Although events leading up to the Civil War had been going on for some years‚ the Civil War was not inevitable; the war was the result of extremism and failures in leadership of both the North and the South. A widespread of political‚ social‚ and economic factors was all contributors to the splitting of the North and South. State rights‚ controversy over slavery‚ and differences in economic systems pushed the North and South into a bloody battle. The Civil War started due to the differences between
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supported? The New Orleans editorial blames the tensions on the North and Abraham Lincoln. They believe that the South was just fine before the North stepped in and created conflict‚ it almost gives it a feel like the north is a bully. 2b. What consequences does the author believe that Lincolns election will have for the southern states? They think that it is the defeat of the South and will completely ruin the social‚ political‚ and industrial institutions of the South. 3a. What do the two main
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The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight‚ causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence‚ fighting over Congo ’s rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions‚ it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established‚ sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into
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Presentation Essay The American Civil War was not the first war to be photographed‚ that honour goes to photographer Roger Fenton in 1855 who took pictures of the Crimean war‚ but it was considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Some historians even argue that people know more about the American Civil War than any other war‚ up to World War Two because of the vast amount of photographs taken during this time. Not only did fearless photographers venture onto the war torn battlefields
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fall under your eye when I shall be no more.” When I read this part of the letter‚ I felt sympathy knowing they never saw each other again after he wrote this‚ but he probably knew that he didn’t have a good chance of surviving and that’s why he wrote her one last letter‚ but he mentions other interesting things in his letter also‚ “I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the Government‚ and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering
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Alex Hagwood 8th Period 3-5-09 Civil War Essay There were many contributions that were made during the Civil War that have made an impact on us today‚ including weapons‚ medicine‚ and fighting tactics. These have all improved with today’s technology. They have also become more sophisticated. Weapons have increasingly become more efficient and accurate‚ but they have had a model to work with. First‚ you have cannons and mortars. These could use a wide range of ammunition and had a long range
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Kathie Kaidan 4/14/10 HST 202 Paper #2 There is much controversy and uncertainty about the reasons of why the Civil War started‚ and why it went on for so long. The Civil War is unusual not only in American History‚ but in world history as well because of the intensity and carnage of it. Men were taking up arms against their neighbors‚ fathers‚ sons‚ brothers‚ and friends to meet on the field of battle with only one mission: to kill one another. James McPherson wondered this‚ so he researched
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Throughout the Civil War‚ cavalry played an important part. Calvary is a series of strategies using horses and mules‚ for instance‚ they used it to scout and screen. It was also used for messengers and orderlies which was a poor use for calvary (civilwarcalvary.com). Their uniforms were dark blue if one were in volunteer cavalry‚ which meant they also had to wear light blue trousers. The calvary riders had to wear uniforms with yellow stripes on their pants along with a yellow trim on their jackets
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Summary of the Civil War: Fought 1861-1865‚ the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on slavery and states rights‚ these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several months eleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war‚ Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg
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The war aftermath in South: the former Confederacy presented a sharp contrast to the victorious north. Throughout the south‚ people where emotionally exhausted: many lives had been sharttered.in 1866‚ the state of Mississippi spent a fifth of its annual budget on artificial limbs for confederate soldiers. Property value had collapsed. In the year after the war ended‚ eighty-one plantations in Mississippi where sold for less than a tenth of what they had been worth in 1860. Confederate money was
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