederacy was established in 1860‚ after South Carolina first seceded from the union‚ followed by Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ and Texas. This was one of the reasons that started the Civil War in America. The Confederacy had the same laws as the Union‚ however‚ the Union was much more industrialized‚ while the Confederacy still relied on farms and slave labor (Confederacy). This led to the common thought that the Confederacy is racist‚ which caused hatred for the Confederate

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    states‚ while the Confederacy had eleven. Ignoring conflicts of allegiance within various states‚ which might roughly cancel each other out‚ the population count was about twenty-two million in the Union to about nine million in the Confederacy‚ and about four million of the latter were slaves. The Union therefore had an edge of about four to one in potential human resources. An even greater advantage of the North was its industrial development. The states that joined the Confederacy produced just

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    In 1861‚ when the Civil War broke out‚ the Confederacy and the Union both had numerous advantages and disadvantages and there were multiple women and slaves that contributed to the war. To begin with‚ the Confederacy had its significant advantages that helped it push through the war‚ one of which was its strong leaders. Many believed “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee were some of the best officers even before the war. Also‚ they had the advantage of fighting on their own soil. They knew the

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