munitions - efficient railroad system - controlled the navy‚ which could be used to blockade s. ports and shut down the s. eco. - but would have to fight an offensive war (long supply lines‚ unfamiliar territory...) - capable mil. leaders‚ inc. Ulysses S. Grant - Confederates had excellent generals too -Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jackson Defending is always easier than attacking (familiar w/climate and territory‚ possible psychological advantages) Farmers fight better than factory workers
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2010 American Gothic One of America’s best known paintings‚ American Gothic‚ was painted by Grant Wood‚ a painter best known for the traditional paintings of his home-state‚ Iowa. American Gothic was the result of a movement known as regionalism. Regionalism was a movement in a 1930s America that was a reaction and resistance to Europeans attempt to depict the American way of life. Painters‚ like Grant Woods’ used the rural Midwest as their subject. I believe that American Gothic has well represented
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Clara Barton – Angel of the Battlefield Staff Writer When the Civil War broke out Clara Barton was one of the first volunteers to appear at the Washington Infirmary to care for wounded soldiers. After the Battle of Bull Run‚ she established an agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded soldiers. In July 1862‚ Clara Barton lobbied and won permission to travel behind the lines to administer aid to soldiers of both the North and South. Clara reached some of the grimmest battlefields
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The word Shiloh is said to be Hebrew for “place of peace‚” however‚ in April of 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh became the site of one of the deadliest conflicts in Civil War history. With over 23‚000 casualties‚ the battle‚ fought in Pittsburg Landing‚ Tennessee played an important role in Union’s progress in the western theater. The Battle of Shiloh proved to be more challenging and complex due to the surprise attack initiated by the Confederates. Despite the commanders’ poor use of mission variables
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While the Civil War is well known for improving the civil rights of African Americans and ending slavery‚ it also holds other lessons in military strategy‚ lessons that still are apparent in the modern day world. Only through Generals Ulysses S. Grant‚ William Tecumseh Sherman‚ and David Hunter’s innovative strategy of total war was the Union able to exploit its advantages and bring the war to a close. The South’s most noticeable disadvantages were
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a hint! It begins with an E and ends with a N. He was a revolutionary figure. The winter of 1738‚ Ethan Allen was born a native of Connecticut. Allen was said to be a tall‚ and a troublesome man. As Ethan and his family explored the New Hampshire Grants‚ it fostered his love of the land. He later settled there in 1762 with his own family‚ his wife‚ Mary Brownson‚ along with their five children and then again with his second wife and three more children. A father of eight‚ Allen became a U.S soldier
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After the Civil war‚ the Union was reestablished in racism. Reconstruction was the constitutional effort (13th‚ 14th‚ 15th amendment) of the north to force the south to treat the freed slaves as citizens. Reconstruction failed miserably. It is one of the least glorious parts of American history. Some nationalists like to think that there are no badly edifying chapters of America‚ and decide to forget about it. The civil war was one of the big three events along with the Revolution and World War Two
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the Republican Convention where he became a dark-horse candidate to win. In the election of 1880‚ Garfield was not expected to win‚ or even contend. Ulysses S. Grant was the favorite‚ but because of the Credit Mobilier scandal‚ which was when the company took millions of dollars from the government to build a railroad they never started‚ Grant lost ground in the race. It finally came down to James A. Garfield and Democrat Winfield S. Hancock. The results ended with Garfield winning the election by only
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Although Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were born in the same time period Catton showed how they had very different views from one another. To start of with Catton explained how Lee was an "old age" and did not like change. He wanted the old aristocrat concept to stay in the American culture. He was also born into a wealthy family so he believed it was okay for the upper-class to be more privileged and thought inequality among men made society more advanced. In contrast‚ Grant was born poor and
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Keren Wallace Mr. Dement US History January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development
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