The deadliest war in American history may have saved the Union but it left both the North and South in shambles. Towns were charred to ashes‚ railroads were twisted to coils‚ and a Southern economy was on the verge of collapse. On top of it all a whole group of people were given freedom and placed into a society alien to them. Perhaps the biggest battle America had to fight came after the Civil War: reconstruction. Many in the US government believed they had the best plan to rebuild the country
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Gardner Civil War & Reconstruction Paper 1 Compromise involves both give and take‚ where both sides involved receive some of what they wanted‚ but neither side fully gets 100 percent of what they wanted. Compromise for the most part keeps things running smoothly. I personally believe that compromise is beneficial during this time. The Missouri Compromise‚ for example‚ started when the territory of Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state after the Louisiana
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have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power‚ consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard‚ to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this‚ previous to the last election‚ had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but mature
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Compromises are only temporary solutions‚ according to the United States history. They are used to give the people what they want without straying from the set rules of the constitution. However‚ sometimes these compromises can have the opposite effect and stir unkind feelings that could lead to something as horrible as war. The Civil War occurred for many reasons; certain compromises being some of them. New experimentations in government around the beginning period of the Civil War were being used
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Causes of the Civil War In the 1800’s there was much turmoil over the debate of slavery and whether it was inhumane or not. Slavery caused the nation to separate into 2 factions; the north‚ who believe in abolishing slavery and the south who thought that slavery was a “benign institution” as quoted by Ulrich B. Phillips. There is much debate whether slavery was the prominent cause of the Civil War. Contrary to popular belief‚ slavery was not the ultimate cause of the Civil War; in fact the economic
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B. There was usually one main reason why children worked. 1. They needed to work to help their family survive. 2. Usually the entire family would work. V. One job that children would do is coal mining. A. Some jobs that children could do in the coal mines are: being a Getter‚ Trapper‚ or Hurrier. 1. In the coal mines‚ if the children are a trapper‚ they had to sit in the dark all day in wet clothes. (What Jobs Did Children Do Underground?) 2. The most dangerous job in the coal mines was being a
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The Civil War was a time of great change for many people‚ especially people who had been slaves before the war. They were finally free and required the help of the American government to adjust and get started in their new lives as free men and women. Although they received their freedom‚ they did not receive enough help from the American government in the aftermath of the Civil War for it to be as revolutionary as it could have been In fact‚ they received almost no help from the United States
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Irrepressible Conflict The Civil War (1861-1865) was the most important mark in the American history. It defined the future of the United States‚ that by 1861 was a newly formed nation‚ still in development‚ and with a lot of issues. The Civil War killed more American people than all wars together. Its causes were many‚ and they accumulated to the point that something had to be done or the country would end up divided. For this purpose‚ we can say this war was a irrepressible conflict. The
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that happened after the civil war. The civil war has caused a large separation between the south and north. From all the damage that happened between the two states of slavery getting involved and separation made Lincoln make a reconstruction to make the north and south one big state at the end. The north had passed the 13th‚ 14th and 15th amendment to protect the African-Americans and slaves who lived in the two states. The 13th amendment was passed to end slavery. The 14th amendment was passed to give
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RESULT OF THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION? Life for Southern blacks did improve somewhat as a result of the Civil War and Reconstruction‚ but it was not perfect. There were still many inequalities between the two races‚ white and black. This essay will discuss life of blacks prior to the Civil War (1861-1865)‚ how the blacks were involved in the war and Reconstruction (1865-1877)‚ and how the war and Reconstruction changed the blacks’ way of life. Before the Civil War‚ most slaves lived on small
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