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    Civil War Letters

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    Fourth Alternative Assignment Leaving your family and loved ones home while you go fight for your country must be harder than I can ever imagine but somehow the soldiers of the United States have been doing it for centuries and made it look easy. But of course the letters that they write home to their families are heartbreaking and emotional‚ and knowing you may never see them again is a horrible feeling. On July 14th‚ 1861‚ Major Sullivan Ballou wrote a beautiful letter to his wife Sarah‚ and

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    important things the Civil War was known for was the advanced weaponry that was used during battles. The Union and Confederacy made many different types of weapons which helped them have an advantage against each other. A soldier from the South remembers‚ "I had shot one hundred and twenty times that day. My gun became so hot that frequently the powder would flash before I could ram home the ball‚ and I had frequently to exchange my gun for that of a dead comrade" ("Small Arms of the Civil"). Weapons played

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    Civil War Movement

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    in America The Civil Rights Movement was a time of changes in America. It has changed the way society has acted towards each other and improved the lives of minorities. The Civil Rights Movement has also helped racism in America even though racism is still a problem it has become much better. It has helped other countries around the world and changed the way people think towards each other. The way people treat each other has improved and made the country stronger. The Civil Rights Movement

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    Civil War Political Causes

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    There were many economic and political causes of the Civil War in the terms of conflict over economic policy and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Many documents‚ people‚ and events in history help to causes of the Civil War such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Missouri Compromise‚ Texas annexation‚ Wilmot Proviso‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Gadsden Purchase‚ the creation of the Republican Party‚ and the Dred Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854. The act

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    The Revolutionary War was fought with the combined effort of the original thirteen colonies to gain their independence from the tyrannical grasp of the English Monarchy. When they gained their independence they fought even more for expansion‚ with the nation stretching from Maryland to Florida‚ there was bound to be differences in each state. Many of the differences were easy to ignore‚ except for the souths view of slavery . The difference between the opinion of racial equality caused such a great

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    Civil War in Syria

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    Civil War in Syria  For many years‚ Syrians had to face the wrath of Bashar al-Assad‚ and they still continue to do so. Syrians face unequal and unfair treatment in Syria‚ because of the poor leadership and corrupt government. There have always been one-party elections‚ assassinations of human rights activists‚ and unequal rights for women and ethnic minorities. On March 15‚ 2011 public demonstrations by Syrian protestors called for the end of nearly five decades of Ba’ath party rule and the resignation

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    Copperheads openly obstucted the war through attacks against the draft‚ against linclon‚ and espicially against the emancipation. What was the enrollment act of 1863? The Union and the Confederacy armies instituted the first federal military draft in American history during the Civil War. the Union resorted to a federal draft in March 1863‚ President Lincoln signed The Enrollment Act on March 3‚ 1863‚ requiring the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants who had filed for citizenship between

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    What Caused the Civil War

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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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    During the Civil war‚ the North and South were deeply crashed in the horrifying situation. In the North the Union stands in place to let the South know that Southerners are weak‚ while in the South‚ they wanted to be proved as a Southern nationalism. In the South‚ Jefferson Davis who does not approve with Abraham Lincoln in the North‚ he had argued that the South has the right to be divided and independent. Which is why all the start of warlike strategy comes in place and is still passed on to the

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    The Civil War was and still is a highly controversial topic in America. The wins and losses were both great‚ and many Americans died. It helped set into motion many great things such as liberating the slaves‚ and keeping our country united and peaceful. Though not all things were great like the‚ hundreds‚ thousands of families that were damaged or even destroyed in this war. Almost everyone in the country lost a son‚ brother‚ father‚ cousin‚ nephew or uncle. No one in America was left completely

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