well as advantages. Ultimatley‚ the disadvantages and advantages all depend on the size of the state and nation. If there is a larger population‚ there is automatically a larger window of subjects that make it a go‚ and subjects that make it a no. Smaller populations tend to have a lower group to choose from. Together there are three branches‚ Unitary‚ Confederate‚ and Federal. In a unitary state system‚ it is a singular power. The unitary system has over half of the world‚ so that would definetly
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Fernanda López Tolsa Nov. 28‚ 2012 APUSH‚ Block 3 The civil war has also been called “war between the states” and the “war for southern independence”. Which of the three tittles do you find most apt? Why? The Civil War of 1861 has been one of the saddest events in American history. The United States divided into “the Union” and “the Confederacy” to fight against their own brothers. Even though many political‚ economic and social events led up to it‚ ultimately freedom is what the South
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The Civil war was the most momentous and crucial period of time in the history of America. Not only did this war bring an end to slavery but also paved way for numerous social and political changes. The country had already been torn by the negative trend in race relations and the numerous cases of slave uprisings were taking their toll on the country ’s political and social structure. The country was predominately divided up into 3 sections‚ the North‚ the South‚ and the West. Each of these groups
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In the early 1800s‚ America changed in a lot of ways in a short amount of time. The change that occurred was‚ for the most part‚ the result of the industrial development. The industrial advancements in the early 1800s had a huge amount of consequences‚ both positive and negative. But the industrial development from 1800 to 1860 affected the North and the South in hugely different ways. The prominent differences eventually caused an amazing amount of tension between the two regions as they moved in
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south versus north‚ confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property‚ then they should not be counted toward voting representation in Congress. Southerners argued that the slaves were human beings‚ and eventually came to accept the three-fifths compromise‚ by which five slaves counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right? Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did
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Battle Of Gettysburg was fought in the small town of Gettysburg‚ Pennsylvania. The Union Army under the command of General George G. Meade faced the Confederate Army led by General Robert E. Lee. They clashed for a long‚ tragic‚ three days‚ but at a costly expense of human life. The American Civil War was one of the most significant wars that the United States has ever been engaged in. On the lines‚ there were brothers lined up across from one another‚ fighting against each other. Over the course of the
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Leading up to and during the Civil War‚ America was in a fragile state and many of the citizens were at arms with each other over many social issues. The biggest and most important issues that was contested between the two sides was that about slavery and if the institution should continue as it was or if it should be abolished and the slaves set free and to become American citizens. The war began in April of 1861 and the mindset at the time of Union officials was that this war was going to be a
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OPINIONS ON THE CIVIL WAR. The northern and southern parts of the Unites States of America were politically‚ economically and culturally very different from one another. The people of the northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences grew. The differences between them originally divided their opinions on the civil war and who the people gave loyalty. THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH’S OPINION ON
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beginning as a central cause or not. “Two nations- The United States of America (shorn of seven states in the Deep South) and the Confederate States of America- each blamed the other for the breakup of the Union” (16.1). At the split of the Union and the secession of Confederate states‚ the war broke out. At the beginning it was considered that “This was not yet a war for or by black people” (16.1.1). But to consider what the Confederates stood for and believed it is hard to ignore the fact that slavery
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On April 11‚ 1861 the Civil War began‚ and was fought between the Union and the Confederate States of America. Should it have happened? A lot of people believe the Civil War was inevitable‚ but was it? In order for the North and South to move forward as one country‚ they had to settle their differences. Within six months of Lincoln’s election in 1860 as President of the United States‚ several states had seceded from the Union‚ and the American Civil War had begun. Lincoln was anti-slavery‚ and therefore
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