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    The Civil War was a war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War) between the north and south. The north was fighting to outlaw slavery and the south was fighting to keep it. Although conditions were bad the north generally had better conditions during this war. Many people suffered because of the Civil war and not just soldiers fighting. “The Civil War caused difficulties for the people at home as well as the soldiers. Although the North

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    The Civil War‚ also known as “The War Between the States”‚ was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America‚ a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861 and formed their own country in order to protect the institution of slavery. As hostilities broke out between the North and the Southboth sides believed that they would prevail in short order; very few on either side envisioned a bloody four-year war that would pit brother against

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    Slavery; North The North during the civil war era saw no need for slavery as factory production boomed. Most of the workers in the factories were woman and children who worked for a low wage‚ so slavery was not a hot commodity. The political cartoon to the left is considered a northern view based upon how the north fought for the freedom and equality of slaves. The cartoon depicts the blacks and the whites uniting through a waltz. The definition of Amalgamation is to unite or combine two. In the

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    North And South Analysis

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    The North and South emerged as two distinct regions because they had various differences. Despite being part of the same country as a whole‚ the North and the South were opposites both culturally and in several other ways. As mentioned in “The American Journey” by Glencoe‚ these differences included the geography‚ economy‚ society‚ and transportation system. One of the most striking differences between the North and South was the climate and geography. In the North‚ there was not an abundance of

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    Webster defines economics as "the science concerned with the making‚ selling‚ and using of goods” or in lame man terms wants and needs fulfilled with limited resources. The north and south had many differences due to diversification within their economies; such as; crop differences to the imposed tariffs on them to economic need for cheap labor i.e. slaves. The framers of the Constitution specifically tried to avoid dealing with slavery because at one time or another it was a critical part of their

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    The Civil War‚ a pivotal moment in American history‚ presented both advantages and disadvantages to both the North and South. On one hand‚ it provided an opportunity for each side to assert its ideals and values‚ but on the other‚ it brought about immense loss and devastation. As the Civil War began‚ the North held several strategic advantages that positioned it favorably. Firstly‚ the Union’s industrial capacity far surpassed that of the Confederacy‚ enabling the North to produce “weapons‚ ammunition

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    North and South Slavery

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    Dakota Clements Prof. Every HIST-1210-002 6 November 2014 Slavery in America Slavery has played an important role in American life today. When North America was first colonized by Europeans‚ the land was vast‚ the work was tough‚ and the availability of manual labor was hard to find. White servants paid for their passage across the ocean from Europe to the New World through indentured labor‚ but did not solve the problem. In the early stages of the seventeenth century‚ a Dutch ship loaded

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    *Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed

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    North and South Korea

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    North Korea and South Korea are similar but yet different in many ways‚ such as in economies. North Korea’s economy seems to need support from other countries to survive. South Korea’s seem too able to rebuild their economy even stronger than it was before from the Korean War. North Korea is under a strict communist dictatorship. N. Korea’s leader is Kim Jong II. He came to power in 1994 after his father died. North Korea has a large military and command economy. The average Korean person lives

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    North vs. South in the Great Depression The Great Depression is one of the most misunderstood events in not only American history but also Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ and many other industrialized nations. It also has had important consequences and was an extremely devastating event in America. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. When the New York Stock Exchange crashed in October 1929‚ the United States dropped sharply into a

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