of America. This alarmed sam Houston now the governor of texas‚ he believed that a civil war would be a tragedy for the nation and a disaster for the south one month later war broke out between the north and the south. Why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war because they wanted to protect their loved ones‚ get states rights‚ and to protect slavery. Texans fought in the civil war to protect their loved ones. There is a letter from John Wesley rabb‚ he was one of
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ended the use of black slavery in America. But it wasn’t that easy to just end slavery just like that and have these amendments passed. There have been multiple wars and many discussions between world leaders just because of the discussion of ending slavery. The major turning point in the discussion for the end of slavery was the Haitian war. Where black people stood up and fought against their masters‚ establishing their independence. This got the world talking about slaves and how human they really
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Before the war‚ women just stayed at home to take care of the family‚ do housework and care for children‚ or worked “women jobs”‚ such as seamstresses and maids. When war happened‚ most men went off to fight for the country and left their women and children at home who were unable to pay for basic necessities like food and clothing. Businesses and companies at that time had to ignore the gender discrimination and hired women because of the critical shortage in the workforce. Other women took direct
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only divided many families but divided a nation and started a war amongst them. The ability of not being able to compromise or to end the practice cause a division of a nation that would go down in history. As every issue has two sides‚ here are the strong views that would lead the United States to war. The abolitionists were very demanding in their fight of abolishing slavery. They believed that slavery was a sin and that God did not want this. They looked to the bible where God communicated
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Contributions in air power would prove to be Hitler’s largest contribution to the Nationalist war effort; this was due partially due to Soviet contributions of air support to the Republican government as well as a Hitler’s clandestine desire to prolong the war in order to keep the eyes of the world firmly fixed on the slow-moving war in Spain. The German volunteer units initially dispatched to serve directly under Franco were reorganized into what Goring coined as the Condor Legion. This unit‚
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whole. A lot of men can’t go into war unless if they are a certain age. The women can’t go into war unless if they become a nurse because they weren’t seen as strong enough as the men were. Since the North and South had a lot of differences they would always start a war because the South wanted what the North had. The South still wanted all of the machines that the North ended up inventing. In the Gettysburg Address it says‚ “Now we are engaged in a great civil war‚ testing whether that nation‚
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as a slave slave state and Maine was admitted a free state. Later on in 1854 Congress voted to repeal the Missouri Compromise and passed the Kansas Nebraska Act. Why did Texans fight? Texans fought in the Civil War because they wanted to preserve slavery‚ have states’ rights‚ and the passion for Texas. Texans fought in the Civil War to maintain their hold of slavery. “Texas wanted to do everything they could do to maintain the slavery.” Twenty-nine percent of white families owned slaves” (Doc A)
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There was a lot of famous people in the 19th century‚ either by what they did or money wise‚ or both. However Andrew Carnegie‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ and Cornelius Vanderbilt were very famous during this time in industry. Therefore‚ they were very important people with money. Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25‚ 1835‚ in Dunfermline‚ Scotland. In 1848 moved to America in search of better opportunities. His education ended when they moved to America. He soon found a job as a bobbin boy at a cotton
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left to fight another battle he would meet with Grant. Lee would sign the terms‚ and Grant would give them food and let them keep their horses. Then everybody went home‚ and everything went back to normal. Grant would led an important impact on the war for the Union. Grant would fight in a lot of the battles for the Union. Grant led his troops to a win at Fort Henry then to a win at Fort Donelson. Soon then Grant got the nickname “Unconditional Surrender Grant” in 1862 because at Fort Donelson the
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revolutionary decision America has ever made: Reconstruction. Reconstruction was the process of freeing black slaves and “rebuilding America”. It was doomed from the start‚ but who destroyed it? That’s a difficult question‚ as it could easily be the South or the North that doomed black people for nearly 100 years. The Southerners resisted Reconstruction a lot; the Klu Klux Klan was formed [and still exists today]‚ political cartoons showed people who supported Reconstruction as stupid or evil‚ and they created
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