the Civil War‚ America was in a fragile state and many of the citizens were at arms with each other over many social issues. The biggest and most important issues that was contested between the two sides was that about slavery and if the institution should continue as it was or if it should be abolished and the slaves set free and to become American citizens. The war began in April of 1861 and the mindset at the time of Union officials was that this war was going to be a quick and swift war with
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The American Civil War significantly changed the lives of American women compared to before. Many had disguised themselves as men and joined the fight. Others served as spies and nurses. Many more took on new roles that have never seen before‚ but did it to fearless and powerful. By war’s end‚ the staggering death toll of approximately 620‚000 soldiers had left countless women in mourning. During the American civil war thousands of nurses helped the war effort into keeping our soldiers as safe
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Everyone knows about president Lincoln and the emancipation proclamation. How the north won the civil war and slavery was abolished. It is a nice thought. But it was not that easy. After the civil war slaves across the United States were granted their freedom. Being granted freedom and being free were two different things‚ many slaves would learn this the hard way. Freedmen and women were now on their own and had to face many obstacles. The biggest being racism. This battle for equality would last
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Study Guide I. United States Civil War: causes‚ course‚ and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses
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The topic of the American Civil War sparked interest in me for being one of the most influential historical time frames of all. I wanted to do a topic where I can constantly learn new things: both minutiae and huge details. On the other hand‚ the topic of the American Civil War was too broad of a NHD project. To condense the topic‚ I researched subcategories by watching documentaries. The documentaries mainly focused on achievements of men and their wartime efforts‚ that constant pattern had me thinking
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The Civil War was one of the most important events that occurred in America. It shaped America to what it is today. Tension rising thing after thing and was one of the most debatable and deadly events in history. Without the Civil War‚ there would still be slavery and other horrible acts. Though it may be said that the War happened all because of one event‚ which is not true. There are several factors that led to the War‚ and it was not just one occasion. The biggest cause that led to the Civil War
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Civil War Hospitals The methods used and conditions of hospitals during the Civil War are considered barbaric and brutal in comparison to modern medicine. According to Frank Vandiver in his book 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War‚ “the wounded on both sides [of the Civil War] tried to stay out of hospitals” (30). Many soldiers lost their lives due to the rampant disease‚ conditions‚ and procedures employed by the hospitals. In a statistic by Ina Dixon in an article from Civilwar
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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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effects‚ yet this momentous event has gone largely ignored‚ relegated to an obscure corner of history where it is remembered only as a petty riot. It is rarely acknowledged as the incident that led to the overthrow of North Carolinian Reconstruction governments in favor of the Democratic assemblies that instituted the infamous Jim Crow laws‚ leading to a century of segregation. The Democrats of North Carolina staged this uprising as a reaction to the laws placed on them by Reconstruction—laws that were
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What Caused The Civil War? There were many different contributing factors to the start of The Civil War. Five of these causes were the Northwest Ordinance and Missouri Compromise‚ John Brown’s raid‚ The 1850 Compromise‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the constant conflict between the North and South. The Northwest Ordinance said the there could be no slavery in states north of the Ohio River‚ however slave holders moved west to new states. This then led to the Missouri Compromise which said no slave
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