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    The Revolutionary War was fought with the combined effort of the original thirteen colonies to gain their independence from the tyrannical grasp of the English Monarchy. When they gained their independence they fought even more for expansion‚ with the nation stretching from Maryland to Florida‚ there was bound to be differences in each state. Many of the differences were easy to ignore‚ except for the souths view of slavery . The difference between the opinion of racial equality caused such a great

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    The Civil War: “Mexico’s Revenge”? The Mexican – American War was the first major conflict embedded in the idea of “Manifest Destiny”‚ the belief that Americans had a God given right to extent the United States borders from ‘sea to shining sea’. This belief would lead to a great deal of suffering for many Mexicans. As a result of winning the Mexican War‚ the United States acquired the northern half of Mexico; which became California‚ Nevada‚ Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and Utah (Meed 13). As the states

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    What Caused the Civil War

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    What Caused the Civil War? In April 1861‚ the United States of America went to war. They did not go to war with a foreign power‚ because of a border dispute‚ and they did not go to war with the native people because of their hunger for more land. No‚ this would be a war among themselves‚ north against south‚ brother against brother‚ and in some instances even father against son. In the four long and bloody years that this war lasted more than 600‚000 of these brothers‚ fathers‚ and sons would

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    Copperheads openly obstucted the war through attacks against the draft‚ against linclon‚ and espicially against the emancipation. What was the enrollment act of 1863? The Union and the Confederacy armies instituted the first federal military draft in American history during the Civil War. the Union resorted to a federal draft in March 1863‚ President Lincoln signed The Enrollment Act on March 3‚ 1863‚ requiring

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    American Civil War was a gruesome conflict which resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties. While the war effort was pushed by technology to end the war sooner‚ the fatality rate showed a direct relationship to the increase in technology. New killing machines were produced‚ unique forms for scouting‚ and an overall increase in tactics. Inventors developed weapons such as the repeating rifle‚ the submarine‚ and balloons. Even the telegraph stemmed from this powerful era. The Civil War sprouted

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    The Civil war began on April 12‚ 1861. The southern united states broke away from the northern half of the united states. The south became a confederacy. The immediate causes of the civil war were states rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the expansion west. These were three of the main causes but what was the ultimate cause? One of the first main causes of the civil war was States rights. Southern states believed that they should have the say of what to do in their state. The southern

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    surface‚ the Civil War appears to be a heroic battle that the north fought against slavery and immorality. But it’s not so simple. The Civil War was a complicated war fought for many reasons. It was fought mainly because of the difference between the northern and southern economic vision for America‚ but also because poor Americans everywhere generally felt ideologically attacked‚ and because the south felt frustrated‚ as they were politically underrepresented. The north and south went to war mainly because

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    The Civil War was one of the largest and most destructive in the Western world‚ and one that would determine what kind of nation America would be. It provided a foundation for the equality of African Americans and sparked the beginning of the women’s rights movement as well. This war divided the developing country‚ destroyed crops‚ cities‚ and railroad lines‚ and claimed 625‚000 lives. The Industrial Revolution that occured in the first few decades of the 19th century brought about a machine age

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    SLAVERY (THE MAIN CAUSE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR) US History to 1877 – HIST101 American Military University‚ 26 April 2014 Many factors led to the occurrence of the American Civil War. The key issues were slavery‚ different political ideologies‚ right of the people‚ and economic reasons. However‚ the key reasons that lead to the Civil War was slavery. Slavery is touted as the main cause of the conflict between the states in the northern part and those in the south

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    The Civil War‚ which is also known as “The War Between the States”‚ was fought between 1861 and 1865 in the Northern and Southern states. The war was fought between the United States and the Confederate State of America. The Confederate States of America was made up of eleven states that ended up leaving the Union in 1860 and 1861. These states that made up the Confederate States of America were South Carolina‚ Mississippi‚ Florida‚ Alabama‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Texas‚ Virginia‚ Arkansas‚ North Carolina

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