wonder what exactly they do and ponder the message that the artist was trying to convey through it. Almost all wars have been commemorated in this way‚ but many wonder if it is the best way to commemorate those who served‚ and the monuments made for the Civil War are not any different. Throughout this essay‚ I will describe a monument that I have created that I believe best represents the Civil War as a whole‚ and proves that monuments are the correct way to memorialize the people who were involved in
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Pre-Civil War Study Guide Missouri Compromise- (Louisiana Purchase) Issue – Mo. wants to come in as a slave state. Problem- This would upset the balance of free and slave states in Congress Compromise (Henry Clay)- • Let Mo. come in as a slave state • Let Maine come in as a free state • No slavery above the 36 30 line of latitude Mexican War/Mexican Cession – As a result of the war America got California and much of the SW. (Mexican Cession)
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Industrialization after the Civil War John E. Brown Strayer University HIS 105- Contemporary U. S. History Professor Anthony McCormack November 9‚ 2014 Industrialization after the Civil War When the Civil War was declared over‚ the United States became a better nation because of the Constitutional Amendments that were passed outlawing slavery and giving the government as well as the state the ability to serve and protect everyone. This paper will also show major aspects of industrialization
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south breaks off 1861 Fort Sumter- Confederates fire on Fort Sumter‚ start of Civil war‚ no one was killed July 21st‚ 1861 1st Battle of Bull run- North loses‚ Stonewall Jackson gets his name 1862 Farragut Captures New Orleans- Union wins Sept. 17 1862 Battle of Antietam- Union wins Sept 22‚ 1862 Emancipation Proclamation- Lincoln frees slaves in those states in rebellion July 1-3‚ 1863 Gettysburg- Union wins July 4‚ 1863 Vicksburg- Union wins‚ splits south in two‚ takes control of Mississippi
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post-Civil War South has been called the “New South.” In what ways did it succeed in reinventing itself? In what ways did it fail? After the war‚ the South was devastated and it was going to take a lot of money and a lot of rebuilding for it to be self-sufficient again. It financially and architecturally succeeded in reinventing itself and in the thirty five years following the war‚ Southern iron‚ steel and textile industries emerged‚ with Railroads leading the South’s industrial expansion. The
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The battles that took place in the civil war all had a significant impact on the union and the confederates. Many could justify which battles led up to the civil war‚ but I believe it to be these. The battle of Fort Sumter‚ first Battle of Bull Run‚ and the Battle of Gettysburg were the most important battles that took place in the civil war. The Battle of Fort Sumter was a confederate assault on union soldiers holding a Fort near Charleston Harbor. Commander of the confederate P.G.T Beauregard
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THE WAR BETWEEN SOUTH AND WEST The middle of the XIX century was a period of worsening economic and political conflict of Northern and Southern States. For a long time two dissimilar type of economy existed and developed in the framework of a single state‚ of course‚ competing among them‚ but not bringing the situation to tensions. However‚ in this period it became increasingly clear the inevitability that contradictions of the two systems will turn in the armed struggle for power‚ for the victory
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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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The American Civil War. The most devastating war in the history of America‚ fought for a long and brutal four years from April 1861 to May 1856. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states which grouped themselves as the Confederate States of America. The most tragic and heartbreaking fact of this war was the terrifying number of casualties which amounted to about 1.1 million in total. Underlying causes of this bloody conflict trace back to contrasts in the very fundamental routines of
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The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history for many different reasons. The first reason is because it is a Civil War. Anyone who died in the war would for the most part‚ be an American. This is the reason this was considered a brother v brother war because you could have families who would be split on certain issues and end up having siblings who would fight each other in battle just because of their different issue. The second reason is due to a mix of old-school battle tactics
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