both politically and culturally‚ and felt continuous pressure from the population dominating in the northern states to conform to northern ideals. It seemed the only and best option to keep the southern way of life was to become an independent Confederate nation. That idea to become a separate nation was not a sudden idea when Lincoln came into office; it was simply not recognized by previous presidents‚ which would allow for the issue to hit its climax when he was elected. By the time Lincoln came
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influential cartoons that helped change the views of Americans. He attempts to sway public opinion by depicting his characters as either good or bad figures‚ portrays the injustice Northerners and African-Americans faced‚ and mocks the conducts of the Confederates. Nast’s cartoons were extremely powerful; they allowed viewers to understand the problems that the nation was facing at the time Thomas Nast had biased views towards political figures‚ and it showed in his cartoons. He created dynamic cartoons
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July 3rd. • In the end‚ the Confederates were losing but had still stayed their ground and were ready for more in case the Union wanted to attack again. The Union did not and Robert E. Lee decided to pull back and escape during the night. A few days later‚ they made it back to Virginia letting the Union win. • The reason the battle ended the way it did was because the Union had many more men than the Confederate and the union had better strategies than the Confederate. • This battle was a very important
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defeated 150 years or so‚ yet the Confederate Flag stands tall in Southern states to this day. The Confederate flag holds a history of slavery‚ oppression‚ and racism. The fate of the flag is still being debated to this very day. If anything the flag needs to be displayed in a Museum‚ and not on a Capital Building. Many see bearing the Confederate Flag as a symbol of Free Speech. However The Confederate flag is inherently racist in its symbolism. The Confederate Flag has been compared to the Nazi’s
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MISSION COMMAND ANALYSIS: COLONEL JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP In late June 1863‚ Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia passed through western Maryland and invaded Pennsylvania. General Lee believed that by invading the North‚ he could draw the Union Army of the Potomac away from their defenses and force them to come after him. He also assumed the people of the North would be so demoralized if the Union were to lose another major battle‚ especially
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The date is December 31‚ 1862. All night Union soldiers have been kept awake by the Confederate Army planning their attack. At first light the Confederates attack out of nowhere wiping out hundreds of Union soldiers. The Union Army appears to be crippled and is driving back into what is now known as “Slaughter Pen”. In Slaughter Pen the Union Army found a way to rout together and hold off the Confederates until dusk. As dawn approached on the New Year‚ neither side rejoiced but began to tend
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members. However‚ the student is not satisfied; he thinks that the information isn’t enough. He really wants to work hard and get a great mark. His mom came in and said there is some old document in the attic. The student went up the dusty and dirty attic. He saw some spider web on the corner of the attic and a big box under the spider web. He opened the old box‚ he found all sorts of document about his family tree. He is so happy because everything the teacher asks for is on the document. He just learned
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counted as three free men toward that representation. But who was right? Although the Confederates said that the slaves counted the slaves did not have any rights‚ the Confederates only wanted more power in Congress‚ and of course the Union will not yield any power and that created a conflict‚ therefore in my opinion the
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1861; in addition‚ around this time the fort was still being constructed the fort was formed in shape of a pentagon because it was believed that a fort has a better change of defending against outside intruders. What made it even better for the confederate army is that it was also built on the beach shore in the edge of the peninsula‚ so the union army had only one way of invading the fort. The fort was not actually finish when the civil war broke out. During the war the bombings almost destroyed
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The first turning point was politically‚ ended up being the emancipation proclamation and was done mainly by Abraham Lincoln. He was under pressure by the Republicans since the war was going on so long and slavery had became the big issue. The Battle of Antietam came along and Lincoln thought since the North had so many victories it was time for the Emancipation Proclamation “The Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in areas rebelling against the United States were free‚ and that slavery
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