significant part of the United States. Krauthammer begins his piece with the heartbreaking massacre that took place in a Charleston church then writes about how gun control has not made any improvement and finally moves into expressing that many want the Confederate flag to be removed. Krauthammer’s article is effective because he uses pathos to capture the heart of the reader‚ he is a credible writer that has a tone that is professional yet questions
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could not fight‚ they opinionated their voices strongly trying to help the confederates as much as they can. The south was very low and always had trouble finding supplies‚ which was a disadvantage for them in many ways. Many of the things the southerners had‚ was manufactured by women in the North. With the North having the advantage of the southerner’s supplies‚ Rebecca said how the women needed to help the confederates even more because of their husbands who were in battle. Rebecca said how in
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for a member of the Confederacy to feel the need to plot a plan for the murder of the Union leader‚ Abraham Lincoln. Context: John Wilkes Booth and his fellow Confederate sympathizers wanted to plot a plan to capture the president and take him to the Confederate capital of Richmond in a plan to demand peace or the release of confederate soldiers. Example: “That means nigger citizenship‚ now‚ by God‚ I’ll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make”(Hamner). Analysis: Booth is expressing
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Obedience is a form of social influence that occurs when a person yields to explicit instructions on orders from an authority figure. Obedience is compliance with commands given by an authority figure. In the 1960s‚ the social psychologist Stanley Milgram did a famous research study called the obedience study. It showed that people have a strong tendency to comply with authority figures. Milgram’s Obedience Study Milgram told his forty male volunteer research subjects that they were participating
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The Confederate soldiers kept enemy Union soldiers in prison camps. Andersonville Prison was considered the main camp for the Confederates. Those who were held at Andersonville lived in hostile‚ dirty‚ and inhumane environment. When a Union soldier was brought to Andersonville‚ he would have to fight to survive. Prisoners‚ fighting for their life‚ would steal other prisoner’s daily food‚ leaving them starving for that day. Confederate soldier would shoot and kill anyone who came close to the
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RECONSTRUCTION‚ WHAT WENT WRONG I. Historiography of Reconstruction A. Early Views Journalists‚ Poets‚ & Rebels Negative view of Reconstruction Sidney Andrews‚ The South Since the War (1866) John Dennett‚ The South as It Is. Southern frame of reference Sidney Lanier (poet) Attempt to justify Civil War B. Early Professional Historians John Ford Rhodes Ohio Democrat Not impartial Blamed North for problems of Reconstruction’ Claimed Black Rule
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The war was fought between the United States and the Confederate State of America. The Confederate States of America was made up of eleven states that ended up leaving the Union in 1860 and 1861. These states that made up the Confederate States of America were South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Texas‚ Virginia‚ Arkansas‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee. The size difference between the Union Army and the Confederate Army was a massive difference. There was about 2‚100
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known as one of the most crucial battles of the Civil War‚ as the war continued. In the summer of 1863‚ the battle began in Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. Scavenging and searching for food and supplies‚ Robert E. Lee‚ who was the commander of the Confederate army‚ marched his troops to invade union territory. Dangerously scavenging for food‚ Lee was abruptly stopped by union forces which held him there till dusk. Ambushed by union troops‚ Lee faced 88‚000 reinforcements led by General George Meade
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and arguably one of the most controversial. He was born in Tennessee in 1812 to a broken family. Forrest worked as a cotton planter and slave trader‚ in which he largely profited. In the early years of the war he pledged his allegiance to the Confederate States‚ and enlisted as a Private in the army. Soon Forrest rose to Lieutenant General‚ despite having no prior military training. Forrest served as a cavalry officer at numerous major battles‚ where he earned his nickname‚ “The Wizard of the Saddle”
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individuals who desperately yearn for a more simplistic way of life. However‚ this desire is taken to an extreme when he begins living in the family attic above his
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