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    Roots of the Civil War

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    Trace the roots of the Civil War. Why did sectionalism ultimately result in violence in the United States? Was the conflict inevitable or could it have been avoided? Explain. I believe that the Civil War began with the debate over the future of slavery. That very issue led to secession‚ and secession caused a war where the Northern states fought for the ground of the Union‚ and the South for their independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. It seems to me that

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    Origins of Civil War

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    First Name Last Name Hist 109 May 13‚ 2013 Civil War Paper Origins of the Civil War The military conflict within the United States around the years 1861 until 1865 between the Union and the Confederacy went into history as the American Civil War. The origins of this conflict have and were foreseen and discussed by the two elite politicians Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Both differed in ideology about what could have been the more successful political direction the nation should

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    Causes of the Civil War The bloodiest war America has ever fought was the Civil War. The Civil War was fought between North and South America. This war was many years in the making. With every new tax‚ tariff‚ law‚ or new state entry the North and South disagreed. The Missouri Compromise‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Popular Sovereignty‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the entry of new states‚ newspapers and books‚ the Dred Scott Case‚ Immigration‚ and the Compromise of 1850 were just a few of the reasons that caused

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    The causes of the Civil War are many‚ the obvious being slavery‚ however that is merely on the surface. The underlying causes were far more detrimental to the health of the union‚ the main cause being money. The economic disputes between the North and the South‚ which were partially over slavery‚ were the root to the South seceding. The resentment felt by the South towards the North‚ because of the growth of cities‚ ports‚ and the economy there in general‚ in addition to the idea of the abolishment

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    Civil War Dbq

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    northern and southern states of America were disagreeing on. These disagreements eventually led to the Civil War. The common myth of the Civil war is that it was a war fought over the issue of slavery. So if slavery was not the reason for the war‚ what was? The war was fought to preserve the union‚ to keep the United States as one. Understanding the reasons for the south’s secession and the war requires the examination of the opposing views of the North and the South‚ the Dred Scott Decision‚ the

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    Of Syria and Civil Wars

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    Virinder Kaur POLS 202-01: International Relations Reaction Paper #1: Of Syrian Wars and US Foreign Policies Due: October 4‚ 2012 Modern Syria first gained its independence in 1946‚ following many years of violent strife. Before this‚ the state had been under a French Mandate and had suffered under a conditional (or more aptly‚ false) independence‚ wherein the French State held veto power over any potential laws introduced by the Syrian people (US Dept. of State). In 1970‚ the Baath party came

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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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