There were many events that triggered the Civil war. The Civil War was fought between the southern states and the northern states. The war started in April of 1861 and ended in May of 1865. The Northerners had about 22 million soldiers‚ while the Southerners only had about 9 million soldiers. That having been said‚ The Northerners had over twice as many soldiers as the Southerners. The location of the war was all over the Unites states‚ but majority of the fighting occurred in Virginia and Tennessee
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part of their lives‚ and that without it they would not survive. In April of 1861‚ during the first month of the Civil War Alfred M. Green delivered a speech to his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces of the North. Green uses allusions in his speech to help persuade his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces. Green felt that if anyone should be fighting in a war for freedom from slavery‚ it should be African Americans. He states‚ “My country‚ right or wrong‚ I love thee still
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The events of the Civil War and what led up to it‚ plus the outcome of the war during the Reconstruction‚ formed American history. This whole period of time took place from the 1830s all the way to 1872‚ and everything that happened helped the events that happened afterwards too. The Civil War did help America rid itself of slavery‚ but also birthed a new monster called segregation‚ which isn’t equally as bad as slavery‚ but it wasn’t good either. Sadly‚ these 40ish years were some of the most fundamental
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Betsy Rivera Period 5 12-15-10 1850 If we were to write down everything that throughout life had made us become who we are now‚ we would make a long list discussing different events that happened to us in different years. The United States history in such a matter is similar to that. Many years had to pass in order to make America what it is today. Since the beginning of American history many people and events had made each year differ from one another. When you are talking about the United
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what events led to the Revolutionary War? Do you know why the Revolutionary War occurred? The Revolutionary War occurred because of a series of fighting & wars. The following events led to the Revolutionary War : The Navigation Acts of 1660‚ The French & Indian War‚ Pontiac’s Rebellion‚ Proclamation of 1763‚ The Sugar Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Declaratory Act of 1766‚ Townshend Act‚ Boston Massacre 1770‚ Boston Tea Party‚ and The Intolerable Acts. On the whole‚ all this traumatic fighting and wars are
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The Civil War was a very complicated war and had more than one cause. The Fugitive Slave Act‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Dred Scott decision‚ John Brown’s Raid‚ and the election of 1860 were all factors that led to the Civil War. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 out the Federal government behind slave catchers. This now made the assisting of runaway slaves a federal offence. This also was a problem for free African Americans because if a white slave catcher said that a free African American was a runaway
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Part 2 1. How did General Douglas MacArthur react to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War? ~ General MacArthur was the Army’s Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers‚ Commander in Chief of the United States Command and the Far East‚ and Commanding General of the U.S Army and the Far East. So basically he was top dog‚ and he was there for a reason. He supervised Japan’s transition into a modern‚ democratic nation in WWII; also‚ he called the orders for the counterattack on
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Politics had the biggest impact of all the PEGS on the road to Civil War. To start off‚ In Trigger Events of the Civil War it states‚”The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court‚ where the justices found that‚ as a slave‚ Dred Scott was a piece of property that had none of the legal rights to recognitions afforded to a human being.”This means that‚ Dred Scott couldn’t get freedom even though he was in free land where slavery was illegal but he was still a slave. In addition‚ in Lincoln
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EXPANSION IN THE 1840’S AND 1850’S 1. As our nation expanded from 1845-1860 political leaders could not solve‚ evade or escape the question as to whether or not to allow the expansion of slavery into the territories. MANIFEST DESTINY- had overtaken American justification for expansion- The US had the right and the obligation to expand to the Pacific. 1846- Americans fought an 18 month war against Mexico that resulted in the acquisition of more than half of Mexico--- one third of the current
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The Civil War took place between 1861 to 1865. The war was fought to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. In January 1861 among the 34 states that were present then seven of the Southern slave states affirmed their withdrawal from the United States. Their departure led to the formation of the Confederate States of America. They steadily grew with the allegiance of six more states. The Confederacy was never diplomatically accepted by overseas countries even though
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