Kathie Kaidan 4/14/10 HST 202 Paper #2 There is much controversy and uncertainty about the reasons of why the Civil War started‚ and why it went on for so long. The Civil War is unusual not only in American History‚ but in world history as well because of the intensity and carnage of it. Men were taking up arms against their neighbors‚ fathers‚ sons‚ brothers‚ and friends to meet on the field of battle with only one mission: to kill one another. James McPherson wondered this‚ so he researched
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1. Examine the social‚ political‚ and economic impact of civil war on the South‚ its values‚ and its people. Social: * Increased urban growth * Cities grew because of the shift towards manufacturing‚ growth of bureaucratic agencies to oversee manufacturing‚ RR‚ shipping‚ tax collection. * Urban growth resulted in the expansion of construction jobs‚ transportation developments * Changed roles for women * Headed households and performed men’s work *
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What did the women wear during the Civil War Era? The women wore at least seven layers under their dresses everyday. The first layer would be their bloomers/plantlets‚ which were made of cotton and would come below the knee or to the ankle‚ depending on which they were wearing. Usually‚ a young lady would wear those that would go to the knee‚ the more mature and older women would wear them longer‚ to the ankles. The second layer was the Chemise. It wasn’t made of more than a cotton nightgown that
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Male and female spies were essential sources of information during the Civil War. The best spies were people you would never suspect. Spies were brave‚ faceless and they knew the environment very well. Their presence was incredibly excepted. Whether they dressed as men and joined the army‚ posed as mindless slaves‚ or just kept their ears opens in collective circles‚ spies provided necessary information. It was even a woman spy who provided Union battle plans to Confederate Army‚ which allowed them
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Syrian Civil War Project on Syrian Civil War May‚ 2013 War is the horrible‚ the most cruel activity of man. It is nothing but mass murder. The evolution of human society towards something better has always been under wars. Millions of dollars are spend every year for deadly weapons of war. Human nature hates cruelty although some people believe that humans must shed blood to satisfy their blood thirsty nature. But is it so the case? Wars have been fought for a lot of reasons. But the Syrian
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The problems that eventually caused the Civil War had been brewing since the formation of the United States. It became a perfect storm; everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. One issue in particular‚ slavery‚ had been contentious since the signing of the United States Constitution in 1787. Slavery was an issue of economy and political influence at the time but became integral to the southern economy in 1794 with the invention of the cotton gin. The cotton gin dramatically decreased the
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At the start of the American Civil War‚ President Abraham Lincoln cautiously framed the conflict about the preservation of the Union rather than the ending of slavery. Personally he found the practice of slavery revolting; but he knew that neither Northerners nor the residents of the border slave states would support abolition as a reason to go to war. However by mid-1862‚ thousands of slaves fled to join the attacking Northern armies‚ Lincoln was convinced that abolition had become a sound military
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Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks
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The American Civil War was a series of political‚ cultural‚ and economic differences within the nation that when clashed‚ lead to a four-year period of hostility and instability. Although most media portrays slavery as the main cause of the civil war‚ it was really an economic competition within the two sections that created Northern determination to achieve its abolition‚ and Southern perseverance to maintain its institution. It is safe to say that the need for slavery was a product of the Southern
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Examining the Civil War Examining the Civil War A war that originated because the nation was divided ultimately marked the beginning of a truly unified United States. The Civil War put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North‚ the South‚ and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South‚ and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although many lives and untold millions were lost in personal belongings‚ livestock‚ and
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