The Civil War was a long war between the northern and southern states. The southern states seceded from the union‚ creating the Confederate States of America with their president as Jefferson Davis. This caused many years of violence with the union fighting for a united nation‚ and the confederacy fighting for secession. The war ended with a union victory‚ but it brought many consequences. The most significant of these consequences are the destruction of lives and property‚ the emancipation of slaves
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The Civil War is remembered by its struggles. The things that men were put through in order to win. Throughout the civil war‚ there were many deaths from not only the fighting but sometimes the lack thereof. Sitting in the camps‚ soldiers were free to catch deadly diseases. These diseases could have been prevented had they had sufficient doctors and nurses. Men were constantly trying to be fit into the little room that hospitals had‚ and fit into the tight schedules that doctors and nurses were trying
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Strong federal government vs Strong state government “Most bad governments have grown out of too much government‚” Thomas Jefferson once said. The question is‚ how do we know when our government is too strong? That’s a question that takes a lot of thinking about. Or‚ is our state government too strong? Sadly‚ most people have no idea what their state government is doing‚ trying to do‚ or putting to the side. Everyone is always too busy thinking or questioning about our president‚ and never paying
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Unicameral Congress 1 House/ Congress Each state had one vote Delegates were chosen by state legislature What gov’t could do under AC Conduct Foreign Affairs Wage War Could create postal service Borrow money Determine the value of money What the Nat’l gov’t couldn’t do under AC Power to enforce policies on states Federal gov’t couldn’t collect taxes Congress realizes they need to create a new doc. Philadelphia‚ May-Sept 187 55 delegates were there Every state other than Rhode Island
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-The Civil War is a Present Struggle- The Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in history- more than 620‚000 people died by fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. All those lives that got sacrificed‚ but‚ we still‚ to this day‚ fail to understand the reasons they perished for they stood for what was right in their eyes. The Union was anti-slavery and despised the act. They fought to make sure that in the future‚ slavery and racism wouldn’t exist anymore. The Confederacy fought for the fact
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the three branches of the federal government and their powers? Give an example of how one branch might check the power of another branch. The United States Government is designed so that no one part of the government has too much power‚ the creators of the Constitution were diligent in outlining the structure of our government in the Articles. The division of power is outlined specifically in the first three articles. The three branches of the federal government consist of the executive branch
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U.S. Civil War in 1861. But the three biggest causes were states rights versus federal rights‚ the abolition movement‚ and the controversy of allowing slavery in the territories. Although these may appear to be vague‚ it was the events inside that made the difference. The South had a vested interest in not allowing the federal government to interfere with their state rights. The South claimed the federal government is prohibited by the tenth amendment-which implies the federal government is limited
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1. Robert E. Lee fought in the Mexican-American War and was the confederate leader in the Civil War. 2. Thomas “Stonewell” Jackson was a confederate general who stopped the Union at Bull Run. 3. George B. McClellan was a general in the Civil War and formed the Peninsula Campaign. 4. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women doctor who helped with the U.S Sanitary Commission. 5. Ulysses S. Grant was the Union general and the 18th president. 6. Copperheads were northern democrats who agreed with the
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The Civil War: Tuscaloosa’s Involvement Throughout history‚ America has been involved in many wars. No war hit quite as close to home as the Civil War. Brothers fought against brothers‚ and families were torn apart. Living in the United States during this time was rough‚ but living in the south was even harder. Tuscaloosa‚ being so close to the University of Alabama‚ played a significant role in the Civil War; it is important to understand Tuscaloosa’s involvement in the Civil War. The
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beginning of change in the role of the federal government. Most of his new ideas aimed at creating new jobs almost always require the assistance of government fundings. Because of this‚ the government started spending more and more money in the 1930’s than it was recieving‚ this which as a reprocution ended uo creating a huge deficit. Some people during this period‚ believed that the government was now pushing its powers way too far‚ disreguarding what the Federal Government has done and started critisizing
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