necessary to achieve success. Our land is stained with fathers and sons who believed that bloodshed was necessary to achieve greatness. The Civil War is a blemish on the history of the United States of America‚ but a necessary blemish. Historian Shelby Foote said‚ "Any understanding of this nation has to be based...on an understanding of the Civil War...The Civil War defined us as what we are‚ and it opened us to being what we became‚ good and bad things. It is necessary if you’re going to understand
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War‚ historian Shelby Foote stated‚ “Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an understanding of the Civil War . . . The Civil War defined us as what we are‚ and it opened us to being what we became‚ good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being.” (Burns & Burns‚ Episode 1: the cause‚ 1990) What Foote was referring
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she was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and had a fine education. She was an abolitionist and best known for her religious family and the novel she wrote. Her father was Reverend Lyman Beecher‚ and her mother was Roxana Foote Beecher. She had 4 sisters by the names of Mary Foote Beecher‚ Catharine Beecher‚ Isabella Beecher Hooker‚ and Harriet Beecher. She also had 5 brothers which were William Henry Beecher‚ Edward Beecher‚ George Beecher‚ Henry Ward Beecher‚ and Charles
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From the beginning of the Civil War in 1861‚ President Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated that his primary objective of the war was not to abolish the institution of slavery‚ but rather to preserve the Union. Lincoln knew that the Constitution protected slavery in any state where the citizens wanted it. As the war progressed‚ the abolition of slavery was seen as a military strategy for the Union army‚ as the newly freed slaves would then fight for the cause of their own freedom. Since
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David McCullough’s 1776 is a well written book‚ starting with its title. It’s a story about the war‚ yet no actual fighting happens for most of the book. George Washington is often diminished compared to other characters in the book‚ and readers almost feel sorry for the usually infamous characters such as the loyalists‚ Hessians‚ and even King George III. Another surprise is that David McCullough‚ best known for Rushmore-size biographies of underrated presidents‚ wrestles America’s founding year
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return to Breda included a rendezvous through the Alps‚ where he observed one of the few nature scenes in his life (Foote 72). A noted craftsman in Antwerp‚ Pieter Coeck van Aelst‚ offered the young Bruegel an apprenticeship‚ where he learned the craft of painting and drawing (Foote 70). To provide for the trip from Flanders to Antwerp‚ Bruegel had four wealthy patrons in Flanders (Foote 78). The Hapsburg Court also noticed Bruegel’s potential and later became a major sponsor of his art (Hanson 477)
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Louisa May Alcott‚ author Stephanie Foote argues that the negative emotions and positive values the March girls learn in their home shape their relationships to the outside about their class‚ social status‚ and gender behavior. Foote initially argues about what class means in terms of Little Women. She states‚ “Class and status are ... always about emotional affect‚ for class and status‚ although deeply structural‚ are first experienced as deeply personal” (Foote 66). Not only is class personal‚
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Gentlemen and the Roughs: Violence‚ Honor‚ and Manhood in the Union Army by Lorien Foote In the year 1861‚ the Civil War erupted throughout the United States. After four long gruesome years‚ the Union Army enlisted a total number of 2‚893‚304 northern soldiers. In The Gentlemen and the Roughs‚ Lorien Foote sheds light on northern conceptions of violence‚ honor‚ and manhood. Foote argues that the Union army originated by dividing class and social status‚ fighting a war for masculinity
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Jeremy Foote in his article “Speed that Kills; The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin’s THE STORY OF AN HOUR”‚ insist that critics‚ caught up in the powerful feminist images‚ have overlooked another theme. He argues that instead of only reading the story from a purely feminist perspective‚ it should also be read as a protomodernist text. Foote builds a strong case contending that technology and the societal changes that technology brings about play an important role in Chopin’s story. Foote details
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conditions” (Sassen‚ 1990‚ p.265). Traps can be stratigraphic‚ structural‚ or a combination of the two. A large percent of crude oil is present in stratigraphic traps‚ and combination traps are responsible for the largest amounts of natural gas (Foote et al.‚ 1988). In a petroleum system like the Smackover Formation‚ it is important for traps to be present so that the hydrocarbons are unable to escape. However‚ Locklin‚ 1984‚ page 41‚ makes a clear argument why "apparent Upper Jurassic reservoir
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