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    American Civil War

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    Plains before and after the Civil War. Do this by filling in the chart provided by using the text and the internet. Make sure that all answers are complete. The first section has been done for you. Category: People Pre-Civil War: Sioux‚ Cheyenne‚ Arapahoe‚ Nez Perce Post-Civil War: Farmers‚ Ranchers Category: Building Materials Pre-Civil War: Buffalo Remains Post-Civil War: Bricks of sod Category: Food Supply Pre-Civil War: Buffalo Post-Civil War: Farms and domestic animals

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    the States seceded from the Union‚ certain events led toward the Civil war and now it was here. In 1861‚ South Carolina open fired at Fort Sumter ( an army base that still belonged to the United States.) Abraham Lincoln declared Marshall law and put the military in charge and he stopped the Habeas Corpus law which had given people the right to know what they were being arrested for. The Union had a greater advantage during this war because they had more people and more resources. However the South

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    Corpus Delecti

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    Corpus delicti is simply defined as the body of the crime. However‚ there are several elements that make up corpus delicti. The two main elements that will be discussed are actus reus (guilty act) and mens rea (guilty mind). These elements must be proven for corpus delicti to be present. The guilty act or actus reus is the actual crime that has been committed. The concept of culpability or blameworthiness is the key element in actus reus. If a degree of culpability is not met then there can not

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    Reconstruction was a twelve-year period (1865–1877) of rebuilding that followed the Civil War (1861–1865)‚ a conflict between the United States (the Union; states mostly located in the North) and states in the South (the Confederacy). The Confederacy took stand for their independence while the Union fought for the preservation of their region. Each conflicting side had their set goal in the Civil War. However‚ after the War and Reconstruction the South emerged to be profoundly different from the antebellum

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    Examining the Civil War

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    Examining the Civil War Examining the Civil War A war that originated because the nation was divided ultimately marked the beginning of a truly unified United States. The Civil War put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North‚ the South‚ and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South‚ and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although many lives and untold millions were lost in personal belongings‚ livestock‚ and

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    Corpus Callosum

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    The corpus callosum(CC) links the cerebral cortex of the left and right cerebral hemispheresand is the largest fibre pathway in thebrain. It is approximately 10cms in length and is shaped‚ like most of the supratentorial structures‚ in a gentle upwardly convex arch. The postrior portion of the corpus callosum is called thesplenium; theanteriois called thegenu(or "knee"); between the two is the "body"‚ of the corpus callosum. genu : forceps minor : connect medial and lateral surfaces of the

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    Civil War Reconstruction

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    The period after the Civil War was a very difficult time in the United States’ history. This time was known as the Reconstruction period and it was a very controversial time. There were many issues that had to be addressed such as what to do with the free blacks in the south and how states would be readmitted to the Union. This era saw the rise of the Radical Republicans. The government was going through changes‚ southerners were going through changes‚ and blacks were going through changes. Whites

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    The Causes Of The Civil War The Political War The North and South fought over politics‚ mainly the idea of slavery. Basically the South wanted and needed it and the North did not want it at all. The South was going to do anything they could to keep it. This was the issue that overshadowed all others. At this time the labor force in the South had about 4 million slaves. These slaves were very valuable to the slaveholding planter class. They were a huge investment to Southerners and if taken away

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    The American Civil Liberties Union Two Sides of the Same Coin The American Civil Liberties Union‚ commonly known as the ACLU‚ was founded in 1920 by Roger Nash Baldwin in defense of the Bill of Rights. Over the years‚ the American Civil Liberties Union has been involved in so many controversial cases‚ such as the Scopes Monkey Trial and for their defense of the American Nazis’ in the Chicago suburb of Skokie‚ that many people view them as anti-religious. Considered a left wing organization by

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    and sisters of liberty‚ the results are detrimental to the peace established by the fathers of the land. The Civil War was one of the most destructive events in American history‚ costing more than 600‚000 lives. It was thought to be the war that helped shape the character of the American individual today. With a nation that is divided‚ there are two different views of the war. From the South‚ the war was seen as a battle of rebellion and southern independence‚ but in the North‚ the war was seen as a

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