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The American Civil War‚ from 1861-1865‚ slowed the construction down for a few years. The war was the primary task of the United States. The war needed soldiers‚ steel products‚ and lumber for the continuous battle. These necessities were also the main products for the railroad construction at the time. The laborers needed steel products for railroad engines‚ rails‚ and spikes. Also‚ lumber was needed for the railroad ties and rail stations. When the war ended in 1865‚ the construction of the railroads
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federal government began to rebuild the war-torn South. The government also sought to restore the relationship of the South with the Union. Archive Photos Reconstruction (U.S. history)‚ the process of rebuilding that followed the American Civil War (1861-1865). Since the United States had never before experienced civil war‚ the end of hostilities left Americans to grapple with a set of pressing questions over what to do with the South after the defeat of the Confederacy and the overthrow of slavery. These
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Nevertheless‚ the war remains one of the most misunderstood events in American history. Here are ten facts you need to know about America’s defining struggle. 1. The Civil War was fought between the Northern states and the Southern states from 1861-1865. The Civil War‚ also known as “The War Between the States‚” was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America‚ a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country
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to the Union convention of Tennessee Assembled in the capitol at Nashville (Jan. 1865) Evidence: Trust the black with weapons to fight the rebels on the battlefield but why not in the ballot box? Inference: Success cannot be simply the battlefield it must also be the political equality of all. Otherwise a pyrrhic victory Doc D: Gideon Welles‚ Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy‚ Diary Entry (May 1865) Evidence: Slavery must be ended but enfranchisement of blacks is not constitutional
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Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents of all-time. Abe was born on February 12th‚ 1809‚ in Hardin Country‚ Kentucky. His childhood was very rough‚ his family war not a rich family at all‚ they lived in a one room log cabin for a little bit of Abe’s life. After that his father moved the family from Kentucky to Indiana because‚ slavery was a big thing in Kentucky‚ and his father hated slavery. His mother died when Abe
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plan involved bringing Lincoln to Richmond and demanding either peace or the release of Confederate soldiers as a ransom. Booth enlisted six southern Sympathizers in his kidnapping‚ but in March of 1865‚ their attempt to kidnap Lincoln in Washington‚ D.C. failed—the president did not
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The Civil War and Reconstruction were two major events in 19th century America. The Civil War started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The war was against the North‚ who were called the Yankees‚ and the South‚ who were called the Confederates. The Reconstruction occurred in 1865 and ended in 1877. This period was about rebuilding the South after the war. The movie‚ Gone with the Wind¸ is focused on these two periods of time and gives the audience a visual perspective of what happened during these events
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AP US HISTORY 2011-2012 Course Overview: AP US History is designed as a college level history course with corresponding academic expectations for high school 11th graders. Chronologically‚ AP US History covers the vast expanse of our nation’s past from colonial beginnings in the 1600s to the present. Several themes of American History will emphasized for students to be able to think conceptually about our nation’s past. Such themes will include American diversity‚ culture‚ identity‚ economic
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From 1865 to 1877‚ America faced the daunting task of reconstructing a union tattered by a Civil War. The south after the Civil War was in ruins with many of its major cities completely destroyed‚ its agriculture production at a halt‚ and the slave labor that economically drove the south freed. Moreover‚ millions of freedmen were wondering around the south‚ lost‚ without an education‚ money‚ place to live‚ or knowledge of how to care for themselves outside of their plantation. Furthermore‚ Abraham
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