American and Women During and After the Civil War The struggle to gain equal rights for African Americans and women has been a constant battle for years and still remains a struggle today. Throughout American history‚ these two groups have faced discrimination and have been suffocated of many of their rights as individuals. During the Civil War‚ it altered the roles of African Americans and women from both a social and political viewpoint. In the course of the war‚ the Confiscation Acts‚ Emancipation
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Africa: 3. What are the instruments found in a standard rhythm section? The instruments in the rhythm section include at least one chord instrument‚ one bass instrument‚ and one percussion instrument. The chord instrument can be of two types: strummed and keyboard. Bass instruments include tuba‚ string bass‚ electric bass‚ and synthesizer bass. Finally‚ the principal percussion instrument is the drum set. 4. How did the minstrel show change after the Civil War? Prior to the Civil War‚ the minstrel
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Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ the country needed to be fixed and rebuilt. A period of Reconstruction followed the war. However‚ with so many people gaining instant citizenship and for nowhere for them to go‚ it is easy to see that the rebuilding of the country was a failure. In the mid-1800’s‚ the major source of income for the south was obviously cotton. This was done on small farms‚ but mostly on large plantations. The physical labor was done by slaves in many instances‚ and each slave
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Were Slaves’ Free After the Civil War? When the slaves were liberated from their masters‚ after the fall of the South in the Civil War‚ what was the definition of the newfound freedom that they received? Many would say the same freedom as any American at the time was granted‚ but consider the lack of education and certain privileges that kept many people within the Negro community in a cycle of perpetuating poverty. In some respects the recently freed men and women were still slaves to the society
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After the Union won the Civil War‚ the United of America began to repair the nation from 1865-1877. The reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President
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The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history for many different reasons. The first reason is because it is a Civil War. Anyone who died in the war would for the most part‚ be an American. This is the reason this was considered a brother v brother war because you could have families who would be split on certain issues and end up having siblings who would fight each other in battle just because of their different issue. The second reason is due to a mix of old-school battle tactics
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If you take a look at America’s history‚ you will see that the deadliest war was the Civil War. Spanning over 4 years and 600‚000 deaths‚ you may think that what was fought over was silly and that they could’ve simply prevented the war. The supposed “silly” thing that was fought over was slavery. Sure‚ maybe it could’ve been prevented if slavery wasn’t a big part of America‚ but it certainly was not preventable when it was an economic‚ political‚ and social issue. When slavery is the backbone for
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The North and the South grew different way in Civil war. In the South‚ there were mostly farmers. There weren’t many skilled workers that why manufacturing was not much. But in the North there were a lot of manufacturing and wealthy people‚ they had a lot of skilled workers. During the Civil War‚ there were some advantages and disadvantages between South and North. Few advantages in the South were able to fight on it large homeland‚ they had best military leaders‚ they encouraged young males to
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packed snowball. As the crowd swells‚ Captain Preston leads reinforcement into the area to try and disperse the crowd peacefully. A confused soldier in the mix of the crowd fired‚ goaded beyond endurance‚ more shots were delivered by the soldiers. After 11 people were struck with 5 dead or mortally wounded‚ the crowd quickly dispersed and other actions were trialed by the colonists to remove the troops from
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made successful war against a nation of mechanics”‚ William Tecumseh Sherman explains to his southern friend about how the Confederate army was destine to be defeated by the Union. The American Civil War was a dark time in American history caused by the main issue of slavery‚ which lead to other issues relating to states’ rights‚ economy‚ and tariffs. The North defeated the South which led to roughly 4 million slaves gaining their freedom. The Union army was victorious in the war due to their industrial
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