This marking period is nearly over and the topics I learned were describing the condition of the Southern United States in the aftermath of the US Civil War‚ comparing the life of slaves before and after the civil war‚ and analyzing the differences in reconstruction plans between Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. For instance‚ the term reconstruction means to improve and/or recreate something better. The term implies that there has been an era in America that needed to improve. An example would be
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up their lives for us‚ and live for us. Whether it’s at war or at home‚ whether it’s the soldier that suffers or the family‚ and whether it’s the mind that breaks or the body. The price of freedom is pain and sacrifice paid by the soldiers of the United States. In WWI‚ there was 120‚00 deaths‚ in WWII there was 405‚000 deaths‚ and in the civil war there were over 500‚000 deaths. As one of the numerous confrontations for freedom‚ the civil war was fought hard and fierce. Both sides fought for two‚
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"Those who deny freedom to others‚ deserve it not for themselves..." (Abraham Lincoln) Between the years of 1861 to 1865‚ the United States was at war with itself over slavery. This war is known as the Civil War. The Civil War amendments (13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th) deeply impacted both black and white people of America. The 13th amendments states‚ "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States‚ or any other place in their jurisdiction." The 13th amendment officially
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Compromise helped delay the Civil War by maintaining the balance of both slave and free states‚ discontinuing the slave trade in Washington D.C. and returning slaves to their original owners with the Fugitive Slave Act‚ The Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintained the balance of slave and free states for 30 years. This kept the North and south satisfied. Missouri was added as a slave state and to sustain the equality between both sides‚ Maine was carved out of Massachusetts and added as a free
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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 from the antebellum
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It was the fact that gunmen killed four Phalangists that caused the war to ignite in Beirut on April 13‚ 1975; the attack was originally aimed on Pierre Jumayyil. The assassins were believed to be Palestinian and therefore later on during that same day‚ the Phalangists retaliated with an attack on a bus that was travelling through a Christian neighborhood. The bus was filled with Palestinian passengers and twenty-six occupants were killed. Fighting erupted the next day between Phalangists and Palestinian
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lot of people agree to many wars the U.S. has been in. Even the Revolutionary War didn’t have it’s fair share of supporters. The United states was justified in going to war with Mexico because it was our Manifest Destiny to extend to the Pacific‚ Mexico attacked our troops‚ and Mexico was treating American settlers poorly. The Mexican American War was fought in 1846 to 1848 in Mexico and it led to of the gaining of territorial benefits. One reason the Mexican War was justified was the Manifest
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give any money to the owners of the slaves for compensation. January‚ 1863 – March‚ 1865 – The War Continues Over the next few years‚ the battles continue. There has been so much death‚ it is making me sick. First there was the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania in July of 1863 where we lost 51‚000 people‚ over half of them from the southern states. This was by far the worst battle of the entire war. The Battle of Chickamauga was in Georgia in September of 1863 and we lost over 34‚000 people
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The Revolutionary war is a prime example of the underdog overcoming all odds. America‚ a feeble country in comparison‚ was struggling to break the shackles tying it to England‚ the motherland. While salutary neglect was still practiced‚ America had no problem with England. But after the French and Indian war‚ which resulted in England taking more notice and interest in the colonies‚ things changed. England realized how very valuable its colonial counterpart was. Henceforth a series of laws were created
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early as the 1820s. The Abolitionist where very vocal about their opinions and spoke openly on freedom and agreed “all men were created equal”. In response‚ slave owners contradicted these opinions and rebelled. With this conflict came the American Civil War. In result of there being so many abolitionist‚ the first American abolition society was founded. This society was founded by Benjamin Rush and on April‚ 4 1775 in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Most of the men who attended the 4 meetings this society
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