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    Artemisia Gentileschi for Feminists and Other Thinking edited by Mieke Bal Mary D Garrard Artemisia’s Hand The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne Édouard Manet 1864 Oil on Canvas 32 1/8 x 39 3/8 in. Gallery 810 During the Civil War‚ a corvette of the United States Navy‚ the Kearsarge‚ attacked and sank a Confederate vessel near the French coast in June 1864. The incident received much public attention in Europe and was the subject of Manet’s first painting of a current event‚ "The Battle of the Kearsarge

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    "What Took the North So Long?" In Williamson Murray’s essay he discusses the struggle between the North and the South. Also how it was the first modern war that was fought using technology and industry on the slaughtering fields. The union lacked a cohesive army and a good plan of attack. Once General Grant was in command for the North‚ the Confederacy was hopeless to win. The Civil War ravaged armies of the North and South‚ many Americans lost their lives which made this the most costly of all

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    SIR SYED AHMED KHAN: HIS LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION Sir Syed’s vision and his laborious efforts to meet the demands of challenging times are highly commendable. The dark post 1857 era was indeed hopeless and only Sir Syed could penetrate through its thick veil to visualize the Nation’s destinies. He rightly believed that the past had its merits and its legacies were valuable but it was the future that a society was called upon to cope with. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was a great visionary‚

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    Stubbornness can effectively block critical thinking in a number of ways. Pierce refers to stubbornness as “the method of tenacity” in which a clear set of beliefs and a certain level of comfort prevents individuals from thinking critically. (Peirce‚ 1877). Moreover‚ individuals who are set in their ways and find solemn in perceiving the world in a certain manner are more likely to refute thinking critically. This can become problematic in a few ways. One‚ individuals who cling to one way of thinking

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    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. The movie focuses on how the Civil War

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    September 1864 I thought I found the excitement I felt so deprived of. Confederation. The thought of being involved in something important was splendid. I thought of different ways I could intertwine my knowledge to support the idea of confederation. Although I was in favour of Confederation‚ I didn’t have the political right to broadcast my opinion. Being a women had its cons. No matter how effective my words were‚ they didn’t matter. Mens words would always overshadow mine. Since 1864 political

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    troops near the Little Bighorn River. This is viewed as suck a huge feat due to the 262 U.S deaths with only around 60 Indian deaths. Both attacks led to what became known as the Colorado War of 1864-1865. The worst point within this battle was what is known as the Sand Creek Massacre occurring on November 29‚ 1864. After this brutal annihilation‚ the defensive battles against the white settlers and the U.S Army increased. The Pike’s Peak Gold Rush in 1858 brought the tension to a boiling point. Indians

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    “Sadness”‚ taken in 1864 was a portrait of the actress Ellen Terry when she was 16. Her use of soft focus and grand sense of lighting is very prominent in this picture. Posing for long exposures in exaggerated light settings didn’t exactly make for a pleasant photo shoot though

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    Virginia who fought the coal company’s hired guns and their allies‚ the state police for three days before federal troops intervened.[44] Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Main article: Great Railroad Strike of 1877 Sixth Regiment of the Maryland Militia fighting its way through Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ 20 July 1877 The great railroad strike of 1877 saw considerable violence by‚ and against‚ workers‚ and occurred before unions were widespread. It started on July 14 in Martinsburg‚ West Virginia‚ in response

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    Reconstruction failed due to Andrew Johnson‚ the Black Codes‚ and the Freedmen’s Bureau..Andrew Johnson’s‚ who was the father of the black codes‚ created policies and ideals that led to the black codes‚ KKK‚ sharecropping and the Compromise of 1877. Andrew Johnson supported white supremacy in the South and favored Southern political leaders who had aided the Confederacy once war had been declared. After the war‚ the Union needed to bring the South back into the country in order to revive their

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