Weapons of the Civil War Many traditional weapons were used in the Civil War‚ from knives to muskets‚ and bayonets to cannons. There was new technology that was introduced into warfare‚ through the Civil War‚ like rifled gun barrels‚ the Minie ball‚ and repeating rifles. A rifled gun barrel is the barrel of a rifle which has ridges grooved into it‚ so when the bullet is fired‚ it has more stability‚ which leads to more damage. A Minie Ball is a bullet for a rifle that has grooves around the entire
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The topic of the American Civil War sparked interest in me for being one of the most influential historical time frames of all. I wanted to do a topic where I can constantly learn new things: both minutiae and huge details. On the other hand‚ the topic of the American Civil War was too broad of a NHD project. To condense the topic‚ I researched subcategories by watching documentaries. The documentaries mainly focused on achievements of men and their wartime efforts‚ that constant pattern had me thinking
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The Civil War was a brutal‚ extended battle of economies‚ morals‚ and rights. There was blood on the proud flag of stars and stripes‚ and the stain of corruption was not simply washed out by a cleansing ocean of radical hope. By the end of the Civil War‚ the North and South were complete opposites; night and day‚ industrial and agricultural‚ conservative and liberal. Since they were unified‚ they finally had something in common - their futures. During the Reconstruction period‚ the political‚ economic
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Civil War Paper Darrell Jones HIS/110 August 22‚ 2012 Adolph Woodard Civil War Paper The Civil War was fought between Americans from the North and the South. Many factors led to the eventual conflict‚ but none was more important than the issue of slavery. While Northerners felt slavery was essentially against what America stood for‚ Southerners depended on slavery to maintain their economy. The conflict resulted in the South wanting to secede from the Union and exist as a collection of Confederate
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(but equal to each other) as also the Political and government roles in the country were led by mainly white people of America who were often biased towards AA. This hatred towards AA’s sparked events throughout the following years which caused the movement for Civil Rights - to come closer to the truth. However in between
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The Civil War resulted in the creation of many technological advancements for that time. Through these creations the Civil War became the first modern war. There were many new weapons created from new bullets to give a solder a wider range‚ to artillery such as cannons. These weapons allowed for more fatalities. The use of balloons during the Civil War was introduced by Thaddeus Lowe. President Lincoln saw the use of these balloons to be beneficial to the war‚ he funded the Aeronautics program. Balloons
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The civil war has changed modern medicine and it had such a big impact on the war. Even though our advanced medicine and much of our advanced equipment did not come directly from the 19th century‚ much of our mistakes came from there so got better in the modern century. Of the approximately 620‚000 soldiers who died in the war‚ two-thirds of these deaths were not the result of enemy fire‚ but of disease.While trying to fight the diseases and sickness while avoiding gunfire made for a deadly combo
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or so. In concurrence with historian John Alden’s opinion‚ I believe the mistakes of the british government caused this said "revolution." The British taxation was a large contributing factor to the start of this inevitable revolution. Even though the taxes were necessary to support the British empire‚ the arbitrarity of the taxes‚ or so claimed the American Colonists‚ caused the boycotts and reactions to them. In a sense‚ the British were provoking the colonists with some of their taxes
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The civil war officially began on April 12‚ 1861.There were many causes of the civil war‚ including differences believe about slavery between northern and southern states. During the civil war Union and Confederacy have their own advantages and strategy. The Union has almost all the naval power and shipyards belonged to the North. President Abe was a great leader. The had huge advantages in manpower and resources‚ the North had about 22‚000‚000 people. 85% of the nation’s factories were located in
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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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