Perhaps the single worst flaw in American history is the civil war‚ brought on by slavery. Although slavery ended more than 150 years ago we are still fighting over the meanings behind Confederate monuments. Mortimer K Adler said‚ “You must be able to say ‘I understand‚’ before you can say ‘I agree‚’ or ‘disagree‚’ or ‘I suspend your judgment.’” A lack of understanding is America’s biggest plight. Our lack of understanding opposing views is what divides us‚ much like the debate over the Confederate
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Ulysses S. Grant makes Robert Lee surrender through war. Grant makes his army tear down buildings and torch them. His army is ruthless and undefeated taking down any threat there is and then he took down Lee. On April 7‚ 1865 Grant sent a letter to Lee that says “The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance.”At first Lee didn’t let up‚ but then Grant stole food from Lee’s train. Lee couldn’t feed his starving soldiers. Grant then met Lee in a small town called
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General Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was born in 1807 in Stafford‚ Virginia. Lee was a great army general during the civil war (1861-1865) who commanded the army of Northern Virginia. Lee was probably the most famous general from the south during the civil war. Robert E. Lee’s father was Major General Henry Lee III (nicknamed the Light Horse Harry) in (1756–1818) the governor of Virginia‚ and his mother was Anne Hill Carter (1773–1829). Also one of Lee’s great grandparents‚ Henry Lee I‚ was a great
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The intention was to prevent the extension of slavery‚ not to eliminate it. Abraham Lincoln called it the "Monstrous Injustice". He also stated that‚ "If slavery is not wrong‚ then nothing is wrong"(Nolan‚ 155). The South was known as the Confederates‚ which included South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Texas‚ Virginia‚ Arkansas‚ Tennessee‚ and North Carolina. The Confederate’s president at the time was president Davis. Their strategy was to survive‚ own nation‚ provide
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While I have been arguing that Ulysses S. Grant is undeserving of much of the criticism he has received‚ the man is not without flaws. Three clouds hovered over Grant’s reputation. The occasional bender‚ his highly trusted yet unscrupulous friends and family‚ and Order No. 11. Each of these cast a shadow on the man and his legacy‚ but in each you may find a little light as well. In Grant‚ acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow lays out the events of the infamous General Orders No. 11. He puts forth that
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Professor Paquette American History from 1877 17 February 2012 General Ulysses S. Grant: The Soldier and The Man The book I selected to write a critical review essay about is Edward G. Longacre’s General Ulysses S. Grant: The Soldier and The Man. It was published in Cambridge‚ MA by Da Capo Press‚ a subsidiary of the Perseus Books Group‚ in 2006. The author’s main goal in writing this biography of General Grant was to offer some insight into his mind and try to give evidence to support how
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Who knew that all of this would have ended with a handshake. Ulysses S. Grant started with 100‚000 men and had lost 17‚000 men. First it was Shiloh then the battle at Richmond. Then the battle of the Missionary Ridge Siege of Petersburg‚The battle of Wilderness and many many more‚ who knows what’s to come next! Grant moved his troops south to Richmond the next morning. In 30 days Grant had lost 50‚000 troops. One day in the middle of the night a fire started in the woods where Grant and his troops
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says that Grant “was everything Lee was not” (310) he means that Grant and Lee were two very different people from the way they were raised to their views of American life. Grant was very tough and courageous‚ raised from in the western frontier. He was a man who held his head up high‚ looked towards the future‚ and was determined to follow through with his ideas of a “new” American life. In contrast‚ Lee was a Virginia man who believed in old aristocracy. “He was one of a body of men who owed reverence
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The main characters of this novel are Jefferson and Grant. Jefferson is first describes as a slow minded man but an honorable one‚ he is sadly a man of great disadvantage. During this time period and specifically in the state Jefferson resided in‚ he was very much discriminated because of his race‚ not only by having less paying job or being in a lower class but there was a lack of human recognition. He works in a field and is loyal to his bosses‚ he accepts his life’s situation but sadly gets greatly
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Who was more successful in the fight for Civil Rights‚ Malcolm X or Martin Luther King? The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s was led in two distinctive ways by two very different men with all but the same aims and goals. Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King wanted a better life for African Americans‚ although it is clear that Martin Luther King was far more successful than his rival. King’s leadership and inspiration as a figurehead for the movement‚ as well as his establishment of the SCLC
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