A culture is the beliefs and interests of a particular group of people. About 150 years ago‚ a proud and noble culture was created in the Southern portion of the United States. It was created by Southerners from all walks of life‚ ranging from the gentry to the "good ol’ boys." They loved their culture so much that they created a country. It was a country of blue skies‚ green hills‚ beautiful meadows and forests‚ and old-fashioned Southern hospitality. There were large plantations that grew some
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Why the Confederate States Seceded Henry Blackburn ITT Technical Institute Knoxville Professor Clark Introduction This paper sets out to define or shed some light on the possible reasons of the separation of Confederate states from the Union. The North believed the highest power belonged to the federal government while the South believed that each state governed itself‚ and the question of slavery should be decided by the states not by the federal government. By examining these two points
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The Confederate Flag Within the United States of America‚ arguments‚ involving the Confederate Flag‚ are solved every sngle day. However‚ some controversies have managed to carry on from the 1800’s until present day without any solution. The text and symbolic meaning behind the “Confederate Flag” is a perfect example. The Confederate Flag is one of America’s most embattled symbolic controversies. Created in 1861in a battle between the South‚ Confederates‚ and the North‚ Union‚ two men by the name
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version of the Civil War creates a picture of the North versus the South with the North imposing on the South. However‚ after reading “The Making of a Confederate” by William L. Barney‚ one can see that subdivisions existed before the war was declared. The documents analyzed by Barney primarily focus on the experiences of Walter Lenoir‚ a southern confederate and a member of the planter elite. His experiences tell a vivid story of a passionate and strongly opinioned participant of the Civil War as well
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Society telling those who feel positively about the confederate flag that they do not have the right to display it‚ because it “is a symbol of racism and slavery”‚ is an issue throughout America that causes unwanted and unnecessary problems. This issue requires education on the topic‚ and the people of America to have an open and unbiased point of view. When most people are asked‚ “what does the Confederate flag represent to you?”‚ they answer with‚ “racism”‚ “slavery”‚ or something to do with the
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Confederates in the Attic As Tony Horwitz illustrates in Confederates in the Attic‚ the Civil War is far from over. Horwitz‚ determined to find the answers to this conflict‚ treks through the South‚ seeking to explain man’s longtime obsession with a war that divided the nation. Talking to historians and Civil War reenactors of all kinds‚ he finds that people are still divided today when it comes to the war and present issues in society. He collects a vast amount of data‚ which proves
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Confederate Monuments The Confederate monuments are a vital part of history and eliminating them is like eliminating history. The past is the past and the monuments do not stand for racism it stands for a part of history and it definitely wasn’t a good part of history but it was a learning experience for it to not happen again. The statues and flag stands for history of the south and every time someone see a flag or monument it reminds them of what the ancestors of the south did and fought for in
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Intro The Confederates actively sought European support throughout the war. Many Southerners believed that foreign dependence on cotton imports would force world leaders to join the fight against the North. Union leaders wanted to avoid foreign intervention and attempted to make the southern government appear illegitimate. Under General Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan‚ the Union formed a naval blockade in 1861 in an attempt to deplete Confederate resources‚ block the importation of weapons‚ and
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grand divisions. Some confederate states and unionists. Battled for their own political war to see which way Tennessee would go as the confederate states of America. During the battle they threated Tennessee if they didn’t leave the union franklin country withdrew this threat. In East Tennessee most residents remained loyal to the Union. Tennessee joined the Confederacy in 1861 but Tennessee soldiers served in both the Union and Confederate armies. Tennessee was the last state to join the Confederacy
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South was bullied into joining the United States‚ which still leads to bad blood for them today. They feel as though it was not their decision to join‚ but more of them being forced into it. Confederates in the Attic portrays this feeling by visiting various southern cities and receiving opinions on the issue. And Still We Rise shows how students overcome adversity to be successful in their lives. This novel also portrays that everyone in the United States has basic rights of Liberty and Justice.
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