THE CIVIL WAR:WHY DID TEXANS FIGHT? THE CIVIL WAR WAS A SAD TIME FOR TEXANS AND AMERICANS‚ AS IT DIVIDED THE COUNTRY INTO TWO OPPOSING SIDES.BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865‚ 75‚000 TEXANS WENT TO WAR.WHAT WERE THE REASONS TEXAS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR.TEXANS WENT TO WAR STATES’ RIGHTS‚TO DEFEND THE STATE THEY LOVE AND TO PERSERVE SLAVERY. ONE REASON TEXANS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR WAS FOR STATES’ RIGHTS.THE TEXAS STATE GASETTE EDITORAIL‚ IT SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF SECESSION
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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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Civil Liberties‚ Habeas Corpus‚ and the War on Terror Civil Liberties‚ Habeas Corpus‚ and the War on Terror Do you remember where you were on September 11‚ 2001? I was working as a Personal Care Provider in a Senior Home at Newport‚ NJ. Do you remember the feeling you felt when you saw the planes crashing on the Twin Towers in New York? I remember feeling powerless. I wanted to do something to help out the people trapped in those towers. It was a horrible feeling not to be able to help
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The Civil War The Civil War started in 1861 and lasted for four years until the south surrendered in 1865. The war was between the northern states and the southern states of the United States. Since the War there has been a lot of discussions among historians arguing about the cause of the war. Historians have yet to agree if the cause was social‚ political‚ economical or a mix of them. Most of those who believe it was because of economic reasons believe that it was because of The Sectional
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Who was the most significant member if the civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King or Malcolm X ? Martin Luther King and Malcolm X where two very different people‚ with very different views . But were both fighting for the same thing‚ civil rights. Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist‚ also a pacifist he strongly disagreed with any use of violence. Malcolm x on the other hand‚ believed in violence and criticised Martin luther king’s beliefs in non-violent protest‚ because he thought
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Mary Thompson U07a1 The USA PATRIOT Act and Controversy February 24‚ 2013 Some of the key components of the USA Patriot Act are warrants without evidence‚ this gives the government agency the ability to look through people’s personal life without serving them warrant to search. Government agencies also use the legal action of distributing all evidence and facts gathered through searches‚ and they now have the authorization to use wiretaps on all forms of communications that have vital information
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reunification and reconciliation after the Civil War and to improve the status of former slaves (freedmen). The reality is that it was enormously difficult to satisfy both these goals. -- "Politics is the art of the possible." The North prevailed during the Civil War. The South prevailed after the war. I. Four main questions vis-à-vis Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South: 1. How to rebuild the South after its destruction during the Civil War? 2. What would be the condition
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exactly what having Freedom of speech is like. Freedom of speech is something every American is granted‚ yet many who do in fact speak their mind are ridiculed. Freedom of Speech is one of the many perks that an American has besides having individual liberty. Instead of using Freedom of Speech to help others around the world who do not have it‚ many people use it for the wrong reason and can lead to harmful outbursts. Throughout the course of History‚ Freedom of Speech has become progressively negative
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Cited: Give Me Liberty. n.d. Voices of Freedom. New York: w.w.norton & Company‚ 2014. 80-81. Bram‚ Henry et al. "Petition of Committee on Behalf of the Freedman to Andrew Jackson." Foner‚ Eric. Voices of Freedom. New York: W.W.Norton & Company‚ 2014. 4-5. Document. DuBois‚ W.E.B. "Returning Soldiers." The Cisis. 1919. Document. Foner‚ Eric. ""What Is Freedom?": Reconstruction." Foner‚ Eric. GIVE ME LIBERTY! New York: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2014. 577. Document
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Civil liberties: the legal constitutional protections against government. Although our civil liberties are formally set down in the Bill of Rights‚ the courts‚ police‚ and legislature define their meaning. Bill of Rights: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution‚ which define such basic liberties as freedom of religion‚ speech‚ and press and guarantee defendants’ rights. First Amendment: the constitutional amendment that establishes the four great
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