During the 1858 Illinois state election‚ debates between Stephen.A Douglas and Abraham Lincoln began‚ due to campaign for seats in the state senate. This mostly consisted of the issue of extension of slavery into other territories. The debate that originally came up nearly 40 years before was eventually set to rest in the Missouri Compromise‚ but I guess it managed to arise again. The mexican war added new territories and the issue arose again in the 1840’s. Again‚ the issue was temporarily put to
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The Lifestyle and Role of Women In the Civil War Typically‚ when we think of the Civil War‚ we think of the role of men during that time. History books reflect on the men that had fought and died in the war. While many may believe men were the only ones that contributed in the Civil War that isn’t actually the case. Women also had a large impact on the outcome of this war. During the war‚ women took on new roles to support their families. Women were generally viewed as primary caretakers of the
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Fitzgerald Nov 17‚ 2010 But WHY? Why has the power of the federal government expanded so significantly? Was this shift in power from state governments to the federal government necessary? Government power took a huge shifted from state government to federal government during and after the civil war. Although President Franklin D Roosevelt’s new deal is often considered the pivotal point that caused this shift‚ the major event attributing to this shift in power was the civil war. The first event that
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whole. A lot of men can’t go into war unless if they are a certain age. The women can’t go into war unless if they become a nurse because they weren’t seen as strong enough as the men were. Since the North and South had a lot of differences they would always start a war because the South wanted what the North had. The South still wanted all of the machines that the North ended up inventing. In the Gettysburg Address it says‚ “Now we are engaged in a great civil war‚ testing whether that nation‚
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The Civil War would go down in history as a moral crusade‚ and in the efforts to free black slaves‚ many heroes would emerge. During 1861 to 1870‚ African Americans would heavily influence the outcome of the civil war‚ as well as what would happen after the war. African Americans played both active roles in the civil war and reform afterwards‚ but both roles were critical to the more modernized plans that would be created. One active member that positively affected the civil war was Frederick Douglass
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The Civil War had been building for an extremely long time and the violent tensions had only grown from the conflict in Bleeding Kansas and the assault on Charles Sumner one of America’s bloodiest wars. The strain between the North and South flourished over the issues of slavery‚ state rights‚ and the overall Southern need of independence. Various constitutional and social changes heavily amounted to revolution in America through changes to politics‚ race‚ and the economy. In 1860 Republican Abraham
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Lincoln is perhaps one of the greatest wartime presidents and his entire presidency effectively took place during the civil war. However‚ before taking office Lincoln had no prior experience with war as a politician or a general. When he took office Lincoln was aware of his deficiencies in knowledge of military knowledge in comparison to the confederacies leader‚ Jefferson Davis. Lincoln was fully aware that he had to become a knowledgeable wartime leader with adept decision making quickly to successfully
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Slavery was the underlying cause of the American Civil War. With two strong believes there was nothing that could change the mind of the south‚ so the two groups were leaded to solve it in the battle field. Slavery a very important issue that cause a lot of damage in order to get a good solution. First in the 1850s it banished the Whig party and destroying the two national party system and later on in the 1860s it caused the biggest war that the United States has gone through. The union was divided
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United States of America was built. Americans have long since asked themselves what exactly that means. During the Civil War‚ to the average Northerner‚ equality did not quite mean what most interpret it to mean today. To many‚ it meant only the emancipation of black slaves‚ not the rejection of segregation and prejudice against their dark skinned counterparts. The extent of prejudice of course did not end at race‚ but included looking down upon the poor man‚ thinking a woman was not capable of what
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The Role of Slavery in The Civil War In America‚ there were multiple factors that led up to the civil war. Some of these factors were much more impactful than others. The Three issues of slavery that led to the civil war were Economic Differences‚ Decisions on New territory‚ And Humanitarian Issues. These topics had such an impact because they showed just how divided the nation was over the debate of slavery. The first factor that slavery had a part in was the economic differences between
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