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    political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of two of the following: With the upset in balance of the Mexican War‚ antislavery activists were upset about any potential compromise while with the Kansas-Nebraska act‚ they settled with the idea of them being in a state of popular sovereignty. The acquisitions of the Mexican War triggered an upset in the balance of free and slave states. The solution of extending the Missouri Compromise line of 3630’ angered both proslavery

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    not only discriminated African Americans‚ but Immigrants‚ Catholics‚ and Jews as well. Even though the revival of the KKK was short-lived‚ they caused a lot of damage. The Klan put their beliefs into the practice of terrorizing those people they disliked. The KKK group operated throughout the South during the Reconstruction era. The Ku Klux Klan’s long history of violence grew out of the resentment and hatred many white southerners felt in the aftermath of the Civil War. Blacks‚ having won the

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    As in the Civil War was the result of irreconcilable between the North and Western regions on one hand and the South on the other was the issue of slavery. There was multiple reasons to it. To begin with the North did not have that much support from slavery. They suppose the difference in thought of slavery was not irreconcilable because with to quick of an financial development in America. Slavery increased due to the trades. The Slavery in the Civil War Era had a distinction over the issue of

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    How African Americans have worked to end Isolation Alma Garza 204 American History since 1865 Letishia Jones March 26‚ 2012 Africans had fought very hard to obtain equal rights in the United States. After the civil war the country begin their journey in America History with period known as Reconstruction (Bowls 2011‚ 1.1). There are several reasons why the nation went to war‚ and one of the most important was the right to continue the practice of slavery. From 1865 to the present‚ African

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    Jo Bob Professor Nutty NURS 1350 2 Nursing During the American Civil War The American Civil War occurred between 1861 and 1865. When the war began‚ there was no organized medical corps for either the Union Army or the Confederate Army. Up until then‚ nursing was still considered a “loose term” as far what a nurse is and does. There were no official nursing schools or professional trained nurses available. As newspapers wrote about the poor and unsanitary conditions that wounded solider were

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    1877: ends Reconstruction. What was Reconstruction? Attempt to achieve national reunification and reconciliation after the Civil War and to improve the status of former slaves (freedmen). The reality is that it was enormously difficult to satisfy both these goals. -- "Politics is the art of the possible." The North prevailed during the Civil War. The South prevailed after the war. I. Four main questions vis-à-vis Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South: 1. How to rebuild

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    The American Civil War The American Civil War was one of the most significant and controversial periods in American history‚ in where Americans killed each other (about 600‚000 men died) and still‚ some of the past arguments on state’s rights are still argued today. The Civil War was a matter of south versus north‚ confederacy (Southern States) versus The Union (Northern States). Northern states claimed that if the Southern slaves were property‚ then they should not be counted toward voting representation

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    to infiltrate Europe‚ which eventually lead up to unifications‚ as well as the First World War. Nationalism began as each ethnicity began to feel a sense of individuality and identity. Nationalism was the start of independence and revolutions‚ even after the Congress of Vienna‚ which sought to continue conservative ways. With the rise of nationalism in the 19th‚ it catalyzed many wars including World War One. At the beginning of the 19th century‚ the Congress of Vienna was a reaction to the French

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    The Civil War was a very complicated war and had more than one cause. The Fugitive Slave Act‚ Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Dred Scott decision‚ John Brown’s Raid‚ and the election of 1860 were all factors that led to the Civil War. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 out the Federal government behind slave catchers. This now made the assisting of runaway slaves a federal offence. This also was a problem for free African Americans because if a white slave catcher said that a free African American was a runaway

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    The Civil War had an effect on us. The Civil War was one of the most tragic wars in American history. More Americans died in this war then in all other wars combined. In this war we did not fight against other people‚ we fought brother against brother and the nation was torn apart. There are many reasons why this war took pace. Fist the nation was come together and then the southern states were not allowed to secede. Then the South was placed under military rule and divided into military districts

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