Before the war‚ women just stayed at home to take care of the family‚ do housework and care for children‚ or worked “women jobs”‚ such as seamstresses and maids. When war happened‚ most men went off to fight for the country and left their women and children at home who were unable to pay for basic necessities like food and clothing. Businesses and companies at that time had to ignore the gender discrimination and hired women because of the critical shortage in the workforce. Other women took direct
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties have some similarities‚ but they are different in their own ways. Civil Rights protects the rights of people from discrimination‚ while civil liberties protects people from undue government interference. Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed by the United States Constitution. Something created to limit the power of the federal government and protect citizens from infringement. For example‚ freedom of speech in the U.S. is a civil liberty because it restrains the
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Depiction of typical Old South and using American Civil War as background. William Faulkner produced his famous short story A Rose for Emily which describes a tragic story of a southern girl named Emily Grierson. Emily Grierson was born in old southern aristocratic family whose life was heavily influenced by her father. When she was young she had many suitors but according to her father none of them were good enough for her. During‚ the time when her father was alive Emily was seen as figure to be
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American Civil War American Civil War‚ was a four-year war (1861–65) between the federal government of the United States and 11 Southern states that asserted their right to secede from the Union. The secession of the Southern states in 1860–61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over the related issues of slavery‚ trade and tariffs‚ and the doctrine of states’ rights. This friction arose out of fundamental
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The Civil war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn’t realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The reason the south took four years for the North to win‚ among other reasons‚ is because they
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Post-Civil War and Growing Pains Chuck Jones History 105 Dr. Rogers April 26‚ 2013 During the Post-Civil War era (1865-1900) there were several reconstruction periods as well as a widespread Western industrialization occurring. After the war it seemed as if the entire country had to press the “reset” button and literally start afresh. There was a break down in the south after the Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves‚ Gen Custard destroyed cities‚ and what seemed to be a booming economy
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The Rise of Western Culture and Economy in Japan after World War II According to some scholars‚ a society’s culture determines its economic destiny. Before 1860‚ Japan had been isolated for over two centuries‚ and it was not until the aftermath of World War II when Japan was forced to ration food to extreme measures (Hiesinger 39)‚ the Japanese people’s fear of become a Western sub-colony coupled with “their flexible attitude towards cultural variance (Sparke 10)‚” ushered them into economic and
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led the United States into civil war? There are many factors that lead into the beginning of the Civil War‚ but most of the disagreements arose from one problem: slavery. During this time‚ the nation was split into two: half of which supported slavery‚ and the other strongly against it. The Northerners were strongly against slavery while the Southerners supported it. Not only are there many causes of the Civil War; there were also many effects that emerged from the war (The American Vision 345).
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Eric Lane English 1020 Tim Parker 11/9/12 The Civil War and Appalachian Geography Did Appalachian geography have an effect on the civil war? Every major war in history has two things in common: a winner and a loser. There are many factors of war that decide the winner and the loser‚ some going unnoticed. The geography of a war has an impacting affect on the war and is sometimes overlooked‚ often leading to one side’s downfall (Falls 5). Appalachia has a fluctuating geography‚ for it ranges
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Civil War The American Civil War is one of the most significant events that occurred in the United States of America. The Civil War‚ also appropriately known as the War between the States‚ was fought from 1861-1865. This war involved the rivalry between the states of the Northern and Southern territories. The War was declared when the Southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy‚ a new government‚ of the south. There has been many disputes over which societal events led
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