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    The Civil War has many causes and with those causes they have effects. One cause is the election of lincoln and the slavery issue that had divided the North and South finally split the nation in two. And the effect of that is from April 1861 to April 1865 the USA and the Confederate States of America faced each other in bloody Civil War. But even though there are many causes and effects the main cause was a man named Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave who sought citizenship through the American

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    changes occurred‚ slavery became the biggest controversy of the 18th century. All of the debate eventually led to the Civil War. Both sides of the United States endured a different point of view during this time due to different political‚ economic‚ and social causes. Initially‚ the North and South always had social and economic tension‚ but political issues sparked the Civil War. President Buchanan was seen to be the start of the Southern secession. In an agreement between the South‚ he agreed to

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    people of the colonies to suffer because of selfish people who cannot stray from their current way of life? There are many ways one can achieve the goals they have‚ and it may be necessary to learn a different way if the union is to survive. The civil war brought on important concerns pertaining to states seceding from the union and slavery being the cause of it. While I don’t believe the president is at fault for such awful things to take place‚ John Smith would sooner blame president Lincoln than

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    Pre-Civil War Study Guide Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession)

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    was an inventor before the Civil War and turned his attention weaponry when the Civil War broke out. At this time the Gatling Gun is the only available rapid fire weapon (The Gatling Gun). The Gatling Gun almost didn’t see any action during the Civil War. A few Union army commanders bought Gatling Guns for their soldiers (Gatling Gun) The Gatling Gun was developed and used in the Civil War. The main arguments are how the Gatling Gun works and was used in the Civil War‚ why Gatling invented the Gatling

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    The Civil War and Its Ending of Slavery This paper is about the civil war and about how it ended slavery with the emancipation proclamation . I will also talk abou the physical loses of the war. The South‚ overwhelmingly agricultural‚ produced cash crops such ascotton‚ tobacco and sugarcane for export to the North or to Europe‚ but it depended on the North for manufactures and for the financial and commercial services essential to trade. Slaves were the largest single investment in the

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    be explained as a city upon a hill‚ meaning being above and superior over those below. The Civil War‚ the imperialistic race of the 19th century‚ the Korean War‚ the KKK‚ and the Gulf War are all examples of the American Dream of superiority playing a part in American History. Americans all have a different idea of this superiority‚ but nonetheless strive to achieve it‚ where ever it may be. The Civil War‚ which split the United States‚ was a clash of two aspects of approaching the American Dream

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    http://therailsplitter.wikispaces.com Course Description Advanced Placement United States History is a fast-paced and rigorous course designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to critically examine various issues in American History and relate them to events today. Because of one’s opportunity to earn college credit‚ dependent on one’s performance on the AP exam (May 11‚ 2012 @ 8am) and your college’s admission standards‚ this course is considered a college-level

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    Bleeding Kansas Before the Civil War‚ the territory of Kansas was unsettled as a slave state or a free state. This caused a conflict over who should settle this territory‚ right before the Civil War. This conflict was also called “Bleeding Kansas”. Later on‚ popular sovereignty‚ played a key role before the Civil War. The Kansas Territory became the center of attention in the battle between North and South over expanding slavery into the territories. Those southerners who voted for the Kansas-Nebraska

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    US Hist. to 1876 Was the Civil War worth it? I believe that the civil war was worth it. Even though a lot of negative consequences came out of it‚ the positive outweighed the negative. The largest cause of the war was slavery. The North and South had contained their differences over slavery for sixty years after the Constitutional Convention. Compromise in 1787 had resolved the questions of slave trade and how to count slaves for congressional representation. The Compromise of 1850 was the last

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