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    Slavery‚ as America knew it 1860 change with the election of the Republican President‚ Abraham Lincoln. The South wanted to expand slavery to the West while the republican party wanted to prohibit the expansion of slave states. Emancipation of the slaves and expanding slavery westward had been an emerging conflict between the North and South for some time. The South vowed to withdraw from the Union if Lincoln claimed victory. The Confederate leaders believe that if Republican abolitionists won‚ they

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    The compromises from 1846 to 1861 were‚ by their intentions‚ to postpone the struggle between the north and the south temporarily but not to solve it. The foundational problems‚ like the the slavery itself‚ the differences in social structure and economic system and the expansion of slavery‚ were left. The increasing struggle between the abolitionists and slave owners and between the newly formed Republican Party and the Democratic Party kept putting those questions in front of the US people. The

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    compromise was no longer a viable solution. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government would greatly change in terms of race relations and economic development during the period between 1861 and 1877. While President Lincoln entered the Union‚ along with the promise of preserving the Union‚ the possible abolition of slavery was added to the turmoil of the conflict. Prior to the Civil War‚ race relations had mostly been left under the jurisdiction of states. Individuals

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    I. The Problems of Peace I.After the war‚ there were many questions over what to do with the free Blacks‚ such as how to reintegrate the Southern states into the Union‚ what to do with Jefferson Davis‚ and who would be in charge of Reconstruction? II.The Southern way of life had been ruined‚ as crops and farms were destroyed‚ the slaves had been freed‚ the cities were burnt down‚ but still‚ and many Southerners remained defiant. II. Freedmen Define Freedom I.At first‚ the freed Blacks

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    Tommy Hoang History 220 (03) – Professor Higgins Assignment #1 6 January 2016 Rebuilding The South After the Civil War‚ problems like destruction‚ hunger‚ and violence occurred in the Southern parts of the United States. The United States was in a desperate state for improvements the economy and getting production back to the way they used to be. In 1965‚ the Senate passed the 13 amendment to free slaves‚ but this caused more problems. Former slaves‚ were unable to take care of themselves since they

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    collection of adversities and disagreements served as a great window into the beginning of the Civil War. It was evident that the Southerners wanted to preserve slavery but what exactly was the Northerners fighting for? The North wanted to preserve the Union that was created by the ratification of the Constitution. Rendering enemies in one country was not the intention of the North. The secession of the South after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president was a spark to the tumult. If the subject of

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    The United States has always been a country of expansion; from the time when Colonists wanted to live past the Appalachian Mountains to the time when we expanded to Alaska‚ Hawaii‚ and the Caribbean Islands. Throughout our time as an independent nation‚ our methods of expansion have both changed in drastic measure and followed the processes we used for Westward Expansion. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ the expansion of the United States continued as it had in the past and

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    mountains‚ from Canada to New Orleans‚ completely doubling the size of the U.S. Jefferson believed if the whole country was a good down to earth working class community that it would be the future and uprising of the newly settle country. The Westward expansion is one of the defining themes of the 19th century American history both in positive and destructive ways. By the 1840s‚ 40% of the population of the US lived in the expandetery western territories. They left the east to move to the West to

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    Draft: Civil War The Civil War was unavoidable through political and territorial disputes. The main issue of the Civil War was slavery. The Civil War was fought between two sides over a conflict‚ dealing with abolishing slavery. The Civil War left six hundred twenty five thousand casualties. Both sides wanted to absorb one another to form their idea of the correct United States. The Civil War could

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    packed snowball. As the crowd swells‚ Captain Preston leads reinforcement into the area to try and disperse the crowd peacefully. A confused soldier in the mix of the crowd fired‚ goaded beyond endurance‚ more shots were delivered by the soldiers. After 11 people were struck with 5 dead or mortally wounded‚ the crowd quickly dispersed and other actions were trialed by the colonists to remove the troops from

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