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    A frequently‚ and sometimes hotly‚ discussed subject; the outcome of the American Civil War has fascinated historians for generations. Some argue that the North’s economic advantages proved too much for the South‚ others that Southern strategy was faulty‚ offensive when it should have been defensive‚ and vice-versa. Internal division in the South is often referred to‚ and complaints made against Davis’ somewhat makeshift‚ inexperienced‚ government. Doubts are sometimes raised over the commitment

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    written account she explains how she feels about the next battle when she says "I was eager to participate notwithstanding the severity of my recent experiences‚ as I was the first time I faced the enemy". The Battle of Shiloh between the Union and Confederacy took commence on April 6 in Tennessee thus being one of bloodiest battles in American History. The two day battle produced more than 23‚000 casualties and once more was the Unions Victory. Despite taking a loss once more Loreta on page 215 of her

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    “The Civil War was a 4 year long battle from 1861 to 1865. It began April 12‚ 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay. It was a war between northern states and southern states(Union states and the Confederacy).”. This war was the bloodiest conflict America had with a lot of people hurt. There

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    prevent the Confederate States of America from receiving supplies‚ men and food. The Union wanted to try and choke off resupply to the South‚ and to prevent the shipment of arms‚ ammunition and material to the Southern States.The ships that the Confederacy tried to use to evade the Union ships were mostly small‚ fast high-speed

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    southern war for Confederate independence and a northern war to defeat the Confederate rebellion and restore the Union. At the outset‚ neither side thought that the war would last very long or eventually lead to the destruction of slavery. The Confederacy was founded to protect slavery.”[1] The Union was willing to accept slavery where it already existed but was opposed only to the extension of slavery into the new territories. Most slaves fought on the side of the Union‚ but there were some slaves

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    philosophy of conservatism allowed The Confederacy to hold off The Union for four years. When these changes occurred‚ the southern leadership was unable to adapt and remained rigid in their outdated tactics. The final reason (at least in my report) for The South’s defeat was their resistance to support a centralized authority/government. This occurred both on an individual and state level. The states placed their rights and interests above that of the confederacy‚ making it impossible for their government

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    Name Mrwan Otman_ Chapter 20 “Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865” I. the menace of secession A. What were the key assertions Lincoln voiced in his inaugural address of March‚ 1861? He said splitting the country up is not possible because geographic reasons. B. If/when the South seceded‚ what issued remained unresolved? How much national debt would the south take if they left? What would happen to runaway slaves? Europe would be happy if US split up and became

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    Key: Sources for the period THE SPARTAN HEGEMONY (404BC TO 371BC) Sparta’s role at the end of the Peloponnesian war: Sparta had promised Persia the Ionian cities for its help in defeating Athens. This was a traitorous bargain‚ which subjected Ionian Greeks to Persian rule‚ and negated the victories of the Persian wars Sparta suppressed democracies within the Greek city-states and replaced these with oligarchies. This was done with force Lysander‚ a Spartan‚ was the hero of the Peloponnesian war

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    Tecumseh‚ the chief of the Shawnee Indians‚ was born on Mad River in 1768. As a child he saw his fellow people suffer because the white men. To oppose American settlement‚ Tecumseh worked to unite other Indian tribes and join them together to create a confederacy. In this way‚ they could work as a large and powerful group instead of smaller weaker groups. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa‚ a religious leader called the Prophet‚ formed a village‚ later then called Prophet’s Town‚ in Northern Indiana in

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    We shouldn’t glorify those who fought to preserve slavery. For the most part‚ monuments are erected to glorify people and their achievements. In this case‚ what exactly are the achievements of these Confederate leaders and generals? The American Confederacy predominantly tried to achieve one thing‚ the preservation of the institution of slavery. The monuments that glorify people such as Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford also result in glorifying what they stood for. By leaving these monuments up in

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