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    Civil War Spies

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    Male and female spies were essential sources of information during the Civil War. The best spies were people you would never suspect. Spies were brave‚ faceless and they knew the environment very well. Their presence was incredibly excepted. Whether they dressed as men and joined the army‚ posed as mindless slaves‚ or just kept their ears opens in collective circles‚ spies provided necessary information. It was even a woman spy who provided Union battle plans to Confederate Army‚ which allowed them

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    Opinions on the Civil War

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    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 THE WAR .

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    An Avoidable Civil War

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    An Avoidable Civil War The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting principles and prejudices‚ fueled by sectional differences‚ and set afire by a very unfortunate set of political events. Undoubtedly‚ the central theme of almost all of the events that led up to the Civil War was one way or another‚ related to the dispute of slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century‚ slavery-related tensions brewed to such an extent‚ that politicians often took accustom

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    Women In The Civil War

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    Women Who Fought In the Civil War Submitted By: Tierahnee Balfour History 2010 Enhanced Mrs. Teresa Prober 19 October 2012 It is an accepted convention that the Civil War was a man’s fight‚ but to the women in that time period‚ it was not. Many women sacrificed their lives to fight for their family and for their country. The Civil War is symbolic in American history because it shaped society‚ as we know it today‚ “Free of slavery”. During the Civil War‚ women were mostly confined

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    instinct‚ she warned him about the upcoming peril‚ but she was only a woman and he was Caesar‚ therefore he didn’t listen to her. Murder‚ death‚ chaos‚ and war could have all been stopped‚ only if Caesar would stand firm and stand back from his principles. Calphurnia was a minor character whose judgments‚ if listened to by Caesar‚ could have changed the entire course of the play. Calphurnia’s dream was very detailed and insightful. Caesar did give some attention to it before Decius changed the

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    Eric Lane English 1020 Tim Parker 11/9/12 The Civil War and Appalachian Geography Did Appalachian geography have an effect on the civil war? Every major war in history has two things in common: a winner and a loser. There are many factors of war that decide the winner and the loser‚ some going unnoticed. The geography of a war has an impacting affect on the war and is sometimes overlooked‚ often leading to one side’s downfall (Falls 5). Appalachia has a fluctuating geography‚ for it ranges

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR In 1860‚ the world ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was

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    Civil War Weapons

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    The American Civil War of 1861‚ has been taught in schools of America to be a war between the Confederates and the Union about the institution of slavery. However‚ this war also created the basis of new forms of weaponry and technology. Small arms of the American Civil War‚ were revolutionized in order to ultimately create faster-firing weapons that would prove to immensely assist soldiers in the war. Also‚ the advancement in weapon technology impacted the tactics and the style of warfare utilized

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    Rwandan Civil War

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    Argumentative/Persuasive Essay Rwandan Civil War On July 16‚ 1994‚ the world watched the Rwandan Civil War finally end‚ 800‚ 000 lives later and after devastating a nation socially‚ economically and politically. It seemed as if the whole world watched‚ yet did nothing. Many Rwandans lives are very thankful to the UN’s efforts but it wasn’t nearly enough. Canada‚ among many other countries‚ should have been involved in the Rwandan Civil war. Canada should have especially for it has an obligation to

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    Civil War Myths

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    There has always been a number of circulating myths about the American Civil War. We need to dig deep and find out if these myths are true. Did the South HATE black people? Did Robert E. Lee hate America? Was the civil war all about slavery? Did the South start the civil war? All of these myths are to be revealed. Supposedly the Southern people were the only Americans that enslaved black people. They tortured‚ beat‚ and starved them. According to research‚ a slave in today’s modern world‚ would

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