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    History February 6th 2014 In the first years of the warwhat were the political and military strategies of each side? Which side was more successful? Why? In the mid 1800’s the Civil War begun. It was between the Union‚ the north‚ and the Confederates‚ the south. Each side had its own reason to start the war.  Economic and social differences between the North and the South were one of the reasons. Another reason for the start of the war was the fight for more state rights and more federal

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    The Civil War has many causes and with those causes they have effects. One cause is the election of lincoln and the slavery issue that had divided the North and South finally split the nation in two. And the effect of that is from April 1861 to April 1865 the USA and the Confederate States of America faced each other in bloody Civil War. But even though there are many causes and effects the main cause was a man named Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave who sought citizenship through the American

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    Nursing and Medicine Of the American Civil War Kristy Michelle Pickard-4756 History 2111 – Fall 2009 On April 12‚ 1861 in Fort Sumter‚ SC Confederate troops fired the first shots of the Four Year American Civil War. After the first few battles were fought‚ both sides faced the realization of how they desperately needed doctors and nurses to care for the injured soldiers. (1) The first nurses were recuperating soldiers (rebel) however; their own illnesses prevented them from providing proper

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    The Civil War The Civil War of the United States was a defining moment for the unity of the United States of America and the precedent that it was going to make both in culture and law for its future generations. The war occurred between the years of 1861 and 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was the president‚ with the Republican Party. The war pitted the North against the South‚ almost splitting the union to its core. It was on two fundamental issues‚ one being on whether the union was going to be dissolvable

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    NC Term Paper INTELLIGENCE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND THE EFFECTS OF THE ESPIONAGE SYSTEM ON THE WAR Lauren E. Caulder HIS 318-C Fall 2011 Espionage at the commencement of the American Civil War was not an organized system; however the war necessitated the development of more structured intelligence systems for both the Union and the Confederacy. By the middle of the war the dimensions of the espionage system had augmented

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    To begin with‚ just before the civil war‚ freedom was defined as a prisoner in my opinion meaning you can’t do anything or say anything‚ everything revolves around your owner. Before the civil war didn’t anyone have the freedom to do what they pleased‚ or say what they want to say instead they were controlled. The goals they wanted to achieve was a free nation‚ a harbor for slavery‚ or a reunited country. After the civil war most of their goals were accomplished. Freedom‚ now has a meaning that means

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    The American Civil War: Causes‚ Victor‚ and Validity Keagan Koerber History 205 Professor Childress December 9‚ 2014 The slightest mention of the American Civil War is enough to bring graphic and often horrifying images into one’s head: mountains of dead soldiers‚ amputations without anesthesia‚ and diseases running rampant. The Civil War was a war that no one wished for‚ it resulted in the deaths of several hundred thousand American lives‚ but it is often justified by its end result

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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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    lives. However‚ not many people know what really caused the devastating war that tore the nation in two. The Civil War was a battle from 1861 to 1865 where two sides of America fought against each other: the Union North against the Confederate South. Though Texas was a new state in the US‚ many Texans risked their lives and took part in the long‚ bloody Civil War. Texans fought in the Civil War for many reasons. The main reasons so many Texans fought the Civil War was the issues over slavery‚ states’

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    Civil War Data Questions Looking at the graphs on population and troops‚ why do you think Union states were able to raise a much larger army than the Confederacy? Answer: The Union states were able to raise a larger army than the Confederacy because the union states population was larger than the Confederacy. List at least two ways in which the Union’s large population gave it an advantage in the Civil War. Answer: 1.The Union states larger population allowed them to have a bigger army

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