The Civil War was a long war between the northern and southern states. The southern states seceded from the union‚ creating the Confederate States of America with their president as Jefferson Davis. This caused many years of violence with the union fighting for a united nation‚ and the confederacy fighting for secession. The war ended with a union victory‚ but it brought many consequences. The most significant of these consequences are the destruction of lives and property‚ the emancipation of slaves
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Were Slaves’ Free After the Civil War? When the slaves were liberated from their masters‚ after the fall of the South in the Civil War‚ what was the definition of the newfound freedom that they received? Many would say the same freedom as any American at the time was granted‚ but consider the lack of education and certain privileges that kept many people within the Negro community in a cycle of perpetuating poverty. In some respects the recently freed men and women were still slaves to the society
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Civil War Reconstruction Essay The “winner” of Reconstruction was the North mainly due to the fact that the South took most of the damage from the Civil War. The Civil War brought destruction to the South‚ its economy suffered from all the costs‚ the land suffered from all the battles‚ the people suffered due to Sherman‚ and African Americans were fighting a tough battle with the North on their side and the South against them. The South had much more Reconstruction to do than the North‚ so in the
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THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION 1.- Population and Economic Growth One of the most important changes was the continuous expansion of the population and the economy. Most observers in the eighteenth century did not believe that expansion of the population and the economy could be sustained indefinitely. The population had consistently expanded as the greater agricultural productivity permitted maintaining an adequate food supply. The industrial economy had been able to employ large numbers
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The war aftermath in South: the former Confederacy presented a sharp contrast to the victorious north. Throughout the south‚ people where emotionally exhausted: many lives had been sharttered.in 1866‚ the state of Mississippi spent a fifth of its annual budget on artificial limbs for confederate soldiers. Property value had collapsed. In the year after the war ended‚ eighty-one plantations in Mississippi where sold for less than a tenth of what they had been worth in 1860. Confederate money was
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Most people regard industrialization as a positive development capable of generating great wealth and revitalizing run-down areas. Mention industrialization today‚ and it brings to mind large factories organized with the latest technologies in mass producing. Along with these visions comes the promise of more jobs for the community‚ higher rates of pay‚ and financial stability. One can only think of the positive influences on a community that the opening of a new factory could bring‚ but during what
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Economics of the Civil War The American Civil War was the most deadly and debatably the most important event in the nation’s history. Sectional tensions preserved in the Constitution blowup into a brutal war that cost over 600‚000 lives and slashed a nation into two. Slavery was a main cause of the conflict‚ and while the Thirteenth Amendment ended the practice at war’s end‚ race relations continued to dominate American politics and society well into the future. The war also increased American economic
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History Internal Assessment: “What were the consequences of Franco’s victory in the Spanish Civil War?” Word Count: 1936 Contents page Section Page A. Plan of investigation 3 B. Summary of evidence 3-4 C. Evaluation of sources
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to fight for a government of their own’.” “The presence of Negro troops in the state (Mississippi) caused bitter complaint. On January 5‚ 1865‚ there were 8‚784 Negro troops and 338 Negro officers. The President promised to remove them as soon as possible. Sharkey (the governor) declared that they encouraged the belief among Negroes that lands were going to be distributed among them. By the 20th of May‚ 1866‚ all Black troops had been mustered out and removed from Mississippi.” “Systematic effort
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For several years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation negative attitudes towards African Americans carried on in the deep south. This made it very hard for African Americans to make a living after years of harsh slavery. Even going down to a local diner was nearly impossible without being harassed of attacked. The same is true for the next three events. The Bombing of Birmingham Church‚ The Integration of Central High school‚ and The Selma Marches. These three events will show the
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