winning the Civil War. The Union believed it and the other countries believed it. The Union struggled with their military leaders and they weren’t familiar with the South’s land. The struggles that the North had before Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War. The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so the perception of them “winning” came about. The South had claimed
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Antebellum period occurred in the United States just before the Civil War. The United States was becoming a successful nation. The country lead in cotton producing and had developed several industries‚ which in the future‚ surpasses that of European nations. Prior to the Civil War‚ the North and South had many differences that helped shape the antebellum period. The north was very successful because the economy was based on manufacturing. The north could not have farms because the soil was rocky and the
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Name Mrwan Otman_ Chapter 20 “Girding for War: The North and the South 1861-1865” I. the menace of secession A. What were the key assertions Lincoln voiced in his inaugural address of March‚ 1861? He said splitting the country up is not possible because geographic reasons. B. If/when the South seceded‚ what issued remained unresolved? How much national debt would the south take if they left? What would happen to runaway slaves? Europe would be happy if US split up and became
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The Civil War ended on April 9‚ 1865 and America had to be rebuilt. This was the beginning of Reconstruction. Most would look at this period as the most misunderstood and controversial eras in the history of America. The roles of ex—slaves after the Civil War ended went through many changes. Many African Americans post civil war played great significant roles as they hurdled the obstacles they were faced while making great contributions to numerous levels of society. Reconstruction was very short—lived
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The south and north had both felt confident they both could win the civil war; however the north won the war victoriously. I perceived upon my reading the historic roots of the north union army history and my thoughts regarding why the north union army would indeed win the civil war. George Washington was born in Virginia‚ which was considered a southern state and would be naturally a part of the confederacy. George Washington lived and died in Mount Vernon Virginia; however during his life span
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Grant has won an impressive amount of victories against the beloved Confederacy. At the Battle of Petersburg the Union won and has shocked our leaders. Many of our leaders have fled our glorious capital of Richmond for fear of the upcoming battle for our capital. The general leading this horrendous attack against our independence is Hiram Ulysses Grant. Evacuation of the capital will start soon. Our great army of the Confederacy will keep on fighting for the independence of our nation and stop
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Immediately following the civil war‚ there was great controversy over what to do with the states that attempted secession from the United States. It was clearly not as simply as reinstating their statehood‚ as this would send the message that not cooperating with the federal government is acceptable. In order to facilitate the reentry of the states into the union‚ an era of reconstruction ushered in. This would be a time of many ambitious efforts by congress to expand the civil rights of African-Americans
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sides in this war enjoyed their own unique advantages which they believed would be enough to ensure a quick victory. The Union population of 22 million was greater than the Confederate population of 9 million. Further‚ the North was better able to supply those armies because it produced far more than did the South. Agriculture was the cornerstone of the Southern economy‚ commerce and industry were more important to the Northern economy. So the north could produce its needs‚ and the South had to rely
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Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ the country needed to be fixed and rebuilt. A period of Reconstruction followed the war. However‚ with so many people gaining instant citizenship and for nowhere for them to go‚ it is easy to see that the rebuilding of the country was a failure. In the mid-1800’s‚ the major source of income for the south was obviously cotton. This was done on small farms‚ but mostly on large plantations. The physical labor was done by slaves in many instances‚ and each slave
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attempt to win the war. This Battle will go down in history as the biggest and bloodiest battle with the most overall casualties during World War II. While trying to regain the Harbor‚ the battle had covered regions of Belgium‚ The Ardennes‚ Luxembourg‚ and Germany. The main focus was to split up the Allied armies. Hitler attacked the American forces at night during the winter and managed to catch them off-guard. America had high casualty rates from not only fighting the war but also dealing with
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