How could America rebuild itself after the civil war? Post civil war‚ America was bruised and bloodied from the warring factions. Ultimately the Union won‚ but how would it incorporate the defeated South back into the Union? The best strategy that the Northern government could collectively pass was the Reconstruction Plan. The Reconstruction Plan focused on punishing the south by helping freedmen and establishing their (limited) rights‚ preventing confederate soldiers from voting‚ and having almost
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During the decades leading up to the Civil War‚ the American people argued and compromised over the sensitive subject of slavery. It seems that the inflammation caused by slavery had reached its peak by the beginning of the war in 1861‚ and suddenly exploded at the battle of Fort Sumner. But did slavery really play the main role in igniting the American Civil War? Prior to the war it looked as if the government got stronger and more influential in the decisions of southern states in an attempt to
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The American Civil War was fought over few reasons‚ but slavery is thought to be the major reason for the war and even today‚ slavery is "front and center" as the reason for the war. Ultimately‚ the American Civil War was the result of economic‚ social‚ and political differences between the Northern States and the Southern States. As we all know‚ the South’s economy was driven by cotton grow‚ which needed a great work force‚ in this case slaves. Some of the Northern states had abolished slavery‚
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Kansas played a big role in the Civil War before and after it became a state. While Kansas was becoming a state‚ there was an outrage on slavery in the United States. The Northern states fought for anti-slavery while the Southern states wanted to include slavery in the state. Kansas had many battles while in the Civil War‚ and the brave men of Kansas fought hard and long to protect their wives and children living with them in their state. Although many people were trying to make Kansas a confederate
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role women played during‚ and after the civil war in the 1860’s‚ one can see how the female figure gained‚ and earned enterprise‚ fortitude‚ and respect for their bravery‚ for leaping at the opportunity of adventure by joining the war‚ and for their service. This was a time that war significantly affected the lives of women striving to improve their educational and social standing in a world where only men could reach positions of power. The American Civil War was an era when women lived in a man’s
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What were the fundamental differences between southern society and northern society in the decades leading up to the Civil War? Before the war there were great changes that occurred in the United States. The North was rapidly industrializing that created a separation between the North and the agricultural South. Both the North and South did have some similarities‚ but the differences between the North and South gradually lead to the Civil War. There were many similarities between The North and South
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Fail to Succeed Hello‚ I would like to introduce you to a different way of thinking about failure. Most of us know or see successful people in our daily lives. Some of us wonder if we will ever be successful. Some of us think that the successful person has always been this way. I have even heard people comment that success was given to that successful person. Either way you look at it or whatever you think about success. I can assure you most of the successful people you see became successful
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The Bourbon Triumvirate The Bourbon Triumvirate was a group of three politicians (Joseph E. Brown‚ Alfred H. Colquitt‚ and John B. Gordon) who dominated Georgia politics for over 20 years. These men‚ who all had been key figures during the Civil War‚ rotated positions as governor and U.S. Senator from the 1870s to 1890s. They held a common interest in developing the railroad and mining industries in Georgia‚ serving the interest of those men who were part of the old antebellum planter class‚ and
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the South could have won the Civil War with a few adjustments. Notice how the South’s largest production is cotton‚ compared to the North. The North had a balance of different types of production‚ which enabled the soldiers to be easily equipped with materials and accumulate wealth. One of the major reasons why the South lost was that it spent more on cotton production instead of increasing the other types of production. If it spent more on the different types‚ it could have won. The South depended
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Who killed reconstruction?Why did they kill reconstruction?South or North?It is definitely a topic that is important in American history.Reconstruction is a an era after the Civil War when the south was absolutely destroyed‚getting the economy back up‚and seeing what to with the “Freedmen”.Since most of the war was mostly fought in the south‚the entire south was burned down‚all the buildings or houses had bullet holes or cannon shots in them‚which was all part of the reconstruction.There were all
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