slavery. During the antebellum period‚ in the South of the United States‚ Africans were slaves that were considered property and could be purchased‚ traded‚ and inherited just like any other object. Slaves were denied their basic human rights. Although slavery was almost always a problem in the United States‚ with the Northerners being abolitionists and Southerners being pro-slavery‚ there were more events that eventually led to the start of a civil war. The annexation of Sumner and Lincoln’s election
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Study Guide I. United States Civil War: causes‚ course‚ and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses
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History Homework - Vietnam Why did the USA fail in Vietnam? America failed in the Vietnam War for various reasons; the people of Vietnam liked the communists of North Vietnam. The Americans bombed and killed the Vietnamese. The people of Vietnam hated the Americans in the end. The Americans tried to bomb the Vietnamese into submission and failed. Also when they were in open warfare America was successful‚ but when it turned into a guerrilla war America failed‚ that’s why America used napalm‚
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From the start of the American Civil War until the end of Reconstruction‚ the United States of America endured what can be considered a revolution. During this time many constitutional and social developments brought about great change in the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction‚ while some social developments which could potentially lead to a revolution were the Freedmen’s Bureau‚ the Black
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What Caused The Civil War? There were many different contributing factors to the start of The Civil War. Five of these causes were the Northwest Ordinance and Missouri Compromise‚ John Brown’s raid‚ The 1850 Compromise‚ The Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the constant conflict between the North and South. The Northwest Ordinance said the there could be no slavery in states north of the Ohio River‚ however slave holders moved west to new states. This then led to the Missouri Compromise which said no slave
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How Did The South Think They Could Win The Civil War? How did the South think they could win the Civil War? The Southern states were convinced at the onset of the Civil War that they would effectively protect their way of life and their rights. They were sure of this victory mainly due to these three reasons. First‚ the south had a great business exporting cotton to England. As the Southern U.S. cotton industries grew‚ foreign countries began to rely on the South for their cotton supply.
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different explanation for why Reconstruction did not work out as planned by the United States Government. Thomas W. Wilson’s article reveals that the government preyed upon the South. Carter Woodson asserts that former slaves were not given a fair chance to make Reconstruction work‚ while Thomas Bailey blames the Radicals for pushing it on clueless‚ former slaves. Finally‚ Mary Beth Norton takes issue with the resistance of Reconstruction that the South held from the beginning. While each tells
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I. The Civil War Begins a. Confederates Fire on Fort Sumter i. Fort Sumter was a southern fort that remained in unions control ii. Lincoln declared her would neither reinforce Fort Sumter nor abandon it. 1. Next Jefferson Davis chose to attack Sumter which started the war a. Fort Sumter fell b. Virginia seceded b. Americans Expect a Short War iii. Union and confederate Strategies 2. The Union had
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Slavery was one of the biggest reasons why the American Civil War began. The American Civil War started on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war went on for four years. It was caused by the disagreements over slavery and the states. The North and South both believed in different ideas. They did not agree on the same thing. This had an impact on both sides. The North didn’t believe in keeping slaves‚ while the South did believe in keeping slaves and wanted to have and keep the slaves that they could. This
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or military force. Imperialism impacted the south east followed by economic transformation from global trade. And industrialization led to a completely different form of imperial power. The government seeks to everyone goes to their own path way and their own country. Or so when they went the saying when rome controlled the majority of europe 2000 years ago. People had a lot of power and they did anything to get gold new people settle in a new colony To get better lands and more gold fewer
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