dark practice in history‚ and nothing more. While slavery certainly was cruel‚ its existence did end up playing a major role in the young nation’s history. Slavery was common throughout the American colonies since 1619‚ when the first slaves arrived‚ and continued to prevail for the next two centuries. Since the colonies were near the coast and relied heavily on agriculture‚ “the demand for labor far exceeded the supply‚ and slavery was an obvious solution to the problem” (Cunion 1). Slavery helped the
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Is it reasonable to fight against your own country? 1861 is when the Civil war started. Many states had already left the union to form a group of states called the Confederacy. Texas was the seventh state to leave the Union and to join the others. This is when America started to fall apart. Texans fought in the Civil War because of slavery‚ state rights‚ and their love of Texas. Texans fought in the Civil War because they wanted slavery. In Texas there were 182‚566 slaves‚ which made up 30% of
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published in both The Journal of the Civil War Era and Civil War History I have a far better understanding of the many different subfields that make up the historical study of the Civil War. My response to the question which prompted this essay would be that I consider myself to be a military Civil War historian. However‚ I am not a military historian in the traditional sense. I am interested in studying the military strategies used by the great military minds of the Civil War‚ but that is not all I am interested
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Spanish Civil War? (10) The Spanish Civil war was a very important event that happened in 1936 between the Republicans and the Nationalists‚led by General Francisco Franco. Although it did not make World War II inevitable‚ it increased the likelihood of a general war a great deal. The war had a tremendous impact on Spain itself‚ leaving much of the state’s economic and social infrastructure in ruins and leaving thousands dead. There were varies foreign interventions in the Spanish Civil War by different
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Of the 3‚211‚067 people involved in the Civil War‚ about 23‚000 of them were women paid to be nurses or spies. These numbers don’t even include the women who stayed back and were the support on the home front. Women such as Elizabeth Van Lew‚ Clara Barton‚ Elizabeth Blackwell and so many more are the kind of women that changed the events of this war. Without spies that gave crucial information like Elizabeth Van Lew‚ nurses who gave live saving care like Clara Barton and supporters that gave necessary
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technological advancements were implemented during the Civil War. Some of these include the introduction of the ironclad to naval warfare. The use of the railroad to speed armies and supplies around the country‚ high speed communication via the telegraph‚ the use of rifles that would change tactical warfare forever and the introduction of new medical practices and ambulance corps. One of the major technological advancements brought on by the Civil War was the introduction of the Ironclad into battle. These
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Medicine in the American Civil War The Civil War brought change to American medical care due to troubles soldiers faced on the battlefield. The camps and battlefields were ridden with‚ poor sanitation‚ tight quarters‚ and many contagious and infectious diseases for which there was no immunization. 200‚000 soldiers died of battle injuries‚ however‚ diseases such as dysentery‚ typhoid fever‚ small pox‚ and malaria‚ made up ⅔ of the casualties in the war. (Dixon). In addition‚ there was no way to transport
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Internships are an important part of the growing experience for an individual; they can help determine what one would like to pursue for a future career‚ and what one would not like to do. My time interning with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine was overall an amazing experience. I now possess an overall understanding of the tasks of a collection manager must deal with on a day-to-day basis. I tackled a multitude of projects while working with Kate McDaniel‚ the projects consisted of dealing
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The Civil War Summary The American Civil War‚ 1861–1865‚ resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. With the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent passage of the XIII‚ XIV and XV amendments to the Constitution‚ the Civil War’s lasting effects include abolishing the institution of slavery in America and firmly redefining the United States as a single‚ indivisible nation rather than
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Civil War Amendments For four long years‚ a war raged on‚ a war being fought for the freedom of slaves. These men and women were held in bondage and seen as property by their owners. Brothers fought against brothers‚ to preserve the union‚ but also for the rights of African- Americans held in slavery. The war’s end brought a victory for the Union and freedom for the slaves. With Lincoln’s influence‚ constitutional amendments were ratified that provided the newly freed slaves with the right to vote
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