The Union consisted of twenty-three northern states like‚ Maine‚ New York‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Pennsylvania‚ New Jersey‚ and several others. Their president was Abraham Lincoln. In most areas the north was ahead of the south. For starters‚ it consisted of more people in general‚ and because it had more states‚ therefore it had more people enlisted in the military. The Union was more advanced when it came to the industrial and agricultural aspects. It obtained all its advances‚ by having the
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The South began the civil war with a bleak outset‚ their only hope being their skilled generals and the stance of a defensive war‚ but despite what historians may say it was the North that underestimated the South. Prior to the start of the war the obvious winner would be the North for they held the most ascendancy in the splitting nation. The North contained seventy percent of the country’s railroads which gave them the lead in the swiftness to travel. Troops‚ supplies‚ and weapons could be
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American Providentialism through Eras Centuries ago John Winthrop preached on board Arbella to the people full of hopes and desires for their new life. He talked about the beautiful Promised Land and the new paradise on earth. Winthrop’s motivational speech “A Model of Christian Charity” was supposed to encourage people on board Arbella to fulfill their destiny and create a pure society just like God intended them to. The inhabitants of the New World were chosen by God to create a new society
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Rhetorical Analysis Before entering his second presidential election‚ Abraham Lincoln addressed a war torn nation to persuade the North and South to come back together‚ while regarding the South’s fault. The president manipulates several rhetorical strategies and devices to achieve his purpose. His reassuring tone alone with parallelism‚ biblical allusions and personification allow him to help unify the divided country and chastise the South. Lincoln sets the stage for his speech with a subtle
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Tammi Sweet Appalachian Studies March 8‚ 2011 Pre Modern Appalachia I read a little history for Pre modern Appalachia and learned that from 1770 to 1820 pre modern Appalachian Mountains was settled primarily by people with Scottish roots. They were mostly from Scotland and Northern Ireland. They engaged in a “kitchen garden” economy (Gary Farley). This basically just means they made the land their own and lived strictly off of the land. People during this time were more interested
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The Union had many advantages during the Civil War. The Union had leaders that were far more valuable than the ones that the Confederacy had. The valuable leaders that the Union had possessed were Ulysses S. Grant‚ Philip Sheridan‚ and Abraham Lincoln. The Union was in the middle of an industrial revolution at the same time as the Civil War which meant that they had a booming economy. The Union had organized banks and had easy access to the supplies that they had needed. The Union had a significantly
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The North won the Civil War‚ but there were hundreds of thousands on both sides who had died. Yet‚ despite being a time of pain and struggle‚ there was so much opportunity for change. In addition to the end of slavery‚ the war was supposed to create economic opportunities for everyone. It seemed like many thought the Civil War was a Second American Revolution. Reconstruction‚ the rebuilding period after the Civil War‚ was a time of great uncertainty in the country caused by the tension between radical
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“The post-war era is considered one of the low points in the history of Southern literature.”(Hedblad) There is no doubt that the Civil War was the most impactful conflict the United States had to face. This war armed brother against brother in bloody battles from 1861 to 1865. The Civil War brought division upon a nation and tested the strength of its people. After fighting the Civil War‚ many Americans reflected on the values that formed the nation‚ placing in consideration whether those values
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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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The government may have tried to get the North and the South to come to a compromise on their differences during the 1800’s‚ but the Civil War was a completely inevitable event. One of the most notable differences between the North and the South was their stances on who should have more power in government. Northerners believed that federal government should be the one to decide whether slavery was to be abolished or not. The South disagreed since they felt that states should be independent‚ and
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