After the Civil War‚ African Americans had the opportunity to legally obtain an education‚ and it was often a priority for many. They started establishing and advocating for schools‚ and they were often helped by outside forces; however; education was often left up to the means of the community. Education had the opportunity to promote social and economic mobility for African Americans‚ but they were often hindered in their education by lack of funding and resources in schools‚ and the hostility
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learned nothing from the Civil War. One would think that after hiding away‚ awaiting the day that England would decide to restore its monarchy‚ they would have realized the faults in their fathers beliefs that had caused the disastrous civil war. Once they had reclaimed the throne from 11 years of Commonwealth‚ they followed the ways of their father‚ CharlesⅠ‚ into the belief of the Divine Right of Kings. This made Parliament wonder‚ did the Stuarts learn any thing from the Civil War?CharlesⅡ was the first
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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What events led to the Civil War? During the Revolutionary Era from 1765-1815‚ slavery existed in thirteen colonies. Maryland went from white servants to slaves. There was an agricultural economy that existed in the South that was dependent on the labor of slaves. Although slavery did not exist in the North exclusively; New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and New England were involved in the trade of slaves; so although the South was exclusively using slaves as an economic gain‚ the North also had financial
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Slavery has been the worst of the worst issues that our history has ever seen or heard of and now a days most people still believe African Americans shouldn’t have rights. Throughout history slavery was a tremendous problem in our society because many people believed it was normal. They were taking advantage of the African Americans and using them to do their house chores‚ taking care of their children and overall making the slaves do the impossible. They were treated very poorly and they were expected
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America. The Civil War‚ even though it was so long ago‚ played a major role in America’s division. It has been 150 years since the last shots of the Civil War were fired. That was a war that divided the American people ‚ and in many ways‚ still divides Americans today. Whether it be race‚ gender‚ class or geographic location‚ Americans have always found a reason to hate or disagree with each other. President Lincoln started planning for reconstruction of the South during the Civil War as Union soldiers
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investigation will be analyzing the question “how was the development of photography influenced by the American Civil War?” This investigation will include photography in the years leading up to the American Civil War and how the war years‚ 1861-1865‚ changed photography as an industry and as a medium of expression. One resource that will be used in this investigation is the book The Story of American Photography by Martin W. Sandler. Sandler is an accredited historian who graduated from the University
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Why did civil war break out in 1642? Why did civil war break out? Well for about 17 years parliament and king Charles 1 hadn’t been getting on well and it didn’t help that parliament hadn’t really got on with Charles’ dad James 1 or Charles’ close advisors. They mainly got on each other’s nerves about money‚ religion and power‚ as well as the short term causes and all the extra things! Soon it got too much and Charles declared war on the 22nd August 1642. Charles sort of started the civil
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Following the Civil War‚ the Republican party controlled every branch of power in the government (McPherson‚ 601). This political party emphasized its desire for racial and social equality; therefore‚ they gave African Americans official positions in the Southern government (Foner‚ 159). Despite racist ideologies‚ white politicians willingly shared some of their power with African Americans. What motivated white officials to share their power with African Americans? Were their choices genuine‚ or
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sound of the rebel cry had finally subsided‚ The American Civil War had had already taken a deadly toll. Four years of gruesome fighting had decimated the population. Half a million of three million men had been wounded in combat. Over two hundred thousand others had been killed. Frontal assaults turned into suicidal dashes that resulted in victory for no man. Advancements in weaponry surpassed ancient tactics dating back to the Revolutionary War and inflicted staggering casualties. Railways allowed
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