This is in fact an interesting piece of literature that was produced by the Bruce Catton, unlike his usual commentary on the American Civil War; his novel captures the sentiments of a young man coming of age and incorporates a strong nostalgic component that has become a major part of the American life (Ch. 11, p. 246). Having been a part of an era, where the aftermath of the war still reverberated throughout the nation and for the author, Catton, those were the stories that he had grown up listening to in rural Michigan.…
In his article, the author seeks to contrast the characteristics of two leaders and generals of the Civil War, Robert Lee and Ulysses Grant. The two generals were significantly strong yet…
Although Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were born in the same time period Catton showed how they had very different views from one another. To start of with Catton explained how Lee was an "old age" and did not like change. He wanted the old aristocrat concept to stay in the American culture. He was also born into a wealthy family so he believed it was okay for the upper-class to be more privileged and thought inequality among men made society more advanced. In contrast, Grant was born poor and "came up the hard way" as Catton said, because of this Grant believed every man should be equal. He also believed in change and wanted the future of society to be different than how it was at that current time.…
4b. How do Lee’s words contrast with the image of southerners as depicted in the cartoon from Document 3?…
In the 1820's and 1830's, President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian Democrats brought forth the idea that they were guardians of the Constitution and many aspects of the U.S. government. The Democrats had tried to protect what the thought was the right way to guard the Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and an equality of economic opportunity. But in the world of democracy, everyone has a different view. Some people supported Jackson’s efforts to preserve their views and beliefs, and others did not. President Jackson and the Jacksonian Democrats proved that they wanted to be guardians of the government, but in reality, showed short in key areas.…
The civil war was not a fun battle. Many people died during that war. During the 1800’s the southern portion of the United States broke off and became its own separate country. They became the Confederate states of America or the Confederacy. The U.S. and the C.S. were very different countries. The C.S. heavily practiced slavery while slavery was banned in the U.S. The U.S. was more industry based while the C.S. was based on agriculture. The U.S. wanted the C.S. to rejoin with it. This lead to a civil war. The north ended up winning the civil war which contributes to Grant being a better general than Lee.…
Grant never wanted to be involved with the whole ordeal, not knowing if he himself were a man or how to help Jefferson become one. Grant is very skeptical about if he will even help Jefferson or if it will just be a waste of time. When Grant is talking to his girlfriend about the situation he says “suppose I reached his and made him realize that he was as much a man as any other man; then what? He is still going to die. So what would I have accomplished? What will I have done? “ Grant doesn’t understand that he does not have to completly change Jefferson to make a difference, but by just making Jefferson’s attitude better, Grant is still helping him become a man and not stay the hog that he thinks he is. In the end Grants perserverance pays off because in a journal that Grant gave to Jefferson, he says “good by mr wigin tell them im strong tell them im a man”(Gaines 234). Because of Grant’s willingness to work on Jefferson and break off his shell of self hatred Jefferson died knowing that he was a genuinly good person who deserved to be called a man. The differences between Jefferson at the begining and at the end are polar opposites, because of Grant’s ability to push people to be the best person they can…
According to the background essay, the Southerners started to elect governments that only wanted white people to rule. In many of the states, they had made sure that a black person didn’t get a place in office, despite the fact that the US Army was protecting the rights of the blacks. Then the election happened. It was Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican candidate, against Samuel J. Tilden, the Democratic candidate. The entirety of America was on edge, and people thought that the North and the South were going to go to war again. To avoid a war, which also would’ve effectively ended Reconstruction, Rutherford B. Hayes became president. But there was a catch. In order for Hayes to become president, he had to remove the federal soldiers in the South. Nobody could enforce the Southerners to respect the blacks, so it undid the entire effort that went to reconstruction. If it weren’t for the Southerners resistance, Reconstruction would’ve happened and America would be a much different…
During the 1820’s and 1830’s President Andrew Jackson and his followers, Jacksonian Democratics viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. In some ways they succeeded in their goals and were effective guardians of political democracy and equality of economic opportunity. However, in doing so they neglected guardianship of the constitution, and protecting individual liberties. By doing this, the Jacksonian Democrats stressed the importance of the common man, even though by doing this they violate their own principles.…
