Study Guide I. United States Civil War: causes‚ course‚ and effects a. Cotton Economy and Slavery i. Cotton is King ii. Conditions of enslavement 1. “peculiar institution” of slavery frowned upon for a long time iii. Abolitionists 2. Underground Railroad a. Network of secret routes and safe houses used in helping slaves escape to free states b. Harriet Tubman i. Also known as Moses
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The north and the south had many differences before the Civil war. With the climate‚ economy‚ culture‚ transportation‚ and more. There were many things that made the south different than the north one of the main differences between the South and the North was that the South was slave states and the North was free states. Climate/Geography To start off with‚ the south climate was warm and sunny. The South also have humid summers mild winters and heavy rainfall. While the South was good for farming
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As reader leader‚ I decided to do my summary on “What Is a Just War?” by Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain opens by discussing the main priority of any government: providing security‚ thus ensuring tranquility. Elshtain makes the point that civic peace and security are the foundations for all the other human rights. For example‚ for someone to exercise their right of freedom of speech‚ that person should be able to exercise their right without fear of consequence. A flaw‚ as Elshtain points out‚ in
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people is a part of American history During this time inequality was an issue for colored people.” Despite the Civil Rights gains of 1960s‚ racial discrimination and repression remain a factor in American life to this day.” (Stonaker‚ Shepard “Segregation”). The segregation depicts how colored people were separated from white people because of their differences. The Civil Rights movement consisted of peaceful and violent acts of protest‚ boycotts‚ and the implementation of Jim Crow Laws. Segregation
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union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the issue between north and south. In 1820‚ the Missouri Compromise
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The events that occurred during the eighteenth hundreds helped shape the American values that are known today. Nevertheless‚ these values wouldn’t have been made without the help of influential speakers of that time. Like Frederick Douglass‚ who’s goal before the Civil War was to show Americans that they are hypocrites for celebrating freedom even though slavery was legal. After the war‚ Abraham Lincoln also had similar goals to Douglass’s. Lincoln’s goal was to end slavery‚ but first‚ he wanted
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Civil Rights Movements in Alabama Segregation was a way of life in the South at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. Many people treated others terribly because the color of their skin and went on without it even fazing them‚ they all went on thinking it was okay‚ when it was not morally right. African Americans were treated horribly‚ almost as if they were not human. It was impossible to find any aspect of life unsegregated in the south. The Schools‚ restaurants‚ and even bathrooms were all
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What Caused the Civil War? In April 1861‚ the United States of America went to war. They did not go to war with a foreign power‚ because of a border dispute‚ and they did not go to war with the native people because of their hunger for more land. No‚ this would be a war among themselves‚ north against south‚ brother against brother‚ and in some instances even father against son. In the four long and bloody years that this war lasted more than 600‚000 of these brothers‚ fathers‚ and sons would
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Reflection Paper 1: Just War Many people ponder to the question: when is war just? We also ponder if war is necessary and when is it necessary and if there are other ways to settle the discrepancy. Throughout time war has brought on a lot of pain‚ pressure and countless number of casualties. And to me I believe it is not fair to innocent worldwide citizens. To experience or to hear about such destruction and chaos brings a shiver down my spine. Why do countries have to go to war? Why can’t they
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Progressive A Just Cause‚ Not a Just War by Howard Zinn I believe two moral judgments can be made about the present "war": The September 11 attack constitutes a crime against humanity and cannot be justified‚ and the bombing of Afghanistan is also a crime‚ which cannot be justified. And yet‚ voices across the political spectrum‚ including many on the left‚ have described this as a "just war." One longtime advocate of peace‚ Richard Falk‚ wrote in The Nation that this is "the first truly just war since
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