in America The Civil Rights Movement was a time of changes in America. It has changed the way society has acted towards each other and improved the lives of minorities. The Civil Rights Movement has also helped racism in America even though racism is still a problem it has become much better. It has helped other countries around the world and changed the way people think towards each other. The way people treat each other has improved and made the country stronger. The Civil Rights Movement
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OPINIONS ON THE CIVIL WAR. The northern and southern parts of the Unites States of America were politically‚ economically and culturally very different from one another. The people of the northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences grew. The differences between them originally divided their opinions on the civil war and who the people gave loyalty. THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH’S OPINION ON
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Male and female spies were essential sources of information during the Civil War. The best spies were people you would never suspect. Spies were brave‚ faceless and they knew the environment very well. Their presence was incredibly excepted. Whether they dressed as men and joined the army‚ posed as mindless slaves‚ or just kept their ears opens in collective circles‚ spies provided necessary information. It was even a woman spy who provided Union battle plans to Confederate Army‚ which allowed them
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The Civil War was one the worst wars that the United States has ever fought in. More soldiers died in this war than any others that the United States has fought in. To understand the Civil War‚ the events that led to the war need to be understood. The Civil War had many events that would eventually lead to the war. The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress in 1850‚ and was put into effect throughout the United States. The Fugitive Slave Act stated that any runaway slave was to be returned to
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Kathie Kaidan 4/14/10 HST 202 Paper #2 There is much controversy and uncertainty about the reasons of why the Civil War started‚ and why it went on for so long. The Civil War is unusual not only in American History‚ but in world history as well because of the intensity and carnage of it. Men were taking up arms against their neighbors‚ fathers‚ sons‚ brothers‚ and friends to meet on the field of battle with only one mission: to kill one another. James McPherson wondered this‚ so he researched
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Photography in the Civil War Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600‚000 people‚ looking back on history without photography it could not have been a modern war (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do‚ people and companies‚ and the effects photography had on the war. Since photography was so important in the War‚ people
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Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks
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The problems that eventually caused the Civil War had been brewing since the formation of the United States. It became a perfect storm; everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. One issue in particular‚ slavery‚ had been contentious since the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Slavery was an issue of economy and political influence at the time but became integral to the southern economy in 1794 with the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin dramatically decreased the
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A common assumption to explain the cause of the American Civil War was that the North was no longer willing to tolerate slavery as being part of the fabric of US society. Also‚ that the political power brokers in Washington were planning to abolish slavery throughout the Union. Therefore for many people slavery is the key issue to explain the causes of the American Civil War. However‚ it is not as simple as this and slavery‚ while a major issue‚ was not the only issue that pushed America into the
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The American Civil War In 1860‚ arguably the world’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North (Union) and South (Confederate). The war lasted five years and by 1865 the Confederate forces were truly beaten. Out of this horrendous war though‚ where some 600‚000 men died grew a greater sense of nationalism than is today‚ unrivalled around the world. Slavery was a major issue that triggered the American Civil War. Slavery started out‚ as a few individual
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