The Civil War would go down in history as a moral crusade‚ and in the efforts to free black slaves‚ many heroes would emerge. During 1861 to 1870‚ African Americans would heavily influence the outcome of the civil war‚ as well as what would happen after the war. African Americans played both active roles in the civil war and reform afterwards‚ but both roles were critical to the more modernized plans that would be created. One active member that positively affected the civil war was Frederick Douglass
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American Civil War. The Civil War was a brutal‚ bloody war between states involving men and women. Prior to the American Civil War‚ women devoted their lives to service inside the home. However‚ with the beginning of the Civil War‚ the lives of many women changed forever. The role of women drastically changed when women were put into male positions and succeeded. Many women started to realize what they were capable of and began influencing other women to engage in Civil War efforts. The Civil War challenged
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Name: Date: Ch.3 AP Government More Practice Questions 1. Federal officials’ perceptions of national needs came to dominate the allocation of federal grants during the A) Reagan administration. B) Great Depression. C) World War II era. D) post–Civil War era. E) 1960s and 1970s. 2. During the 1960s and 1970s‚ federal grants to states were increasingly based on A) the demands of the individual states. B) what state officials perceived to be important state needs. C) the power
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When a nation develops their government the ideas of national‚ state‚ and local governments become a point of interest. Should there be small state and local governments? Should there only be a national government? The United States of America has a federal government. Federalism is a split government system with state and local governments as well as a national government. There certainly is advantages to both levels of government. However‚ if there are advantages‚ then‚ undoubtedly‚ there are disadvantages
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during the American Civil War between the Armies of the Union and the Confederacy. The bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place in the fields of Pennsylvania starting the morning of the first of July 1863‚ ending on the third of July. Over 600 Field Artillery pieces were used in the conflict on both sides (Coco‚ 2004). The Battle of Gettysburg played a key role in the evolution and incorporation of Field Artillery on the battlefield. In the decades leading up to the Civil War‚ American artillery
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know what powers do the federal and state governments have? Well‚ the author will explain in detail what power is extended to the two levels of government. She will also explain the limitations that they both have. The author will describe the similarities that are between the state and federal government. Please enjoy the world of government that the author will take you through. The federal government was given many powers that people don ’t know. The federal government ’s powers are stated in
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WOMAN OF THE CIVIL WAR There have been many strong‚ intelligent women throughout our country’s history. Unfortunately‚ many have often gone unnoticed‚ undocumented or their accomplishments often overshadowed by their male counterparts. Some of them were homemakers‚ some were nurses‚ some served as spies‚ soldiers‚ daughters‚ sisters‚ mothers‚ etc. but all of them had one thing in common. They all contributed in the help of shaping our nation‚ and without these women our country would not have been
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Harriet Tubman: One of the most influential and essential woman of the civil war era. Not only was she a conductor of the underground railroad‚ but she was a Union spymaster. What is a union spymaster you may ask ? Well a Union spymaster is the leading spy‚ or one of the leading spies of the Union. She demonstrated intelligence that could be considered advanced for the era‚ although espionage could have existed long before the civil war. Along with helping slaves through the underground railroad‚ she
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confederate‚ and federal systems of government. The unitary government is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single and central agency. The central government creates local units of government for its own convenience and needs. Most governments in the world are unitary. Great Britain is an example of a unitary government. The Parliament holds all the power of the British government. Local governments do exist but
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The Civil War affected many lives; not only during those years but in future years to come. The war directly affected not only men‚ but women as well by laying the groundwork for a powerful movement demanding equal rights. By examining women’s roles during the Civil War one can conclude that by women defying “proper roles” and by ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment propelled the women’s suffrage movement into legal documents that can be freely exercised. Women abolitionists vying for the end of slavery
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