In American history‚ women have had a profound role. Whether it was the lack of freedom or the excessiveness of their decisions‚ women have shaped what America has become and what it will continue to grow into. Daphne Spain explains in her article entitled “Women’s Rights and Gendered Spaces in 1970s Boston‚” how “During the 1970s feminists in Boston declared their rights to their own bodies by establishing women’s health clinics and domestic violence shelters. In doing so‚ they wrote a modern chapter
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The Change of Gender Roles During the First World War When the First World War began in 1914‚ there was much discussion regarding the proper gender roles for British men and women. For men‚ the course of action seemed clear that they should enlist and fight. Yet‚ many men struggled under the pressure of warfare. For women‚ it was unclear how they should be involved in the war effort. Many men wanted the women to keep their traditional gender roles of taking care of the household. However‚ the lack
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How did art change during Renaissance? During the renaissance people expressed many new ideas in art. Many artists and architects used mathematics to plan their works. They began to know that many objects in nature have a certain proportion‚ which is often found in the shape of a leaf or in the form of buildings. They found a way to make paintings look 3D. And they improved at making the sculptures more realistic. Also they began to use muted colours in paintings. One of the main points is that
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The Civil war began in April of 1861. There were many reasons the Civil War began. For example‚ slavery was one of the reasons. Another reason was that the South wanted to secede from the United States because they believed more in state’s rights rather than federal rights. These are two of the main reasons the Civil War began. In the mid 1800s in the South‚ you couldn’t drive a mile without seeing a cotton field. Cotton was in high demand to make clothing and many Southern farmers made a lot of
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soveirgnty‚ as well as the varying interpretations of the constitution‚ especially on the subject of slavery‚ there was great discord and sectionalism in the United States. This ultimately had a major impact on Southern Succession and the start of the civil war. The nation began rapidly expanding throughout the 19th century and many new states such as Utah‚
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The Civil War started April 12‚ 1861 and ended May 9‚ 1865. This war was fought because people in the North wanted to end slavery whereas‚ people in the deep south wanted slavery to continue. On January 1‚ 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation‚ this declared that “all persons held as slaves are‚ and henceforward shall be free.” Jefferson Davis “was the president of the confederate states of America.” He wanted slavery to continue in the confederate states of America
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The civil war was a war that redefined America and reaffirmed that freedom was not limited solely by a person’s race. The results of the war echoed long past the final battle and forever changed what being an American means today. Many of the stories and accounts from this period helped establish the meaning of freedom and the struggles to understand how freedom applied to all people such as The Gettysburg address (Abraham Lincoln) and The narrative of Fredrick douglass. Both pieces discuss American
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Women’s Roles During the Civil War: Impactful Contributions and Long-lasting Changes. Women contributed to the Civil War in the United States in multiple profound ways as a defining period in the nation’s history‚ and with its essential complexity‚ required that society continued to function amidst the conflict. As men left for the battles on the field‚ many women stayed on the home front and had to support the war effort and provide crucial help and care. These contributions impacted the war results
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The “Civil War” was important in history because it was when the Northern and Southern part of the United States battled against each other‚ due to the sides having their own different beliefs and religions. This war lasted 5 year from 1861-1865. The South believed in “Slavery” and were heavy about it because it was their way of making money more easily. But‚ most people who didn’t have slaves or very little would also work with the slaves or be tolerated like one. But the North believed in more
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on the Civil War in Canada Throughout most traditional history classes‚ we are given only the perspective of people directly involved in events or of people that were in the near region where the events occur. This often narrows our insight‚ giving us an allusion that said events only affected one region unless otherwise said so which gives us a slight bit of outsight. By opening our views‚ we must explore not only one event in particular but all reaches of these events‚ no matter how far they
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