The rode to achieving reconstruction after the Civil War would establish a series of daunting troubles for the United States of America. In the reading “Why They Impeached Andrew Johnson” David Donald revisits the events that led up to Andrew Johnson's impeachment and the nations struggle to attain reconstruction under his presidency. The outcome of the Civil War issued the Union Government victorious over the former Confederate States. The Civil War left the nation in a frantic state to establish a form of government in order to preserve order. Many questions arose regarding the actions that would be taken against the defeated southerners and the civil rights of the now free slaves. Then President, Abraham Lincoln was carefully devising a plan towards the restoration of government. As a result of his victory in Civil War “he was able to promise freedom to all the blacks, charity to the southern white, security to the North.” Southern whites were not in agreement with newly granted rights to former black slaves and in return “rejected moderate leaders, and inveterate racist spoke for the new South.”…
The Real Lincoln, argues that, throughout his decades-long political career, Lincoln's primary political goal was the creation of a more mercantilist centralized American state through the enactment of a series of three policy initiatives popularized as “the American System” by Kentucky politician and slaveholder Henry Clay. “I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the legislature,” Lincoln stated in 1832. “My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance. I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.”…
Throughout early American history we see a country struggling to define itself. The Revolutionary War, followed shortly after by the War of 1812, secured America’s freedom from foreign powers but left a country of loosely gathered states that were, quite often, at odds with one another. Following the Mexican American War, The Civil War brought to culmination events that would forever change the political and social landscape of our great nation. Gettysburg effectively ended the Confederate Army’s offensive capabilities and essentially ended the war. General Lee’s ego and his desire to crush the Union Army on the field of battle led to the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg. Victories just prior to the main battle exhausted his men…
Lee uses the characterisation of key personnel in To Kill a Mockingbird to show justice and injustice, with the main example of this being the just and fair characterisation of Atticus. A major example in the book of this being in chapter 30 where Heck…
In the article “The Rich Are Different from You and Me,” author Chrystia Freeland explains the rising phenomenon of income inequality that is occurring between the richest top 10% and bottom 90% of the population. Chrystia Freeland states “In every society, some people are richer than others, but across time and geography, the gap between the rich and the rest has widely varied. The reality today is that the rich-especially the very, very rich- are vaulting ahead of everyone else” (51). Between the years of 2002 and 2007, income statistics show that the gap between the richest 10% and the bottom 90% of the population had significantly increased. Statistics also show that by 2007, approximately 35% of the wealth was maintained by the top 10%, leaving about 27% of wealth to the bottom 90% of the population. This is about an 8% gap in between. The last time income inequality was this high was in the 1920’s, but back then only 20% of wealth was gained from work. Today the top 10% gains at least 60% of their wealth from work, rather than inheritance. As economies throughout the world mature, income inequality will continue to rise. The gap between the rich and all others is primarily found in United States. Other countries such as Canada, China, and the United Kingdom are beginning to see income inequality as well. Freeland also states that “These global super- rich work and play together” (52). They share common interests such as business traveling, and vacationing around the world. Due to the common interests shared by others most like themselves, they have become separated from all others within the population, and have formed their own world governed by plutocracy. Author Chrystia Freeland is concerned that because the rich are so caught up in their world of wealth that they will not recognize that other…
In addition, one of the biggest dilemma that's produced as a result of our socioeconomic system is its own reincarnation. The duplication on a mass level of norms, roles, careers, health, wealth, and lifestyle as generations pass results in the rich getting richer, and the poor getting poorer. However, this is the not the image that is portrayed in the popular image of America’s class structure. One of the four biggest myths veiling the reality of class is that the U.S is “fundamentally a classless society,” and aside from a few minor distinctions everyone is uniform under the law. Likewise, the second myth, derives from the fact that since we are a “classless” society, we’re all in general, the same or in this case middle-class; as a majority…