The deadliest war in American history is known as the American Civil War killing nearly 620‚000 soldiers and a mass amount of civilians. The War Between the States was fought between Southern slave states and the United States federal government. formed a group called the Confederacy‚ which went against the beliefs of the Union. America and Abraham Lincoln sought different views on slavery. Lincoln believed that all slaves should be emancipated and advocated the restoration of the Union. The
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Before the civil war happened‚ the northern army was a small army‚ when crisis came volunteers came to protect their land and freedoms if threatened. the souths army was only made up of white men‚ while the norths army was made of foreign people who came from different countries‚ white men and eventually blacks after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. As the war continued the army only had five major goals. The armies’ major goals were to block the southern coasts‚ capture and control the
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Many people assume that the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment‚ which abolished slavery‚ brought freedom and equality for African-Americans. However‚ that was not the case. Freedom and equality were something that African-Americans had to fight for. They struggled in poverty‚ constantly being denied their rights‚ and being discriminated against. The end of the Civil War was just the beginning of the fight‚ African-Americans had to unite and work hard to make America
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The causes of the Civil War has been a topic debated for years because there were many causes of the Civil War that were interlaced together to produce the most devastating war in American History. The primary cause of the Civil War was the expansion of slavery and sectionalism. Although‚ Southerners believe the Civil War was fought over state rights but the real issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession
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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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The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight‚ causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence‚ fighting over Congo ’s rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions‚ it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established‚ sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into
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Causes of the Civil War The bloodiest war America has ever fought was the Civil War. The Civil War was fought between North and South America. This war was many years in the making. With every new tax‚ tariff‚ law‚ or new state entry the North and South disagreed. The Missouri Compromise‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Popular Sovereignty‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the entry of new states‚ newspapers and books‚ the Dred Scott Case‚ Immigration‚ and the Compromise of 1850 were just a few of the reasons that caused
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The American Civil War‚ a war that pinned the U.S.A against herself and created a rift between North and South. This complex war lasted about four years in which both sides suffered great casualties. Due to the intricacy of the Civil War‚ there is much that can be learned from what occurred over those years before during and after. The most interesting aspect of this civil war is actually the politics behind it. Specifically how Lincoln was able to change what the North was fighting for. After
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The Civil War was a time of great change for many people‚ especially people who had been slaves before the war. They were finally free and required the help of the American government to adjust and get started in their new lives as free men and women. Although they received their freedom‚ they did not receive enough help from the American government in the aftermath of the Civil War for it to be as revolutionary as it could have been In fact‚ they received almost no help from the United States
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Photography in the Civil War Although the civil war was a very gruesome war killing 600‚000 people‚ looking back on history without photography it could not have been a modern war (Brooks). Throughout the civil war photography was a very big part of making the civil war a modern war. Also photography made the civil war a modern war because of the Job photographers had to do‚ people and companies‚ and the effects photography had on the war. Since photography was so important in the War‚ people worked
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