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    Civil War Dbq

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    The civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. Families torn apart by different views‚ all fought in the name of liberty. Was this war about race? How could it not be? It was a fight of one group of people‚ whites‚ to own another group of people‚ blacks‚ and for blacks to be free with no oppressive master controlling their lives. A fight that lead to blacks being a free people. Black men were barred from joining the U.S. military because of an existing federal law passed in 1792. President

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    Freedom In The Civil War

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    up their lives for us‚ and live for us. Whether it’s at war or at home‚ whether it’s the soldier that suffers or the family‚ and whether it’s the mind that breaks or the body. The price of freedom is pain and sacrifice paid by the soldiers of the United States. In WWI‚ there was 120‚00 deaths‚ in WWII there was 405‚000 deaths‚ and in the civil war there were over 500‚000 deaths. As one of the numerous confrontations for freedom‚ the civil war was fought hard and fierce. Both sides fought for two‚

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    American Civil War

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    American Civil War American Civil War‚ was a four-year war (1861–65) between the federal government of the United States and 11 Southern states that asserted their right to secede from the Union. The secession of the Southern states in 1860–61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over the related issues of slavery‚ trade and tariffs‚ and the doctrine of states’ rights. This friction arose out of fundamental

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    Railroads In The Civil War

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    The Civil War is a war in which railroads were a major factor. During the 1850’s the world had seen growth in the railroad industry so that by 1861‚ 22‚000 miles of track had been laid in the Northern states and around 9‚550 miles in the South. The great rail centers the South were Chattanooga and most important Richmond.Wars have been fought to control supply centers‚ but the Confederate govt. was very slow to recognize the importance of the railroads in the conflict. By sometime in September 1863

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    Causes Of The Civil War

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    The Civil War was arguably the bloodiest war in American history. With around 800‚000 casualties‚ the war caused more victims than World War 1‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Vietnam War. Many people believe the war could have been avoided altogether‚ but I personally feel like there was too much involved for it to have been completely avoided. The main causes of the war were issues regarding slavery‚ conflict of power between states and the government‚ and conflict over government taxation. The

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    Civil War Reconstruction

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    This marking period is nearly over and the topics I learned were describing the condition of the Southern United States in the aftermath of the US Civil War‚ comparing the life of slaves before and after the civil war‚ and analyzing the differences in reconstruction plans between Presidents Lincoln and Johnson. For instance‚ the term reconstruction means to improve and/or recreate something better. The term implies that there has been an era in America that needed to improve. An example would be

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    Civil War Amendments

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    "Those who deny freedom to others‚ deserve it not for themselves..." (Abraham Lincoln) Between the years of 1861 to 1865‚ the United States was at war with itself over slavery. This war is known as the Civil War. The Civil War amendments (13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th) deeply impacted both black and white people of America. The 13th amendments states‚ "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States‚ or any other place in their jurisdiction." The 13th amendment officially

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    Morality In The Civil War

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    Money or Morality In 1861‚ when the civil war started‚ the North and the South faced off in the bloodiest battle on U.S. soil that broke the once united America into two parts. As the South fought to break away from the Union‚ the North fought to preserve what we have gained in the American Revelation. However‚ when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863‚ the war got an entirely new dimension. Now‚ the war was not just to preserve the Union‚ it has also turned into a battle

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    Civil War Compromises

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    Compromise helped delay the Civil War by maintaining the balance of both slave and free states‚ discontinuing the slave trade in Washington D.C. and returning slaves to their original owners with the Fugitive Slave Act‚ The Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintained the balance of slave and free states for 30 years. This kept the North and south satisfied. Missouri was added as a slave state and to sustain the equality between both sides‚ Maine was carved out of Massachusetts and added as a free

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    The Tensions behind the Civil War During 1783-1859‚ before the Civil War‚ the North and South were slowly drifting apart between their cultural‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious tensions which eventually lead to the American Civil War‚ but it was ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. Proof of these tensions can be found in many primary sources including: “Slavery a Positive Good” by John C. Calhoun‚ “The Church and Slavery” by Albert Barnes‚ “A Debate on Slavery” by Nathan Lewis Rice‚

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