CAN STATES SECEDE FROM THE UNION/COUNTRY? The question is can states secede from the union/country? The answer is yes. Although it is not directly stated in the constitution that they can‚ however neither is it stated that they cannot. By withdrawing from the Union‚ a state would effectively be denying someone who is a citizen of the United States their rights except by due process. The key there is "due process" and in this case‚ the state would need to find a legally recognized way to withdraw
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the most important time period in the history of the United States. The thirteenth amendment was an influential amendment in the history of the United State because it freed all slaves from slavery except as a punishment of crime. Most african americans before the civil war were slaves. During the civil war president Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves but not in the border states Virginia‚Kentucky‚Maryland‚Missouri‚Delaware‚ and West Virginia
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Southerners believed they could use cotton to lure England and France into recognizing the Confederacy. Although the Confederate Congress never formally approved an embargo‚ the state governments and private citizens voluntarily withheld the crop from the market in hopes of causing a "cotton famine" overseas. Theoretically‚ widespread shortages would shut down European mills‚ forcing governments to
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We have now begun our journey to South Carolina. I can’t wait to arrive‚ though I am worried about the travel there. When we first set out‚ father spoke with James‚ Elizabeth‚ and I. He finally thought it was time to tell us about Lexington and Concord‚ I don’t think he knows I know so much about it already. Though he told us some things I was not aware of. He said that‚ even though the colonists lost so many men they still considered the battle a victory. This confused and surprised me‚ they thought
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brutal war between the North and South of America over the issue of America of slavery‚ which was spurred on by the secession of the southern states from the Union . The North fighting for freedom and preventing the South from seceding the country. while the South was fighting to keep slave labor. After the Union won the war‚ that’s when America started to change‚ I’m going to explain how the Civil War prized America as the land of opportunity‚ made America more advanced in technology‚ and gave everyone
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Nation Following the Civil War‚ the United States was a country that had experienced great loss and had gone to great lengths to either maintain or abolish slavery. As a nation‚ they were given the difficult task of repairing the damaged country as a whole‚ but especially the south and its economy. Their job was to not only to restore the country‚ but to modernize it and make it stronger compared to other nations. The task presented to the United States‚ its president‚ and its government as a whole
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long‚ costly war that changed America forever. Reconstruction was an attempt to mend America back together after it had been divided in half between people who wanted equality for all and people who did not want to give up their way of life. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified during Reconstruction‚ and it was a very defining moment since this was one of the main goals the Civil War aimed to achieve. This amendment guaranteed that anyone born in the United States is a citizen and is protected under
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Jessica Blough His 104 Exam 1 November 2‚ 2014 The Civil War affected the United States in many ways‚ some good and others bad. Reconstruction was one of these events‚ it was one of the most stormy and contentious eras in history. During this era it witnessed America’s first experiment in interracial democracy. The fate of slavery was fundamental to the meaning of the Civil War‚ so the politics of Reconstruction turned on the position the former slaves would assume in the reunited nation. During
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Civil War in America took place in 1861-1865 between northern and southern states. Many different reasons brought to this event but some more than other. As we all know slavery was the biggest issue of that time and reason for Civil War to start‚ but behind this issue there are huge economical differences. People in the north did want to change human rights in the whole country because they were against slavery but their economy did not depend on slaves. Southerners did not agree on this mostly because
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United States before the invention of the cotton gin. Slaves were used to picking cotton as well as farm and do house chores for slave owners. Also‚ slaves were very popular in the southern states due that they had a late start in the slave trade. However‚ when they got in‚ the southerners realize that they can flourish economically by growing cotton. With slaves being so resourceful and able to control (at some points). The southern states started to flourish more than northern states. The
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