In Brian Michael Bendis’s final panel in the comic “Civil War: The Confession”‚ Tony Stark‚ who is wearing his Iron Man suit‚ sits next to the dead body of Captain America as he explains to him why he believed the civil war between superheroes had to happen and why he chose to fight. The only text provided in this panel comes from Tony Stark saying “It wasn’t worth it”‚ referring to the war between the superheroes and losing his best friend‚ Captain America in the aftermath of the battle. Although
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Name: Institution: Course: Date: American History-Civil War 1. Write a brief history of the Civil War that centers around history of slavery and emancipation. How did slavery play a role in both the causes and the course of the war? In the mid 19th Century‚ when the economy of the United States grew tremendously‚ there was a critical economic disparity between the Southern and Northern regions. The southern part had a growing economy based on large scale farming‚ which depended on free labor
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during the Civil War helped as nurses‚ cooks‚ solider‚ and spies. Women in the North also worked for the United States Sanitary Commission. “The primary national relief organization‚ coordinating donations to the Union.” The role southern women played during the Civil War was also to cook‚ be spies‚ the duties of the man while in his absence. “Women worked in munitions plants‚ as clerks in government offices‚ and as a sales force in retail businesses.” Clara Barton a famous Civil War nurse‚ she
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The Civil War was a hard and long fought war with many battles‚ deaths‚ and injuries. In 1861 the Civil War began‚ but not before a series of events that reached the boiling point of both Northerners and Southerners. Three events that inflamed tensions between the North and South included the Compromise of 1850‚ the publishment of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚” and the election of 1860. The Civil War lasted about 4 years‚ and that was because the North and South had differing opinions on slavery. The first
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The civil war has changed modern medicine and it had such a big impact on the war. Even though our advanced medicine and much of our advanced equipment did not come directly from the 19th century‚ much of our mistakes came from there so got better in the modern century. Of the approximately 620‚000 soldiers who died in the war‚ two-thirds of these deaths were not the result of enemy fire‚ but of disease.While trying to fight the diseases and sickness while avoiding gunfire made for a deadly combo
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Cold Mountain: The Civil War The Civil War was a four year armed conflict between northern and southern sections of the United States. The Civil War cost more American lives than any other war in history. There were bout 3 million people who fought in the beginning of the Civil War and about 600‚000 people’s lives were lost at the end of the war. What began for many as a romantic adventure soon became a heartbreaking bitter struggle between the two parts of a divided country. This‚ however
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African Americans in the Civil War In the history of the United States‚ discrimination was something that African Americans faced painfully in the Civil War era and which continues to happen on a milder scale in today’s society. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were forced to perform manual labor against their will. Greedy‚ rich‚ lazy Americans called themselves superior to the “different‚ dark-skinned” people who slowly became slaves to the whites. In bondage‚ they received
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Medical Practices of the Civil War The medical practices used during the Civil War era were not very advanced and took a big toll on the war itself. Many of the soldiers‚ both Union and Confederate‚ returned home with missing body parts‚ were shell shocked‚ or were psychologically traumatized. These medical practices during this time did not do much to help the lives of the soldiers other than doing the bare minimum to keep them alive‚ which in many cases‚ resulted in infection and disease
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The Civil war began on April 12‚ 1861. The southern united states broke away from the northern half of the united states. The south became a confederacy. The immediate causes of the civil war were states rights‚ the election of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the expansion west. These were three of the main causes but what was the ultimate cause? One of the first main causes of the civil war was States rights. Southern states believed that they should have the say of what to do in their state. The southern
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surface‚ the Civil War appears to be a heroic battle that the north fought against slavery and immorality. But it’s not so simple. The Civil War was a complicated war fought for many reasons. It was fought mainly because of the difference between the northern and southern economic vision for America‚ but also because poor Americans everywhere generally felt ideologically attacked‚ and because the south felt frustrated‚ as they were politically underrepresented. The north and south went to war mainly because
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