Death‚ destruction‚ and mayhem are just a few of the vestiges of the modern war present throughout the American Civil War. Industrialization had a massive influence on the conflict moving it to the boundaries of total war. The American Civil War is the first modern war due to innovations in technology‚ which led to advances in weaponry‚ logistics‚ and communications. The Industrial Revolution allowed for the greatest level of production in human history‚ which in turn led to the greatest level
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For the south it was nearly impossible to win the war . The north had many advantageson the south‚ which created a large difference in the outcome of the Civil War. The North had a bigger population‚ better leadership‚ and Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was a leader of the union‚ and led them to many great victories with his decision making on generals to lead the Union. The north had many plans to shut down the south‚ though they often took longer than what was expected of them‚ so many of them were
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injustices can tear countries apart. The American Civil War had over 500‚000 casualties‚ all of them fighting over African American rights. But whites weren’t the only ones acting as agents of change. African Americans had many ways that they fought for their freedom‚ in combat and out. These methods changed the African American population and the United States forever. Even though most of the African American race was in slavery‚ they still had their ways to fight for their freedom. Because of the slaves’
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The conclusion of the Civil War in favor of the north was supposed to mean an end to slavery and equal rights for the former slaves. Although laws and amendments were passed to uphold this assumption‚ the United States Government fell short. The thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments were proposed and passed within five years of the Civil War’s conclusion. These amendments were to create equality throughout the United States‚ especially in the south where slavery had been most abundant
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Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing
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Americans weren’t treated as well as you’d think even after the Civil War. Their land was still taken away. Their way of life was still frowned upon and discrimination was too real for many Native Americans. Going into World War I was hard for them because they still were not seen as citizens even in the 1900’s. They were not even allowed to be considered citizens if they weren’t up to the standards of being “civilized”. During the Civil War the Native Americans had to choose which side to support
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What were the fundamental differences between southern society and northern society in the decades leading up to the Civil War? Before the war there were great changes that occurred in the United States. The North was rapidly industrializing that created a separation between the North and the agricultural South. Both the North and South did have some similarities‚ but the differences between the North and South gradually lead to the Civil War. There were many similarities between The North and South
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where everyone was free‚ slavery was legal. Although many people believed it to be moral‚ there was an equally big population that did not. This created a big division between the two regions of America. The North and the South were two enemies on different sides; this held true when the Civil War took place. But even so‚ there were lots of conflicts that led up to the war. The issue over slavery grew‚ and spread to other things‚ directly affecting them. Things like the economy were affected‚ and also
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The Civil War‚ a battle between the United States and Confederate states over the issues and disagreements of slavery‚ served as a major part of our racial system in America and what started the period of Reconstruction. The war began in April 1861 after years of tension between the Northern and Southern states over slavery. It lasted for four years and ultimately ended with Confederate General Robert E. Lee in 1865. The Union won‚ which would end slavery and reunite the nation under a singular government
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everything about it was wrong. Whereas the South felt slavery was an essential part of their lives‚ and that without it they would not survive. In April of 1861‚ during the first month of the Civil War Alfred M. Green delivered a speech to his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces of the North. Green uses allusions in his speech to help persuade his fellow African Americans to join the Union forces. Green felt that if anyone should be fighting in a war for freedom from slavery‚ it should be
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