Many outside factors were believed to affect the Civil War’s outcome; everything from clothing‚ weather conditions‚ weapons‚ and food. The factor that most affected the war’s outcome was the food. The North had a great amount and variety of food. The South’s food started off the same way‚ but it quickly deteriorated. The southern soldiers began to pillage farms to find food they wanted or the soldiers would desert and go home while they would have food. These were factors that could have been prevented
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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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result of winning The new territory it also created a lot of tension among the United States congress. The main reason was over slavery‚ if it would be allowed over the territory that was just won by the United States which began the compromise of 1850. Both sides were against one another‚ several congressmen saw this as a opportunity the south to increase farmland and for slavery and the northern congressmen saw these states to create a bigger country and taxable land to put in place a strong representation
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The Chinese Civil War Evaluate the reasons for the success of Mao and the communists gaining support during the Chinese Civil war. By: Chia Ni Wu 13th May‚ 2010 Teacher’s Name: Mr. Smith Total Number of Pages: 11 {2‚903 words} Table of Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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2 Slavery In The Constitutional Convention In the spring of 1787‚ fifty-five men representing twelve states traveled to Philadelphia to participate in drafting a new constitution. During the final days of the convention‚ in the month of August‚ the issue of slavery came up. Slavery was a major cause of sectional crisis in nineteenth century America. Northern representatives detested the slave trade and wanted it to end immediately‚ while Southerners avoided using the word "slavery" and
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Was the Civil War a Just War? The Vindication of Clement Vallandigham Clement Vallandigham believed the American Civil War was unjust and as a result he was “tried by court-martial‚ convicted‚ and sentenced to a term in a military prison during the continuance of the war” (234). Vallandigham’s loyalty was not to President Lincoln but to the principles that this country was supposed to stand for. The Declaration of Independence says the government is established by the people in order to protect
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Reconstruction was a twelve-year period (1865–1877) of rebuilding that followed the Civil War (1861–1865)‚ a conflict between the United States (the Union; states mostly located in the North) and states in the South (the Confederacy). The Confederacy took stand for their independence while the Union fought for the preservation of their region. Each conflicting side had their set goal in the Civil War. However‚ after the War and Reconstruction the South emerged to be profoundly different from the antebellum
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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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Civil war From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For other uses‚ see civil war (disambiguation). See list of civil wars for individual examples. A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture‚ society or nationality fight for political power or control of an area. Some civil wars are also categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency‚ whether successful or not‚ is likely to be classified
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in America The Civil Rights Movement was a time of changes in America. It has changed the way society has acted towards each other and improved the lives of minorities. The Civil Rights Movement has also helped racism in America even though racism is still a problem it has become much better. It has helped other countries around the world and changed the way people think towards each other. The way people treat each other has improved and made the country stronger. The Civil Rights Movement
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