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    Causes of the Civil War

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    Causes of the Civil War Essay Social long term: ● North was opposed to slavery while the South was pro slavery ● The primary conflict of the civil war was whether the states had the right to decide what they wanted to do with slavery. (radical abolition vs pro slavery) ● One of the arising conflicts that led to the American Civil war was the growing abolition movement in the North ● which was an effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed "all men are created equal

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    Civil War Medicine

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    Civil War Medicine In the Civil War era medical advances were few and so were surgeons. This time period is known in medical history as the "Medical Middle-Ages". This was the beginning of the technology of today. In this time doctors or physicians were known as surgeons. At the beginning of the war the United States Medical Corp. consisted of less than one hundred people on staff. This included the United States Surgeon General‚ thirty-six surgeons‚ and many assistant surgeons. Soon

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    The Causes Of The Civil War The Political War The North and South fought over politics‚ mainly the idea of slavery. Basically the South wanted and needed it and the North did not want it at all. The South was going to do anything they could to keep it. This was the issue that overshadowed all others. At this time the labor force in the South had about 4 million slaves. These slaves were very valuable to the slaveholding planter class. They were a huge investment to Southerners and if taken away

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    Spanish Civil War

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    Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) In July 1936‚ the civil war flared up in Spain between two groups: the Republicans (also known as : the left side)‚ supported by the USSR and some Americans volunteered‚ and the Nationalists ( also known as : The right side)‚ led by General Francisco Franco and supported by the Italians and Germans. The war is going to be characterized by the battles going back and forth during the three year period the war last (1936-1939). The consequences of this war were

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    The Nigerian Civil War

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    Running head: THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR The Nigerian Civil War Molloy College The Nigerian Civil War Between 1870 and 1900 the continent of Africa and the Africans that inhabited it endured a European imperialist push that ended with the entire African continent‚ except for the nations of Ethiopia and Liberia under the colonial boot of the European powers. The European nations of Belgium‚ Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Portugal and Spain carved up the continent between

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    Civil War Causes

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    What do you think was the cause of the Civil War? The main cause is not slavery‚ but SLAVERY is the main source of the causes! The Civil War • Started 1861 – 1865‚ very bloody‚ deadly‚ 160 thousand people died • War between the Confederacy and the Federal Government • Confederacy: the southern states (not all)‚ based on slavery --- separation • Federal Government: no separation allowed (Lincoln)‚ keep unity! Causes linked with slavery Why South want to separate from North? Culture

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    slavery in the civil war

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    Slavery in the Civil War Slavery was a major turning point in the civil war. Slavery is when one person owns another person. This was a big issue at its time. The south also known as the confederate states of America and the north also known as the United States or the union had fought over slavery. The north was against slavery and the south was ok with slavery. Many battles went on between the two to get this settled out and finally in the American civil war when the Union won. But before that

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    Civil War Dbq

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    The civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. Families torn apart by different views‚ all fought in the name of liberty. Was this war about race? How could it not be? It was a fight of one group of people‚ whites‚ to own another group of people‚ blacks‚ and for blacks to be free with no oppressive master controlling their lives. A fight that lead to blacks being a free people. Black men were barred from joining the U.S. military because of an existing federal law passed in 1792. President

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    Cause of the Civil War

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    History 11 12/17/2006 The root causes and precipitating events that led to the Civil War (1861-1865) The Civil War between northern and southern states was a consequence of contradictions of two social systems inside the country. At the basis of these contradictions was a question of slavery‚ completely determining economic and political interests of South. North strived to enforce Federal government power to protect their own economic stability. As a result the South wanted a separation

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    Freedom In The Civil War

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    up their lives for us‚ and live for us. Whether it’s at war or at home‚ whether it’s the soldier that suffers or the family‚ and whether it’s the mind that breaks or the body. The price of freedom is pain and sacrifice paid by the soldiers of the United States. In WWI‚ there was 120‚00 deaths‚ in WWII there was 405‚000 deaths‚ and in the civil war there were over 500‚000 deaths. As one of the numerous confrontations for freedom‚ the civil war was fought hard and fierce. Both sides fought for two‚

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