WHAT CAUSED THE CIVIL WAR? BY:SAMRIN KHAN In the early nineteenth century‚ Americans tend to resolve their political disputes through compromise‚ yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. This is because of Taxes‚ slavery‚ Manifest Destiny‚ Texas Migration‚ development of new Political parties. Before 1860 United States had one third of the territory that we have today. United States was divided into two parts‚ north and south. Between the North and South there were disputes about slavery
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vil warCivil war -The civil war was the bloodiest war the united states History‚ it claimed more lives than the American Revolutionary war‚ World War I‚ World War ii‚ the war of 1812 and all the other American wars put together. From the Beginning of the war in 1838‚ to the time it ended in 1845‚ more than 900 million soldiers were killed. - The war started as the result of a dispute the north and the south had‚ because certain southern states and certain northern states regarding slavery and taxation
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The American Civil War and also known as the War Between the States was a war fought from 1861 up to 1865 between the Northern and Southern United States. The war has led to over 618‚000 casualties. There were several reasons to why the Civil War has occurred in the United States. Firstly‚ the Northern and the Southern have different economies. With the invention of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin in 1793‚ cotton became very profitable. This machine reduces the time taken to separate the seeds from the
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of the battles that were fought throughout The Revolutionary War. Some of the adventures and sufferings of both men gives its readers a direct perception of what life was like for them. The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government‚ which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British
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The civil war was one of the most deadly wars our country has ever faced. It was between two different sides of people who believed in different ideas but lived in the same country. The start of the Civil War was really key. It showed which side the North or the South would have the advantage at winning the war. The side which I think had an advantage was the North because of the factories they had. The good army officers they had. The fact that the war was also not in their territory so many of
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terrorizing those people they disliked. The KKK group operated throughout the South during the Reconstruction era. The Ku Klux Klan’s long history of violence grew out of the resentment and hatred many white southerners felt in the aftermath of the Civil War. Blacks‚ having won the struggle for freedom from slavery‚ were now faced with a new struggle against widespread racism and the terrorism of the Klan. The Ku Klux Klan terrorized African Americans by putting fear into their lives. The Ku Klux Klan
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3 branches of the U.S. federal government. 1. Explain the role of the legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branches. The role of the Legislative Branch is that they are the only branch that can create new laws. They have an enormous amount of power. Elections are held every two years for the House and every six years for the Senate. The have two parts one is the House of representatives and the other is the Senate. The people elect them. (Pg 9)Makes the laws The role of the Executive branch
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Biography of Robert E. Lee and his role in the Civil War Robert E Lee was born on January 19th‚ 1807 to a mother by the name of Ann Carter. Lee’s father was a commander in the revolutionary war‚ and even had a nickname called “light horse Harry”. Who was praised for his efficiency on the battle field and by his men. He was very stern with his men and always put the American cause first. He even once decapitated one of his men that deserted and ran to the enemy‚ He sent the head of the deserter to
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At first the civil War was about saving the Union‚ but it became much more when the debate of slavery in the North and South came about. Sectionalism became a problem. Copperheads were Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War; they wanted peace in the South. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States. Davis argued against secession‚ he was not as successful as President Lincoln. In the 1860’s‚ soldiers of the Union and the Confederate started deserting the army. The North and
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Inaugural Address and Success is Counted Sweetest were referenced about the Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address took Socrate’s rhetorical approach in that Lincoln tried to influence the souls of his audience. Dickinson’s Success is Counted Sweetest was less direct to her audience but nonetheless conveyed her message go triumph being more significant to he who failed rather than to he who attained victory. The Civil War‚ according to Lincoln‚ was God’s will for punishment against the slavery
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