tempting to argue that battles and entire wars are exactly as they seem. This common problem is readily found in two wars fought in the 1860s: the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Austro-Prussian War (1866). However‚ while it is easy to consider the American Civil War as simply a war fought by the Union to maintain territorial integrity throughout the relatively young United States‚ and the Austro-Prussian War as merely the “middle” war of the three wars of German Unification meant to expand “German”
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American Civil War--Exam essay The American civil war‚ spanning from 1861 to 1865‚ is known as the deadliest war in the nation’s history; and for good reason‚ about 620‚000 americans died in the line of duty. This massacre was no petty quarrel erupting out of thin air‚ there were many complex underlying factors that led up to the american civil war. Yet‚ out of the many there are three elements of american society that most profoundly influenced the civil war‚ being the abolitionist movement‚ abraham
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The United States as a whole was divided before the Civil War‚ over the dispute of whether slavery should be allowed or not after the Mexican American war ended in 1848. After the Mexican American war citizens of the North and the South began to dispute the issue of slavery and tensions started to rise. There were many things proposed that were proposed to help the dispute over slavery such as the Wilmot Provisio which would close off California‚ Utah and New Mexico off from slavery. However it
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Civil War Casualties: The Numbers The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 in the United States of America after seven Southern slave states declared their separation from the North and formed the Confederate States of America. The ACW is widley refered to Americnas bloodiest conflict and more Americans both Union and Confederate‚ ended up as causalities than in any other war in U.S. history.Casualties were those soldiers who were
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CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR In 1860‚ the world ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was
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Is it reasonable to fight against your own country? 1861 is when the Civil war started. Many states had already left the union to form a group of states called the Confederacy. Texas was the seventh state to leave the Union and to join the others. This is when America started to fall apart. Texans fought in the Civil War because of slavery‚ state rights‚ and their love of Texas. Texans fought in the Civil War because they wanted slavery. In Texas there were 182‚566 slaves‚ which made up 30% of
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THE CIVIL WAR. The northern and southern parts of the Unites States of America were politically‚ economically and culturally very different from one another. The people of the northern and southern colonies came to the new world for very different reasons and as time went on their differences grew. The differences between them originally divided their opinions on the civil war and who the people gave loyalty. THE PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH’S OPINION ON THE WAR .
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An Avoidable Civil War The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting principles and prejudices‚ fueled by sectional differences‚ and set afire by a very unfortunate set of political events. Undoubtedly‚ the central theme of almost all of the events that led up to the Civil War was one way or another‚ related to the dispute of slavery. Throughout the nineteenth century‚ slavery-related tensions brewed to such an extent‚ that politicians often took accustom
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Eric Lane English 1020 Tim Parker 11/9/12 The Civil War and Appalachian Geography Did Appalachian geography have an effect on the civil war? Every major war in history has two things in common: a winner and a loser. There are many factors of war that decide the winner and the loser‚ some going unnoticed. The geography of a war has an impacting affect on the war and is sometimes overlooked‚ often leading to one side’s downfall (Falls 5). Appalachia has a fluctuating geography‚ for it ranges
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Causes Of Civil War As members of the Futurist of America Association‚ we have been assigned to look specifically at the cause of the American Civil #War. There are five aspects that could of led to the Civil War and they are Westward Movement‚ Social Change‚ Froeign Policy Development‚ Government/Politics Development‚ and Economic Development. Out of the five aspects‚ Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First‚ Westward Movement could of led to American
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