The Civil war‚ which began in 1861‚ came to an end on May 13th‚1865‚ and the Union claimed the victory. But the South were victorious in many of the earlier battles of the war‚ but at first they had a strong military leadership. The South’s defeat was due to poor strategy in the military and the appointment of weak generals‚ many people also believe that political leadership‚ foreign support‚ the supply of the army and war economics were reasons they didn’t win. The North also had mountains and
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In 1861‚ a conflict between the North (known as the Union) and the South (known as the Confederacy) escalated on the soil of the United States of America. {1}This battle created a war better known as the “American Civil War.” The American Civil War started as a result of many years of differences and debates between the Union and the Confederacy. Slavery was the most important issue of the American Civil War‚ in addition to deep economic‚ social‚ and political differences. {2} Ending in 1865‚ the
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social classes; the upper class were snobbish and shallow‚ and the lower or working class were dirty‚ illiterate and uneducated. Two historic and popular novels that examine Victorian life are George Elliot’s Middlemarch and Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South; in both novels the writers try to portray the essence of the society as a whole‚ not merely of one class‚ sometimes more or less successfully than the other. The two texts both reinforce and contradict the clichéd representations of Victorian
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APUSH Chapter 11/12 1. Explain how the process of adaptation helped slaves develop their own separate culture. How was this a form of resistance as well? Men‚ women‚ and children were forced into slavery from all over Africa‚ which is a land of widely varying cultures and unique tribal groups. In addition to this natural diversity‚ slaves were separated intentionally from their friends and families to discourage rebellion and communication. However‚ slaves in the Americas overcame the language
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Christopher A. Gerbasi Linux Mr. Bodley 4/25/2013 Chapter 20 Exercises (p. 757) 1-6 1. By default‚ email addressed to system goes to root. How would you also save a copy in /var/logs/systemmail? A) Edit the /etc/aliases
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difference between the colonies in the south and in the north. What made the colonies different was the contrast in longevity‚ the female’s freedom‚ and family structure. The most standing difference between the southern and the northern colonies was the stark distinction of mortality rate. In the south‚ or more precisely in the Chesapeake‚ both sex had a general lifespan of around 40 years; however‚ longevity in New England‚ the northern colonies‚ had approximately 20 to 25 years of life added to the
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Through evaluating both the lectures derived from the text and the book itself‚ everybody can distinctly detect the Dred Scott decision (1830’s)‚ Civil War (1861)‚ and Emancipation Proclamation (1863) are the three most important aspects covered in unit two. The Dred Scott decision claimed that Dred and his family must remain slaves based on the fact that just because he was on “free soil” it does not make him free. Because of the color of his skin‚ he is deemed property and according to the Supreme
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second? ∙New York was the temporary capital. 6. 6. Name the members of Washington’s cabinet and the positions they held. ∙The secretary of state was Thomas Jefferson. ∙Secretary of the Treasury was Alexander Hamilton. ∙The Secretary of War was Henry Knox. Attorney General Edmund Randolf 7. 7. Who wrote the bill of Rights? When were they adopted by the states? ∙The Bill of rights was adopted in 1791 and was drafted by James Madison. 8. 8. Read the Bill of Rights.
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From 1861 through the 1870’s African Americans were the main cause of the Civil War. Being inaugurated as the 16th president‚ Abraham Lincoln wanted the North and the South to come together but their differences collided. The North was proslavery and the South approved of slavery. In the South‚ African American slaves are being viewed as property‚ not given equal rights and are working in terrible conditions. The North gave freedom to African American slaves but the ignorance of the South for impeding
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Courthouse on April 9‚ 1865‚ many considered the Civil War to be over. The fact that the North was victorious over the South was accepted and the process of reconstruction began in America. It was never openly discussed on why the North defeated the South. However‚ the question began to slowly arise over time on why the South lost the Civil War. Many historians have become interested in this question and many reasons have been given on why the South lost the Civil War. Lack of manpower‚ shortages
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