Memorial Day was first celebrated in the years following the Civil War and was officially labelled a federal holiday in 1971. Memorial Day is celebrated on the last Monday of May‚ and it is celebrated to honor our veterans and remember past wars and the brave men and women that serve in the military today. Many people‚ young and old‚ visit cemeteries or memorials to honor a lost family member‚ or a friend. On memorial day‚ everyone is affected‚ even if they don’t know a veteran. This memorial
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Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included
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that the civil rights movement was very successful in the period 1957-1965? The period of 1957 – 1965 was both a lively‚ and a stagnant time for the civil rights movement‚ with many protests coming to action like the Greensboro Sit Ins‚ which made large progress to desegregation and equality for black people. Success from these protests‚ however‚ came later in this period as momentum in the civil rights groups was being built. Yet‚ this time for the civil rights movement was not all a success‚ with
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What caused the American Civil War? It is amazing that even today‚ nearly 150 years after the Civil War started‚ there is passionate debate regarding the "cause" of the Civil War. Consider this: It is a fact that when the armies for the North and South were first formed‚ only a small minority of the soldiers on either side would have declared that the reason they joined the army was to fight either "for" or "against" slavery. However‚ equally true is the statement: "Had there been no slavery‚ there
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Jing Mei: Success or a Failure In the 1950’s‚ many immigrants believed that America was a place where all their dreams and wishes could come true. There is no exception to one family who just move to the “land of opportunity” to give their daughter‚ Jing Mei for a brighter future. As the author‚ Amy Tan writes the story named “Two Kinds”. The story is centered around a Chinese immigrant‚ Jing Mei and her family’s struggles and how they have overcome many obstacles in their lives. Jing Mei’s mother
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SLAVERY The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the
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before the Civil War and the South after the Civil war. The old South and the new South had some similarities. One of the similarities was that the attitudes of many white southerners didn’t change regarding African-Americans and support for certain policies. Before the Civil War‚ many southerners supported slavery‚ nullification‚ states’ rights‚ and secession. After the Civil War‚ the southerners tried to elect many of the same representatives to Congress who served before the Civil War who believed
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the Roman civil wars of the 1st century BC. The term civilis here had the very specific meaning of "Roman citizen". The English term civil war was first used in 1651 to refer to the English Civil War. Since the 17th century‚ the term has also been applied retroactively to other historical conflicts where at least one side claims to represent the country’s civil society . The terms internecine war and domestic war are often used interchangeably with "civil war"‚ but "internecine war" can be used
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The period after Civil War is called Reconstruction. During Reconstruction African Americans were not being treated equally. African Americans did not gain their freedom after the Civil War. One way that African Americans did not gain their freedom was poll taxes which meant that they had to pay money to vote. Also there was the poll tests. Citizens had to take a test and if you were white you usually passed In Document J it stated‚ “....Had to take a literacy test and pay a poll tax of $1.50‚
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Less than one hundred years after the United States gained independence‚ the American Civil War began. This fight was between the North who at the start wanted to reestablish the Union and the South who wanted to create their own country so they could do as they pleased. In the end‚ the North won. This was not without hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides‚ the Civil War is widely known as the war with the most American deaths of all time. By the end of the war‚ the North was fighting for
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