After the Civil War‚ the south had lost both its dream of a new nation and its connection to its old nation. The Union had proven superior to the Confederacy which left the south‚ who thought they would be victorious‚ with great resentment towards the north. “Of course a Grierson would not think seriously of a Northerner‚ a day laborer.”(Faulkner‚ 882) Despite the Civil War being over‚ the north and
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question of whether the Confederacy was more handicapped by human or by material shortcomings. That question was brought up again when Current wrote more about the Confederate leader’s failures when it came to the transportation‚ manufacturing‚ and finances of the South. The North had a better economy to start with‚ and the South would have had to do an immense amount of work to even come close to the North’s resources. Another point that Current brought up next was that the Confederacy faced problems of
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Native Americans tribes that resided along the Hudson River. The Mohawk tribe was part of the cultural and political union of several Native Americans tribes founded 1570s‚ under the Iroquois Confederacy. Therefore‚ the Mohawk were considered to be the "keepers of the eastern door" by the Iroquois confederacy because of their brutal violence against their enemies and most feared of all Native Indian tribes at war. Addition‚ the Mohawk were Indians who spoke the Iroquois language and used to called
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Abraham Lincoln The greatest president in America’s history‚ Lincoln’s tale is more than just a tale of a President‚ it is a tale of hard work‚ achieving dreams‚ fighting for what is right and righteous‚ an inspiring tale of a self-educated‚ and it is a tale of a boy born to humble birth in a frontier cabin who became that great iconic paradigm for all presidents‚ Lincoln redefined the role of the U.S. President as Commander-in-Chief‚ different than any of his predecessors. Lincoln’s time witnessed
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African Americans. The northern states joined the Civil War in the fight to oppose and prevent succession of the Confederate states from the Union. The president at the time‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ had a main goal of preserving the Union by bringing the Confederacy back‚ but ironically‚ in his letter to Horace Greeley‚ the “Great Emancipator” stated that he would “save the Union without freeing any slave”1 if he could. Lincoln’s paramount objective was to prevent the war from occurring. However‚ he could not
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billion in property damage and 4 million black salves set free the war had devastated many lives but also started a new beginning. The cause of this brutal war between one nation; slavery. The Southern states including the 11 states that formed the Confederacy all relied on slavery to support their economy‚ while we‚ the Northern states‚ opposed it. Southern states used slave labor to produce crops‚ especially cotton. Slavery up here was outlawed‚ although few of us opposed it. After we had just defeated
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Most of us know the outcome of the Civil War even though it was fought over 150 years ago. Yet‚ even though we know the North won the Civil War‚ the reason for the win is not obvious. First‚ the Union was able to out maneuver the Confederacy because of the strong Navy. In spite of having a better home field advantage‚ the South was unable to contend with naval bases‚ vessels and access to waterways located in the North. Additionally‚ the Union’s Navy kept the Southern seaports and the Mississippi
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artifacts from the public‚ but allow those same artifacts to be owned by the very people who discriminate them. Indisputably‚ however‚ human beings are both prideful and stubborn‚ and the entire population of America will not allow symbols of the Confederacy to be simply removed from their own private property. Government action –laws announcing that it is prohibited to own or display these
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bound for Great Britain and France to press the Confederacys’ case for diplomatic recognition by Europe. The initial reaction in the United States was to rally against Britain‚ threatening war; but President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisers did not want to risk war. In the Confederate States‚ the hope was that the incident would lead to a permanent rupture in Anglo-American relations and even diplomatic recognition by Britain of the Confederacy. The boarding of the "Trent" was an outrage of a
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1862. It stipulated that if the Southern states did not cease their rebellion by January 1st 1863‚ then the Emancipation Proclamation would go into effect. When the Confederacy did not yield‚ the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect. Lincoln justified the Emancipation Proclamation as a war measure intended to cripple the Confederacy. Being careful to respect the limits of his authority‚ Lincoln applied the Emancipation Proclamation only to the Southern states in rebellion. Lincoln’s advisors
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