several events that lead to the American Civil War. The Northern states wanted African Americans to be free from slavery‚ while the Southern states wanted to continue owning them. The Northern states didn’t need slaves for their economy to thrive‚ as opposed to the Southern states‚ where their economy relied heavily on the slave’s free labor. Both sides also argued on whether or not the newly acquired states should be free states or slave states‚ but since the North’s population growth exceeded the South’s
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emancipation. Escaped slaves were fleeing to the Union army as it advanced in the South‚ complicating military operations.Issued on September 22‚ 1862‚ Lincoln’s preliminary proclamation declared that on New Year’s‚ 1863‚ slaves in areas then "in rebellion against the United States shall be then‚ henceforward‚ and foreverfree." The final Emancipation Proclamation‚ issued January 1‚ 1863‚ authorized the recruitment of blacks into the Union Army‚ which abolitionist leaders such as Frederick Douglass
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the Confederate states by going through the middle of them and destroying anything of military value. General Sherman ’s March did achieve its goal from a military standpoint but the manner his army accomplished its goal was ethically improper. Perhaps the most famous portion of Sherman ’s March was his campaign from Atlanta to Savannah and then to Colombia‚ South Carolina. The unique aspect of Sherman ’s March was they would go without a supply line. "Sherman took from his three armies a picked
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the South and the North had different outtakes on U.S problems. The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865‚ but along the way it caused lots of geographic changes. Although it ended four years later‚ many problems damaged both sides of the United States‚ especially the South. Southern women faced starvation and poverty when their husbands and sons‚ who took care of the farms‚ went away to war. In the South‚ there were many riots by women demanding for supplies to provide for their families during
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African Americans in the Civil War In the history of the United States‚ discrimination was something that African Americans faced painfully in the Civil War era and which continues to happen on a milder scale in today’s society. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were forced to perform manual labor against their will. Greedy‚ rich‚ lazy Americans called themselves superior to the “different‚ dark-skinned” people who slowly became slaves to the whites. In bondage‚ they received
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OPINIONS ON THE CIVIL WAR. The northern and southern parts of the Unites States of America were politically‚ economically and culturally very different from one another. The people of the northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences grew. The differences between them originally divided their opinions on the civil war and who the people gave loyalty. THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH’S OPINION ON
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Confedrate Army (Southern states) and the Union Army (Northern states) at Gettysburg. This was the turning point in the US history where-in the winning streak of the Confederate Army was stopped by the Union Army during the American civil war. This battle resulted in about 53000 causalities on both the sides. Movie begins with Harrison‚ a civilian informer‚ informing Gen Longstreet of the Confederate Army about the presence of Cavalry of the Union Army near Gettysburg. Confederate Army‚ with astrength
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was sent to control the rebellion‚ but Brown’s forces would not surrender. Lee’s army stormed the armory killing ten raiders‚ two of which were Brown’s sons. Brown was tried and hanged on December 2‚ 1859 at Charleston‚ Virginia. Thanks to Brown’s willingness to fight‚ he made a name for himself among the abolitionists. The Southerners praised the use of force from antislavery forces. As tensions grew between the states about slavery‚ it was not until the results of the election of 1860 that divided
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achievements of Freedmen Regarded White Supremacy as normal in South C. Dunning School And Traditionalism William Archibald Dunning Taught at Columbia University Attracted best historical minds of his day Wrote histories of their own states James W. Garner‚ Reconstruction in Mississippi (1901) Walter Lynwood Fleming‚ Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (1905) William W. Davis‚ Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida (1913) Clara Mildred Thompson‚ Reconstruction
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is influenced by the Battle of Gettysburg because local towns and families suffered through the destruction and pain it caused. It presents me with information on how the Battle of Gettysburg affected the nation‚ local areas‚ people of the United States‚ and the soldiers that fought in this battle. These press reports help me gain an understanding of how the people felt after the battle ended‚ provide me with important
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