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    The most important outcome of the Civil War was ending slavery. The reason to that is the war wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for slavery and it is bad in the first place. Slavery still effects their daily life in many ways. If slavery didn’t happen in the first place‚ we wouldn’t have had ever had the Civil War. The civil war killed the most people than any of the other wars just because African Americans were treated like property instead of normal people because of their color. Abraham Lincoln

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    The Civil War That Ended Slavery The United States civil war began in April 1861 pitting the Northern states (Union States) against the Confederacy States (Southern States). The main duel was fueled primarily by differences between the two parties on the idea of slavery and secondarily on trade‚ tariffs‚ and states rights. Therefore‚ in fighting‚ the first aim was first to stop secession of the southern states in order to preserve the union. This however evolved into a war to end slavery and free

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    Hampton roads Virginia. The U.S. and confederate states held this conference to discuss how to end the American civil war. Abraham Lincoln meets with confederate officials to possibly come up with a peace agreement but refuses to grant any positions and ends the meeting within hours. The topics talked about during the conference are the following: be alliances with France in Mexico‚ slavery involved with war‚ surrendering‚ and about the south and property. Both Lincoln and seaward agreed on the issue

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    On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge

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    color of their skin. The Civil Rights Movement was originally proposed by president John F. Kennedy. Just a few weeks before the election‚ Martin Luther King jr. was arrested while leading a protest in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Kennedy phoned Coretta Scott King to express his concern about King’s safe release. Across the nation‚ more than 70 percent of African Americans voted for Kennedy; those votes provided a win for Kennedy. In 1960‚ six-year-old Ruby Bridges changed America by walking up the steps of

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    death in 1865. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the war‚ and the nation was divided both in politics. Lincoln used various strategies to help the nation survive the war. The civil war that they had was a bloodiest war in the whole world. The war kept going and the argument too. Amendments Thirteen‚ Fourteen‚ and Fifteen passed. These are the amendments that is made permanent the freedoms that were hard fought and won in the Civil War. The freedom that

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    In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the

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    compromises and form policies that benefited both parties. His presidency and his actions during tested his leadership as well. Through his acting‚ leadership positions‚ and his policies and decisions in those positions‚ Ronald Reagan made a big impact on America. In his youth‚Reagan was outgoing. During high school‚ he played sports‚ such as football and basketball‚ wrote for the school yearbook‚ acted‚ and became student body president. Reagan went to Eureka College in Illinois with a partial scholarship

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    The Civil War was the deadliest war in the entire history of the United States. In 4 years‚ nearly 700‚000 people died. The war left a huge impact on the nation and changed the way people viewed the nation drastically. During one of the battles that occurred during the war‚ the Battle of Bull Run‚ it’s said that the families of soldiers gathered off to the side of the field where the war took place. They didn’t know that the war was going to be real‚ so when soldiers began to actually get shot and

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    How did the Erie Canal Change America? The Erie Canal changed all our lives for the better. It was started in 1817 and was finished and opened eight years later in 1825. The official date construction for the Erie Canal was approved by the New York State Legislature was on April 15th‚ 1817. The Erie Canal is 363 miles long and was solely built by man and horse power. The Erie canal affected the United States in many ways‚ a few of them are‚ that by using the Erie Canal travel time and dangers

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