from federal northern dictates. The Union economy was based on manufacturing‚ and even the minorities in the North were better off than those in the South most of the time. The Northern politicians wanted tariffs‚ and a large army. The Southern plantation owners wanted the exact opposite. The South was fighting against a government because they thought they were being treated unfair. An analysis of the Battle of Gettysburg reveals one challenge facing the Union and the Confederacy was unjustified
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Karen Sanchez Period 3 October 3‚ 2012 DBQ Essay During the late 1800s the United States was over growing in its population which it took over to the urbanization. There was a big over crowed in the citys on the United States and things just started to go wrong from there on. All these people started to come to United States. A act had been passed that allowed people to come to the United States. In document 3 in the picture shows a picture of the city of New York City‚ there was poor
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DBQ QUESTIONS Writing the DBQ Civil War Assess the following quote: “Ultimately‚ the Civil War reduced sectional antagonism and made the United States truly ‘one nation.’” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Constitution Using information from the evidence below as well as your knowledge of the period‚ discuss the development of the United States Constitution as a document
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decisions made by President Abraham Lincoln‚ but were completely essential to winning the war while also setting the platform for a reunited country. One great idea that significantly contributed to the North’s victory was Scott’s Great Snake military strategy (Document A)‚ which combined a naval blockade of Atlantic and Gulf coast seaports and control of the Mississippi River‚ had both military and economic advantages. From a military standpoint‚ it gave the Union a way to surround the Confederacy
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Abraham Lincoln: The Man Behind the Myth Brittany Marroquín Abraham Lincoln is by far our most revered president in the history of the United States. He had a strong moral vision of where his country must go to preserve and enlarge the rights of all her people‚ but he was also a good man with a strong sense of character and a great discipline in the art of law; and he sought to continue the great and mighty legacy of the Constitution. He believed that the Founding Fathers had drawn up the
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APUSH 29 November 2012 Slavery DBQ At the end of the Revolutionary war against Great Britain‚ the United States of America was created as an independent country. Thus began the roots of an entirely new American identity. Taking influence from its former mother countries‚ the United States began its own system of representative government. Furthermore‚ the American identity‚ shaped in the early years of 1775 to 1830‚ incorporated the ideals of agrarian farming‚ laissez-faire economic standpoint
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What if Abraham Lincoln had not freed the slaves? The material that I read had a few ideas of what could have happened. It not only answered that question‚ but it also told of what led to the freeing of slaves. In this reading‚ there was so much that surprised me and really changed my initial thinking of Lincoln and made me reflect on the what would have happened if the Emancipation Proclamation was not delivered. In this reading‚ it says that “slavery would have continued for a time in the
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The American Civil War‚ a war that had its origin in the issue of slavery‚ occurred from 1861 to 1865. In his book‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution‚ James M. McPherson considered the civil war as the Second American Revolution because of the changes it brought about in regards to slavery in the Unites States. In this event‚ revolution can be defined as the overthrowing of a current system of governing for a new and better system‚ what also happened on the First American Revolution
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Life" and "Emancipation: A Life Fable"‚ both passages have a similar theme. The theme for both passages is that patience can lead to good things. The passage " Boy’s Life"‚ it started off with a teacher named Mrs. Neville and she kept on talking even though most of the classes were already outside. Then a kid named Cory Mackenson was very impatient to get out of class‚ but he was understanding afterwards when he realized why Mrs. Neville kept on talking. In the passage" Emancipation: A Life Fable"
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Abraham Lincoln is known as "The Great Emancipator" who freed the slaves. Yet in the early part of his career and even in the early stages of his presidency‚ Lincoln had no objection to slavery where it already existed‚ namely‚ in the Southern states. As a savvy politician‚ he always wanted to maintain the union‚ and he would use any device to keep the country together. However‚ his views on slavery evolved during his presidency‚ and the personal opposition towards slavery that he claimed he always
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