President Lincoln addresses the countrymen of the United States in his second inaugural address to discuss the closing efforts of the civil war and how the war should not go in vain‚ but that it should benefit the country and preserve the nation’s democracy amongst all the nation’s people. In his address he uses biblical references and literary devices to tell how he would ike the effects of the war to be progressive and not without reason‚ In lincoln’s opening paragraph he sets the tone for the
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The American Civil war was a war fought from 1861 to 1865‚ this war was a result of the slave free states in the north wanting the government to abolish slavery. The south was not very happy with the idea of slavery ending. To stop the union‚ and keep slavery the south fought for slavery‚ and the north fought to end it. This paper will describe the Civil war and cover details over the bloodiest war in U.S history that lasted 4 years. During the time of the civil war there were 34 states. The southern
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Charles Drew: An Inspiration Charles Richard Drew was born on June 3‚ 1904 in Washington D. C. He was born to a middle- class family. His father‚ Richard Drew was a carpet layer‚ and his mother Nora Burrell was a grade school teacher. Drew’s family lived in Foggy Bottom‚ a neighborhood in D. C.‚ after relocating from Pompano Beach‚ Florida‚ where he attended elementary and junior high. As a child Drew was showed to be quite athletic. He won a variety of medals for swimming‚ and later even more
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"Slavery was the Cause of the Civil War." Although the North and the South were part of the same Union they were very different in many ways. The Southern states believed in slavery while the northern states were against it. Eventually it would lead to the War Between the States or the Civil War. There other reasons that left to the Civil War as well but slavery was the main cause of the war. The South had always been slave states. They wanted them to include the new states as slave states so
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It is often assumed that the civil war was based solely on the existance of slavery in the south. This assumption is generally made by people who are not fully educated on the topic‚ and are unable to fully understand each of the different factors that led to the civil war. While slavery did play an important role in the disunion of the north and south‚ the war itself was caused by disunion and disunion alone (Schweitzer‚ Jeff). The largest factors leading to the war composed of state’s rights
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Michelle Stockton Professor Riggins History 120 27 March 2014 Political Cartoon Review The above cartoon was featured in 1856 in Punch magazine‚ located in London. The magazine itself was known for its wit. It featured comedy‚ satire‚ and cartoons based upon political and social issues. In their 1856 Vol. 31 issue‚ the above cartoon was featured and used to describe the state of war going on in America. The cartoon depicts a slave ripping a map of the United States in two‚ with a southern planter
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Slavery’s Effect on Political Party’s During antebellum America there were a lot of different parties‚ acts‚ and compromises created due to slavery. This issue is what eventually led our nation to the Civil War. Although U.S. expansion during the 1850’s was not the main reason why the nation got torn apart‚ the increase of land was a catalyst to it. The fact that there was equilibrium in congress between the North and the South was basically the last hanging thread before war. After the conquest
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North vs. South The North and South had many differences and very little similarities. They each focused on industry‚ agriculture‚ slavery and tariffs. Even though they both strived to manufacture and evolve their land in the revolution‚ they both had many different views. The North often debated with the South about slavery‚ which created a lot of their rivalries. This event helped them start on their own to soon develop their land into a greater industry. In the North‚ their industry
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The Antebellum period occurred in the United States just before the Civil War. The United States was becoming a successful nation. The country lead in cotton producing and had developed several industries‚ which in the future‚ surpasses that of European nations. Prior to the Civil War‚ the North and South had many differences that helped shape the antebellum period. The north was very successful because the economy was based on manufacturing. The north could not have farms because the soil was
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“Chasing Lincoln’s Killer” is the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was the United States President during the Civil War‚ which was a very turbulent time in America’s history. The majority of the American people had very strong feelings‚ either in favor of Northern policies or for the Southern cause. John Wilkes Booth was one of those people. Despite the fact that Booth lived and worked in the North‚ he was a firm supporter of the Confederacy. He hated Lincoln and Lincoln’s policies
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