Name Mrwan Otman_ Chapter 20 “Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865” I. the menace of secession A. What were the key assertions Lincoln voiced in his inaugural address of March‚ 1861? He said splitting the country up is not possible because geographic reasons. B. If/when the South seceded‚ what issued remained unresolved? How much national debt would the south take if they left? What would happen to runaway slaves? Europe would be happy if US split up and became
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The civil war ended many problems‚ but it also created many. Slavery was abolished‚ supremacy of the national government was confirmed and secession had been refuted. Reconstruction did not last very long‚ in fact it lasted for twelve years. Even though the northern states won‚ the southern states lost thousands of lives‚ properties were destroyed‚ and it created many tasks to be accomplished in order to reunite the country. Some people however did not like the new laws that stated that blacks
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novel Light in August‚ many characters struggle with their identity. Specifically‚ Lena Grove‚ Joe Christmas‚ and Gail Hightower (the novel’s three central characters) are all in some way separated from a significant part of the identity. Being a Southern Gothic novel‚ Light in August often portrays these characters as archetypes in order to relate them to staple character roles in the genre‚ such as the innocent or the outsider. Because of the archetypal nature of these characters‚ many of them have
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coast were marked by distinct attributes. Once established‚ the thirteen British colonies could be divided into three geographic areas: New England‚ Middle‚ and Southern. Each of these had specific developments that were unique to the regions. Though there were many similarities in the development of the New England‚ Middle and Southern Colonies‚ they were very different: politically‚ socially‚ and economically. The three colonies all had comparable similarities‚ as they were all democratic. But
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weak Northern policy‚ Southern grudges were allowed to ferment in the form of black codes and in the form of white supremacy groups such as the KKK. Effectively free blacks had their freedoms but they had little freedom to exercise them. Tensions between blacks and whites also manifested in poll taxes which were meant to keep sharecroppers from affording to vote. Ultimately the South felt wronged by the actions of the North and many Southerners remained adamant that secession had been the right choice
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Reconstruction: North and South What were the different approaches to Reconstruction? How did Congress try to reshape southern society? What was the role of African Americans in the postwar south? What were the main issues in national politics in the 1870s? The War’s Aftermath Important questions arose o Should the Confederate leaders be tried for treason? o How should new governments be formed? o How and at whose expense was the South’s economy to be rebuilt? o Should
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“Allegorical evil‚ existential choice in O’Connor‚ Oates and Styron. “The Midwest Quarterly 34.4 (1993):383+ Desmond‚ John. “Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit and the Mystery of Evil.” Renaissance: Essay on Values in Literature 56.2 (2004): 129+ Southern Literary Journal 20.2 (1988): 99+. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Mar. 2012. DeFelix‚ Geraline Paulk. “The Forgiveness Factor in the Lives of Two Literary Grandmothers.” Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table (2012)
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Throughout the children’s literature class I have learned how to appropriately analyze and comprehend children’s books. Learning these skills will help me immensely as future educator choosing which books to integrate into lessons and how I can integrate a variety of topics‚ including multicultural topics. My inquiry research paper will discuss the personal and social values of Italian culture and influence within six books wrote by Tomie dePaola. I choose to focus on this aspect of his work because
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state government. On the other hand‚ Congress offered its own plan by passing the Wade-Davis Bill‚ which declared each Confederate state be governed by the military. It required half of the state’s voters to pledge allegiance to the Union‚ condemn secession and outlaw slavery. Neither agreed with the others’ plan giving rise to the
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they would employ violent tactics by the federal government to deprive them of their right to have their slave property (Scott et. al‚ 2006). Lincoln won the election without a single vote in the South which resulted in the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union. The new republic refused to
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