Margaret in North and South Gender Roles & Role Reversal Margaret‚ through her characterization and interactions with the male characters in North and South‚ both represents the gender role of her time‚ as well as subverts‚ and even goes as far as to reverse roles with the opposite gender. Her strong willpower and tendency to be dominant contributes to this. * S - p. 39 ‘Margaret did dislike it‚ did shrink from it more than from anything she had ever had to do in her life before... It
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beloved country broke out in a bloody massacre of the North states against the South‚ they called it the Civil War. hen it was over and the North won‚ the bonds weren’t as strong as before and the war had hit the USA harder than expected. President Lincoln made a plan to save our country called REconstruction‚ he wanted 10% of white southern men to take an oath of loyalty and they were off the hook for almost destroying the country. North or South: Who killed Reconstruction? The definition of reconstruction
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If you take a look at America’s history‚ you will see that the deadliest war was the Civil War. Spanning over 4 years and 600‚000 deaths‚ you may think that what was fought over was silly and that they could’ve simply prevented the war. The supposed “silly” thing that was fought over was slavery. Sure‚ maybe it could’ve been prevented if slavery wasn’t a big part of America‚ but it certainly was not preventable when it was an economic‚ political‚ and social issue. When slavery is the backbone for
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Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing
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Ever since the day the South surrendered to the North in May of 1865‚ Americans have argued on why the South lost. Others argued that the South never had chance to win the war‚ yet more than half a million people were killed‚ homes were lost and destroyed and families were torn apart. There are many theories to explain this‚ many arguing that the South never had a chance to win the Civil War to begin with‚ for the North out numbered and had better resources than the South at almost every point‚ militarily
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The Civil War that raged across America from 1861-1865 was the result of a gradual polarization of the nation. Even though the North and the South were part of the same country‚ the societies‚ economies‚ and geography made it so that they were like two different nations. One of the things that shaped every aspect of life was the geography. The fertile soil and warm climate of the South made it ideal to plant crops like tobacco‚ cotton‚ rice‚ and indigo. Because farm work was so profitable to the
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The American South represents the more agricultural sector of the United States; it was and in some places is still quite far behind the Northern sectors of America. Northerners tended to be better educated than their southern partners. The North also had a much larger population than the South with a 21.5 million population‚ whilst the south had a population of 9 million. The fundamental differences between the two can be classified through religion‚ the slave movement as well as the agricultural
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slavery the South was driven by it‚ while the North wasn’t. In the North it has bad soil while in the South they had great soil. Also in the North they came for religious freedom while in the South they came for money. Although they had these difference they all came from England. People settled in the North and South Colonies for different reasons based on geography and culture‚ they had a different way of life‚ but also did things similarly. Although both the North and the South had slavery
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The South had every opportunity to win the war. Even When they seemed doomed‚ England was there‚ ready to jump in. When the North issued the Emancipation Proclamation‚ all p\\hope was lost. They lost England’s support. They were stuck in a losing battle. Suppose‚ however‚ that the North did not have this chance. That the South took it out from under them. That the South freed their slaves. It seems next to impossible‚ yet completely possible‚ though not probable. Lee was love‚if he was supporte
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The Civil War was the one bloodiest war in American history. But it was also arguably the most important war in America. It was a battle to end slavery and give African American the same life that a White American had. The war was fought between the North (against slavery) and South (for slavery). Abraham Lincoln was a very important part in the Civil War as he believed that slavery wasn’t right. And with his leadership‚ slavery would be no more in America. But it is what happens after the Civil War
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