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 enjoyed
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1. The Civil War will claim 600‚000 American lives. According to the reading that is the equivalent of how many Trade Tower attacks? The death toll of the Civil War is equivalent to a Trade Tower disaster occurring every Tuesday for four years. 2. Why would the framers of the Constitution not even mention the word ’slavery’ in the Constitution? The framers of the Constitution didn’t mention the word ‘slavery’ because they feared that the Southern states would not then join the new government
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The Civil War During both the civil war and civil war reconstruction time periods‚ there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation‚ as well as legislation such as the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth amendments‚ was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of secession by the South marked a definite triumph for Nationalism. As well‚ the government was involved in altercations of its own. During reconstruction‚ the legislative and executive
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The Story of an Hour by Chopin and The Machine That Won the War by Asimov. These three stories have many things in common‚ but they are also very different. The Interlopers is about two warring neighbors who get lost in their woods‚ and find themselves in a big predicament. The Story of an Hour is about a lady who finds out that her husband has died‚ and her reactions to the news. The Machine That Won the War is about three men after a war in the future and their arguments on who their victory
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Abraham Lincoln ’s ability to speak with eloquence and force is what won the Civil War; there can be no doubt about it. His role as a motivator and often an inspiring teacher to all had more of an effect on the troops and the American people than a loss or a victory of any battle ever did. Lincoln ’s speeches are some of the most celebrated in history for many good reasons. He was always aware of his audience and never failed to impress with his use of logic and knowledge. However‚ what are most
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During 1861 Tennessee was divided into three grand divisions. Some confederate states and unionists. Battled for their own political war to see which way Tennessee would go as the confederate states of America. During the battle they threated Tennessee if they didn’t leave the union franklin country withdrew this threat. In East Tennessee most residents remained loyal to the Union. Tennessee joined the Confederacy in 1861 but Tennessee soldiers served in both the Union and Confederate armies. Tennessee
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Brothers fighting brothers‚ a country imploding in itself‚ the world is an antithesis of what auspicious t it is today. A country separated by gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and class is that really a Union? The Civil War has begun‚ a fight not yet for the freedom of slaves but a fight to mold two sides of a coin into one. The oppressed brethren are reluctant to fight and why shouldn’t they be through all the injustices the Union has placed upon them? Regardless‚ Alfred M. Green delivers a speech in an
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THE CIVIL WAR:WHY DID TEXANS FIGHT? THE CIVIL WAR WAS A SAD TIME FOR TEXANS AND AMERICANS‚ AS IT DIVIDED THE COUNTRY INTO TWO OPPOSING SIDES.BETWEEN 1861 AND 1865‚ 75‚000 TEXANS WENT TO WAR.WHAT WERE THE REASONS TEXAS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR.TEXANS WENT TO WAR STATES’ RIGHTS‚TO DEFEND THE STATE THEY LOVE AND TO PERSERVE SLAVERY. ONE REASON TEXANS FOUGHT FOR THE SOUTH IN THE CIVIL WAR WAS FOR STATES’ RIGHTS.THE TEXAS STATE GASETTE EDITORAIL‚ IT SUPPORTS THE RIGHT OF SECESSION
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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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In the nineteenth century‚ the great nation of America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however‚ by 1850‚ tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery‚ and the zeal that many people had in defending
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