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    One of the biggest similarities is the fact that both of them are willing to grant pardons to the people and states of the Confederacy

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    document to Southern slaves‚ but served as the President’s formal notification to the nation of the changed intent of the Union’s war effort. In addition‚ the Emancipation Proclamation acted as a deterrent to the British Empire from aiding the Confederacy and further recognizing it as a legitimate government. By the spring of 1863‚ the

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    Vicksburg This battle occurred in May and June on 1863. This battle was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Once Pemberton’s army was lost‚ the Confederacy war nearly split in half. Ulysses Grant’s success boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union army Battles of Fort Wagner These battles were fought on July 11th and 18th‚ 1863. General Quincy Gillmore sought to capture the Confederate fortifications on James

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    Even while the Civil War was in progress‚ the “Union”‚ the federal government offered amnesty to confederate citizens in an attempt to encourage loyalty to the Union and to begin the process of reconstruction. The Confiscation Act of 1862 authorized the president of the United States to pardon anyone involved in the rebellion. The Amnesty Proclamation of December 8‚ 1863‚ offered pardons to those who had not held a Confederate civil office‚ had not mistreated Union prisoners‚ and would sign an

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    fought in 1865‚ scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors‚ some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership‚ the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention‚ emancipated slaves enlisting in the Union army‚ and the military strategies employed by the North’s generals. Both the Union and Confederacy expected a quick victory‚ each believing it possessed several advantages over the other

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    Lakes and in the Ohio River Valley. Because of the abundance of water‚ they were able to grow their crops well there. The Iroquois Confederacy consisted of 6 separate nations. For the most part‚ these six nations were the same. Although‚ there were a few minor differences. The 6 nations included the Oneida‚ Cayuga‚ Tuscarora‚Mohawk‚ Seneca‚ and Onondaga. The Confederacy acted as an arbiter for the 6 nations. It was used in times when a nation couldn’t resolve a dispute by themselves. The nations were

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    When you think of the Civil War‚ what do you think of? Unionists‚ Confederates‚ slave owners? Do you think of African Americans? Probably not. Just like the Revolutionary War‚ African Americans played an immense role in the entire war‚ yet many people don’t recognize them for that accomplishment. They were nurses‚ spies‚ cooks‚ soldiers‚ laborers‚ and heroes. African Americans were faced with mass racial prejudice‚ even from the abolitionist north‚ yet they chose to fight in order to abolish slavery

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    through initiating the Iroquois confederacy also called the Iroquois League formed in 1570. The North American confederacy consists of five nations called: Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga‚ and Seneca‚ which resided in what is now known as Upstate New York. These tribes joined together as the “ 5 civilized tribes” for strength and survival. Between 1715 & 1722‚ a tribe called Tuscaroras‚ who had moved North from California‚ were formally admitted into the confederacy‚ as the sixth tribe‚ but they

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    enough for the Confederacy to merely be the Union with slavery; they needed to create a sense of nationalism through an autonomous and cohesive Southern identity. The war effort united Southerners under a unity of purpose in the early days of fighting‚ but after 1863‚ as the war waged on and years passed‚ Southerners began to lose faith in the Confederacy (Perman‚ 229). In addition to a crumbling national identity‚ the necessities of war diminished morale among citizens of the Confederacy. Early on

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    While the North thought about attacking and invading‚ the South thought about defending and causing attrition. As the Civil War came underway the South ’s military‚ smaller than the North ’s‚ would take heavy blows from the decisions of the Confederacy. First of all they knew that if all their plantation owners fought in the war‚ their crops would possibly die out or not produce as much. To combat this problem they decided in the Conscription law that if someone had twenty or more slaves‚ they

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