of the state and abolished the slavery. Lasting impact had been made on American society. For decades after the war‚ Northern Republicans "waved the bloody shirt‚" brought up wartime casualties as an electoral tactic. Memories of the war and Reconstruction held the segregated the South together as a Democratic block—the "Solid South"—in national politics for another century. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s had its neoabolitionist roots in the failure of Reconstruction. Ghosts of the conflict
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No matter the job that were assigned to the “men” of the Civil War‚ they were far more eventful than the ones lead by the women at home. Some women went on to become soldiers‚ nurses‚ and even spies. In cases such as these‚ Charnan Simon‚ in his article “Emma Edmonds: Master of Disguise‚” states‚ “Private Frank Thompson was one of the Union Army’s most successful spies during the Civil War. Whether disguised as a slave‚ an Irish peddler woman‚ a black laundress‚ or a Confederate
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The Civil War‚ 1861-1865‚ was between the Union -northern states that wanted slavery to be abolished and the Union to stay together‚ meaning the South wouldn’t separate- and the Confederacy- 11 states that wanted slavery to stay and to separate from the North‚ becoming its own country. The Civil War was considered the revolution of the United States‚ and a new beginning for the people in it. It included many things‚ like new‚ groundbreaking‚ and more modernized technology‚ The Underground Railroad
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and are still changing today. Over time it has been necessary for the foreign policy to change due to the vast advancements in technology and weapons. With WW1 and WW2 being the first world wars since America was founded‚ no one expected our foreign policy to perfect and it was not by any means. Throughout and following WW1 and WW2 our foreign policy changed dramatically and forced us to modify our policy‚ and modify it due to 20th century events. Prior to World War 1 the United States foreign policy
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American Civil War. The Civil War was a brutal‚ bloody war between states involving men and women. Prior to the American Civil War‚ women devoted their lives to service inside the home. However‚ with the beginning of the Civil War‚ the lives of many women changed forever. The role of women drastically changed when women were put into male positions and succeeded. Many women started to realize what they were capable of and began influencing other women to engage in Civil War efforts. The Civil War challenged
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Advancement of Weaponry throughout the Civil War The American Civil War allowed american weaponry to advance from slow and insufficient to fast and useful. The Civil War is often referred to as the first ¨modern¨ war in history‚ and this is characterized by American weaponry. Early weapons used in the Revolutionary War were self muzzle-reloading weapons which were slow and insufficient. While the ¨modern¨ weapons used in the Civil war were Springfield rifle to Colt revolver to 12-pound howitzer
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The Major Battles of the Civil War No other war seems to hold our focus like the Civil War. Scholars have chosen to make it their life’s work‚ authors have written reams about it‚ and we all feel some kind of connection to the Civil War. This paper was created to highlight some of the major battles that took place during that conflict. Major battles usually marked a drastic change in the momentum from one side to the other or led to massive losses of troops. These battles and their results all
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and effects of the civil war‚ some well known‚ while others not so much. Some of the causes include the preservation of the Constitution‚ the social and economic differences between the North and the South and Slavery. There were many effects as well‚ such as the advances in weaponry‚ the advances in the medicine industry and the population decrease. These causes and effects had a great impact on the American people and history as we’ve come to know it. One cause of the Civil War was that the North
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Black soldiers have a very important part in the Civil War at the moment. They are fighting in the war because they need their freedom‚ the war is about slavery‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation is taking action. These soldiers are currently fighting for their freedom. In the beginning they were not able to fight because the Confederacy and the Union thought they would be useless‚ so they are in charge of being able to feed the soldiers and help out. Now they are allowed to fight with either side
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The period after the Civil war has always been referred to as the reconstruction era. The reconstruction era can be defined from two perspectives. First‚ it covers the story of the United States between the periods of 1865 to 1877. The second part revolved around the transformation of the United States in 1863 to 1877 through the directive of the congress. An era was full of so much pain and endless questions. It is argued in different quarters that although the war was over reconstruction was still
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