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    Many people believe the Civil War was caused because of slavery. While the issue of slavery was an important factor‚ it the factor that pushed everything over the edge. The north and south had been going at it before the topic of slavery came up. Slavery was just the one thing most people focused on. What I believe caused the war was the issue of states’ rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and books and media from that time period. In 1852 the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by Harriet

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    The Irrepressible Conflict The Civil War (1861-1865) was the most important mark in the American history. It defined the future of the United States‚ that by 1861 was a newly formed nation‚ still in development‚ and with a lot of issues. The Civil War killed more American people than all wars together. Its causes were many‚ and they accumulated to the point that something had to be done or the country would end up divided. For this purpose‚ we can say this war was a irrepressible conflict.

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    There were two main forms of immigration‚ new and old. Old immigration occurred between 1830 to 1870. Ethnic groups included in this were the Irish and Germans. The second form was new immigration‚ which occurred anywhere from 1870 to 1914. This era is when Eastern and Western Europeans immigrated to America. An example of old immigration are the Germans. Many Germans came because they sought jobs and freedom. Germans fled to America to escape economic hardship and political unrest caused by

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    were. Slavery caused the civil war because slavery was a big issue they constantly argued over. The north didn’t own any slaves and felt it was in humane and wanted to abolish slavery. While the south loved having slaves to do there work for them and wanted to keep slavery. They argued so much that it started to split the country & finally the south said they were leaving America and being there own country. Leading up to the civil war‚ slavery

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    The civil war has often been called "The second American Revolution‚" primary because many Americans actually thought they were once again fighting for their freedom and rights. While this is true‚ the Civil War itself was revolutionary. It was revolutionary in the political‚ social and economic conduct of the war. Each Revolutionary conduct of the war impacted America then and some still impact the world today. Politically specking The Civil War brought about new ways or revolutionary ways of taking

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    Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will be analyzing the question “how was the development of photography influenced by the American Civil War?” This investigation will include photography in the years leading up to the American Civil War and how the war years1861-1865‚ changed photography as an industry and as a medium of expression. One resource that will be used in this investigation is the book The Story of American Photography by Martin W. Sandler. Sandler

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    The American Civil War was one of the most important and controversial time in American history. The North and the South had developed differences during the years. The South remained mostly in the agricultural economy while the North became more industrialized. The major issue that led to the dissolving of the union was the debate over slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought a war in which the Northern and Western territories fought to preserve the Union while the South fought

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    The American Civil War was a hard time in American history. Brother against brother. A country divided and so many deaths. There were many events that lead to the war‚ but the main event was the ending of slavery. There was many causes for the Civil War ‚that broke out in April 12‚ 1861‚ but the main cause was slavery. The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union was the debate over the future of slavery (‘Causes Of The Civil War’). In my opinion I do think that was the cause of the

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    the Emancipation Proclamation‚ African Americans still faced many different forms of opposition in the 1960s and 1970s. African Americans were not receiving their Civil Rights during these years‚ which sparked controversy between African Americans and Whites. African Americans believed that the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation would give them equality amongst whites. Similar to the Black Panthers ideas‚ African Americans knew they had to fight for their Civil Rights. “We want freedom. We want

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    The Cold War The Cold War was the period after the World War II of political conflict and military tension between the USSR and the United States of America. It lasted from 1945 to 1991‚ with the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). As the name indicates‚ it was a “cold” war; this means that no actual bullets (or any other kind of weapon) were fired between these two factions‚ although many conflicts during the war were propitiated and supported by them. Some of the biggest

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