On the eve of the Civil War‚ the United States was a nation divided into four quite distinct regions: the Northeast‚ with a growing industrial and commercial economy and an increasing density of population; the Northwest‚ now known as the Midwest‚ a rapidly expanding region of free farmers where slavery had been forever prohibited under the Northwest Ordinance; the Upper South‚ with a settled plantation system and (in some areas) declining economic fortunes; and the Southwest‚ a booming frontier-like
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In the years leading up to the Civil War there were three major compromises that were passed and one compromise that was drafted but never voted on. The compromises covered are The Missouri Compromise‚ The Compromise of 1850‚ and Crittenden’s Compromise; which was never acted upon by congress. These three compromises tried‚ and failed to‚ deal with the increasing sectionalism between the north and the south over the issue of slavery from 1820 to 1861. At the time the compromises were written there
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Savery The American Civil War was one of the most defining moment in American history. It lasted from 1861 until 1865. Because the Northern and Southern states could not resolve their conflicts involving whether or not American would continue to be one of the largest slave-holding countries‚ it caused a division between the two. Along with the issue of slavery brought many economic and political disagreements that divided the states furthermore. Northern victory in the war preserved the United States
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What if your country was divided? North and South‚ Yankees and Rebels‚ The Union and The Confederacy. This is exactly what happened in the U.S. back in the 1860’s. In 1860 a man named Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the U.S. president. Lincoln was a northerner and opposed slavery. Fearing this would mark the end of slavery 11 southern states seceded from the Union‚ Texas was one of those states. About one month later the Civil War began and Texas was a big part of the war. But the question is‚
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1. Examine the social‚ political‚ and economic impact of civil war on the South‚ its values‚ and its people. Social: * Increased urban growth * Cities grew because of the shift towards manufacturing‚ growth of bureaucratic agencies to oversee manufacturing‚ RR‚ shipping‚ tax collection. * Urban growth resulted in the expansion of construction jobs‚ transportation developments * Changed roles for women * Headed households and performed men’s work *
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of the Civil War through its opposition to the repealing of the Missouri Compromise‚ sectional bias‚ and nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidential Election of 1860. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ not daring to upset the balance between the total number of states with either stance. This law also forbade the extension of slavery into any area north of the 36°30′ latitude line in the
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building of forts‚ but also in gathering of military intelligence. If we examine the initial contraband‚ James‚ Mallory‚ and Townsend‚ they provided essential intel that was beneficial to the Union war efforts. The author also examines how vital free blacks and enslaved were “invaluable ally” to both the Union and the Confederacy. It was as the Union army pushed further onto their campaign and expanded the perimeter line with Fort Monroe‚ that it increases the need of the escaped slave’s military
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What did the women wear during the Civil War Era? The women wore at least seven layers under their dresses everyday. The first layer would be their bloomers/plantlets‚ which were made of cotton and would come below the knee or to the ankle‚ depending on which they were wearing. Usually‚ a young lady would wear those that would go to the knee‚ the more mature and older women would wear them longer‚ to the ankles. The second layer was the Chemise. It wasn’t made of more than a cotton nightgown that
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period after the civil war. It was during this time that America was beginning to clean up from the war and rebuild the country. The north and south were finally coming back together‚ and that brought great changes to America. The ways of living before were different compared to what they were during and after the reconstruction. New laws and acts were being set in place to prevent another war from breaking out again and to maintain peace and justice that had been accomplished from the war ending. During
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to find out why the Civil War actually started‚ and what the consequences of the war were. To find out this I need to know a little more about the history of the Civil War. The causes of most wars are often very complex‚ but in the America civil war it came down to two major issues‚ slavery and the protection of the Union. In the North‚ they were growing richer all the time as industry developed fast. The workers were mostly immigrants with low wages. The South didn’t have these resources‚ and
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