southerners who would make a pledge of loyalty to the United States. He also planned to recognize each state’s government when ten percent of the ante-bellum electorate took the pledge and promised to give up slavery. However‚ the leaders of the Confederacy were excluded from this process temporarily. Although Louisiana‚ Arkansas‚ and Tennessee began to conform to the President’s terms‚ Congress found the proposition to be unacceptable. It felt that the proposition didn’t protect freed slaves enough
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slaves free. The south was in ruins after they fought a defensive war and Reconstruction was introduced. With Lincoln in charge‚ many people looked forward to the future after the long Civil War. The first step was encouraging people to abandon the Confederacy and to come back into the union. This is where the complications started to be revealed. During the reconstruction period‚ the freedmen had big hopes now that they had their freedom. After president Lincoln was assassinated‚ Andrew Johnson assumed
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open fields to attack Union troops (Historynet.com Staff). The Union then opened fire on the advancing Confederates (History.com Staff). This attempt was a failure for the Confederate army (History.com Staff). Over the span of the three days‚ the Confederacy was unable to successfully carry out a strategy to defeat the Union. On July 4‚ Robert E. Lee and his troops waited for a counterattack that never came (History.com Staff). He later made the decision to retreat back to Virginia (Catton‚ Bruce 157)
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Since the fifteenth century when the first Anglo-American explorers came to explore the New World with all its land‚ riches and resources‚ settlers have struggled with peacefully cohabiting with the Native American people who inhabited these lands long before Christopher Columbus had even sailed the ocean blue. Native Americans helped settlers when they first arrived; teaching them how to grow crops‚ weave baskets‚ and make shelter. But tensions quickly rose as settlers became greedy for land and
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Chapter 17 Guided Reading Terms: 1. Columbian Exchange- the exchange of plants‚ animals‚ diseases‚ and technologies between the Americans and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyage. 2. Council of the Indies- the institution responsible for supervising Spain’s colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early eighteenth century‚ when it lost all but judicial responsibilities. 3. Bartolone de Las Casas- a priest who was the most influential defender of the Amerindians in
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The confederate flag originally stood for southern pride‚ but most people argued it stood for racism‚ slavery‚ and hatred. The negative connotation of the flag did not come until after the Confederacy adopted the flag in 1863. The leaders of the Confederate Army in Virginia wanted a distinctive flag‚ so they could distinguish themselves from the United States. There were three versions of the confederate flag. The first flag was greatly disliked
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Most people can agree on the fact that president Abraham Lincoln‚ the 16th president of the United States is considered to be one of the most outstanding citizens. He is known for his presidency which he fought the confederacy during the civil war where he managed to abolish slavery. Which all happened with the help of the Republican party‚ whom were chosen because he felt like he wanted to make a point and would need the help of a strong party to do so. Lincoln was a man of not only right doings
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the same place and the battle begun. There where many wounded and many casualties. Much like the final battle in The Red Badge of Courage when most of Henry’s regiment is wiped out by a daring charge. This charge leads to the downfall of the Confederacy as well as the fall of Henry’s regiment. 3 days before the battle of Gettysburg the Union replaced General Hooker with General George G. Meade. The Battle lasted for 3 long bloody days. The Confederate army took heavy casualties causing this
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The North and South of the U.S. were always very different. The North was materialistic‚ individualistic‚ and had great faith in progress‚ while the South was traditional and valued honor and family loyalty. Southerners relied on slavery and farming to support their economy‚ whereas the North relied on factories‚ which prospered quickly. Because the South was slower than the North in creating a “unified market economy and a regional transportation network”‚ they relied financially on the North. Slavery
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in history. Three million fought and over six-hundred thousand people lost their lives‚ in this war‚ fighting for their own freedom. The Civil War was also known as the “War Between the States”. It created more tension between the union and the confederacy and created anger among the people of America. In the beginning of the Civil War‚ Abraham Lincoln stated that he believed there were never opponents‚ and that there shouldn’t be any opposition among the people of the United States. In the First
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