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    States of America. {1}This battle created a war better known as the “American Civil War.” The American Civil War started as a result of many years of differences and debates between the Union and the Confederacy. Slavery was the most important issue of the American Civil War‚ in addition to deep economic‚ social‚ and political differences. {2} Ending in 1865‚ the American Civil War‚ will be marked in history as one of the most deadly event in American history‚ resulting in more than 600‚000 deaths

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    Progression of African Americans The Historical History from 1865 to Present Ashford University Brendolynn Champlaie HIS204 American History Since 1865 Instructor Leslie Ruff January 4‚ 2011 African Americans had to endure so much just to survive‚ slavery‚ discrimination‚ violence‚ owning no property‚ not having equal rights‚ not even considered a citizen of the United States. Even with Emancipation of Proclamation‚ the Black Code they were not respected as truly being free. African Americans

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    slavery was the end result of a gruesome war that all started because an abolitionist said “this can not go on any longer”. This war was fought by two mighty sides‚ The Confederate (north) and The Union (south). Both of them fought over state’s rights‚ slavery and the economy. This war was the end of many lives but in the end‚ it made many new ones thrive. This bloody‚ cruel war was called‚ The Civil War. You would think that the only cause of The Civil War was slavery‚ but boy‚ oh boy‚ you are wrong

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    African American women have played a significant role throughout history in the ongoing struggle for freedom and equality. Beginning with abolitionist movements‚ struggles for fair suffrage‚ improvement of race relations‚ and educational facilities‚ they have been an unrelenting force in promoting equal justice for all. Yet this mighty force has rarely been recognized among studies and history books. It has not been until recently that African American women’s accomplishments became an area of concentration

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    worked out between the North and the South and passed by the U.S. Congress that allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th state (1821). It marked the beginning of the prolonged sectional conflict over the extension of slavery that led to the American Civil War. The territory of Missouri first applied for statehood in 1817‚ and by early 1819 Congress was considering enabling legislation that would authorize Missouri to frame a state constitution. When Rep. James Tallmadge of New York attempted to

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    African American Civil Rights movements is argued to have come a long way since the 18th century‚ but attaining full equality and fair treatment is still difficult in America. Some can argue that blacks in America are treated equal to everyone and that equality has fully been reached. But the truth is that this is far from the truth‚ blacks have faced many problems in America throughout time that they should never had to endure. In many ways the African American civil rights movement has accomplished

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    Once the African Americans were freed they began to enjoy many of the simple things in life that we take for granted today‚ (Shultz. n.d.). They could go out and buy a dog if they wanted. They could hold meetings without having to worry about white people supervising them. They tried to become landowners. Many of them also moved around a lot‚ sometimes just to get away from the plantations where they once served as slaves‚ and others moved to looked for relatives and loved ones who had been sold

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    There is a clear difference in European’s way of life and the Africans way of life. When the Europeans went into the African tribes‚ the native people have trouble in having to choose between the two because the European way of life looks down on the African way of life. In Between Tides‚ the main character‚ Pierre‚ is torn between his traditional community‚ the Catholic Church‚ the government‚ and the rebels. Each of these communities has different views and Pierre is having trouble fitting into

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    The American Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States or simply the Civil War (see naming)‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the United States (the "Union" or the "North") and several Southern slave states that had declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ and‚ after four years of bloody combat (mostly in the South)‚ the Confederacy was defeated‚ slavery

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    The U. S. Civil War started in 1861 and that year Tennessee voters decided to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. Johnson traveled

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