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    "Explain how freedoms for African Americans were socially‚ politically‚ and economically limited from 1865 to 1900?" Posterior to the Civil WarAfrican Americans weren’t respected equally within society. Black codes were established‚ which meant cheap labor and an organized economy. African Americans weren’t allowed to vote‚ carry weapons‚ or travel without permits which angered some citizens. Literacy tests‚ the grandfather clause‚ and poll taxes were used to prevent African Americans from voting

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    Economics of Slavery during Civil War During the years before the Civil war‚ many northerners charged the slavery was incompatible with a rapid economic growth. There was clear evidence that slavery was profitable for individual planters. A number of people felt that slavery was wasteful and inefficient‚ that it devalued labor‚ inhibited urbanization and mechanization‚ thwarted industrialization‚ and stifled progress. Northerners associated slavery with economic backwardness‚ soil exhaustion

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    The Civil Rights Movement: [Subtitle] After the Civil War‚ there were numerous amendments that were passed in order to promote freedom of African Americans. Those include the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments. These amendments granted freedom from slavery‚ the right to vote‚ and citizenship to African Americans. Unfortunately‚ when the dust settled‚ African Americans started to see that these freedoms that they were promised‚ were not actually held up. Many African Americans struggled to see the effects

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    1. For what reasons‚ according to Thornton in Chapter 2‚ did trade flourished between Africans and Europeans? a. Trade between Africans and Europeans flourished due to both Africans and Europeans desire for luxury and a variety of manufactured products. Africans could have easily produced the imports received from Europeans‚ according to Thornton‚ but they’re production methods were elaborate and they often took a while to make the high quality goods. In turn‚ they began to look to European trade

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    The civil war was a war that redefined America and reaffirmed that freedom was not limited solely by a person’s race. The results of the war echoed long past the final battle and forever changed what being an American means today. Many of the stories and accounts from this period helped establish the meaning of freedom and the struggles to understand how freedom applied to all people such as The Gettysburg address (Abraham Lincoln) and The narrative of Fredrick douglass. Both pieces discuss American

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    Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee was a general leader for the Confederacy who led the South’s attempt at secession from the North during the Civil War. He challenged Union forces during some of the war’s bloodiest battles‚ such as Antietam and Gettysburg‚ before surrendering to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. His surrender marked the end of a devastating conflict that could have split the United States. Lee was born January 19‚ 1807‚ into a famous and wealthy

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    Americans supported slavery because slavery was legal‚ technology has changed‚ and slavery going on today. Many of the American supported because they need to work their farms and other labor jobs. ¨England’s southern colonies in North America developed a farm economy that could not survive without slave labor.¨ ¨Early in the seventeenth century‚ a Dutch ship loaded with African slaves introduced a solution—and a new problem—to the New World.¨(Civil War Trust). ¨Slaves were most economical on large

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    Lincoln’s campaign was struggling. Stephen A. Douglas‚ the Southern Democrat nominee‚ was picking up steam as he broke the political standards by instituting a traveling campaign. His campaign knew no boundaries as he ventured across the broken nation from New England to the Deep south where he gave speeches‚ shook hands‚ and kissed babies. Lincoln’s campaign however was lacking as he was firmly rooted in Springfield. Lincoln knew that he could not afford to lose this election. With the freighting hostile

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    What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning

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    Clara Barton By: Caleb Eldrenkamp. Did you know that there were roughly 3‚300 union nurses in the Civil war?Clara Barton was one of them.Through out her childhood Clara Barton was a very intelligent and bright child.Clara Barton was born on December 25th‚1821.Clara Barton was the fifth child in her family including David‚Dolly‚Sarah‚and Stephen.Her parents believed in equal rights and taught her about equal rights.In her youth she was a girl who loved being outside.She learned many things at a young

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