The Civil War was a long war between the northern and southern states. The southern states seceded from the union‚ creating the Confederate States of America with their president as Jefferson Davis. This caused many years of violence with the union fighting for a united nation‚ and the confederacy fighting for secession. The war ended with a union victory‚ but it brought many consequences. The most significant of these consequences are the destruction of lives and property‚ the emancipation of slaves
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The period after Civil War is called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction African Americans were not being treated equally. African Americans did not gain their freedom after the Civil War. One way that African Americans did not gain their freedom was poll taxes which meant that they had to pay money to vote. Also there was the poll tests. Citizens had to take a test and if you were white you usually passed In Document J it stated‚ “....Had to take a literacy test and pay a poll tax of $1.50‚
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end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment‚ which abolished slavery‚ brought freedom and equality for African-Americans. However‚ that was not the case. Freedom and equality were something that African-Americans had to fight for. They struggled in poverty‚ constantly being denied their rights‚ and being discriminated against. The end of the Civil War was just the beginning of the fight‚ African-Americans had to unite and work hard to make America more truly democratic.
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condition of the Southern United States in the aftermath of the US Civil War‚ comparing the life of slaves before and after the civil war‚ and analyzing the differences in reconstruction plans between Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. For instance‚ the term reconstruction means to improve and/or recreate something better. The term implies that there has been an era in America that needed to improve. An example would be 9/11. After the catastrophe of this event‚ many lost their jobs‚ homes‚ and family
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Was the Spanish-American war truly as John Hay said‚ a “splendid little war”? Why or why not? The Spanish-American war was for the American government the first step on the road to becoming a “global‚ police power”‚ for the Spanish it was the dissolution of Cuba and their empire‚ from said conclusion is it fair to name such a war a success‚ an aforementioned “splendid little war”?[1] This essay hopes to examine the limitations of Hay’s statement‚ the war was to irreversibly “shape relations between
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Women Who Fought In the Civil War Submitted By: Tierahnee Balfour History 2010 Enhanced Mrs. Teresa Prober 19 October 2012 It is an accepted convention that the Civil War was a man’s fight‚ but to the women in that time period‚ it was not. Many women sacrificed their lives to fight for their family and for their country. The Civil War is symbolic in American history because it shaped society‚ as we know it today‚ “Free of slavery”. During the Civil War‚ women were mostly confined
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Was ancient Athens truly democratic? Democracy is defined as rule by the people. The Athenian government was The Ekklesia (Assembly) then The Boule (Council of 500) and then The Dikasteria (The Courts). In my opinion by all the evidence I have analyzed Athens was not a democracy. To explain what the three groups do; The Ekklesia‚ during the “Golden Age” of the ancient Athens it was the principal assembly of democracy‚ it was open to all male citizens with 2 years of military service. The Boule‚ was
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Civil War(s) A. The First (1642-46) and Second Civil War (1648-49) We can notice that people talk about English Civil WarS in the plural. It is due to the fact that the war was composed of several war periods separated by relative peace ones. Although these wars had globally the same causes‚ they did not involve every time the same belligerents and the purposes could change‚ so did the endings‚ one of which would be unexpected. Causes of Civil Wars: Petition of Rights (February 1628): Parliament
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Memorial Day was first celebrated in the years following the Civil War and was officially labelled a federal holiday in 1971. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May‚ and it is celebrated to honor our veterans and remember past wars and the brave men and women that serve in the military today. Many people‚ young and old‚ visit cemeteries or memorials to honor a lost family member‚ or a friend. On memorial day‚ everyone is affected‚ even if they don’t know a veteran. This memorial
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As the Civil war had drenched the American society with a feeling of sectionalism and dismay‚ the inevitable was yet to be answered as to what society was going to be like following the war. As the dust settled‚ many attempted to redirect society in a direction of empathy and immunity‚ whereas the others‚ mainly the recalcitrant southern states‚ continued to dig its dark roots within American society. This sense of sectionalism drove the American society even after the struggle ended in 1865. The
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