The military ideally strives to protect its nation and continuously improve its technology to better suit the conditions of the era. During the Civil War‚ the amount of developed and improved technology was massive. Although there are many‚ there are certain ones that are highly significant or frequently used. For example‚ the gatling gun. Similar to present day machine guns and was used often on the battlefield to cause damage to multiple soldiers in a quick instance. On the other hand‚ there were
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have eventually won the war. The Union had a lot of power and a better army. They had better plans to invade the land such as the ports they took‚ the support and the congress passing laws such as the Emancipation Proclamation. The North invaded multiple ports giving the North access to the Confederate both by land and water. The North would have soon been able to take all the land instead making them surrender. The North also had an advantage by having more men fight in the war. The abolitionists of
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position as president posed. The Civil War was a long and hard-fought war for both the Confederacy and the Union. Jefferson Davis contributed to the reformation of the United States by losing the Civil War. Jefferson Davis had a very strong military background and came from a military family. Davis was the tenth and youngest child of a Revolutionary War soldier. Davis attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1824. He served briefly in the Black Hawk War in 1832. Davis married his wife‚
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invention of the cotton gin and would have ended in a whisper through lack of use caused by the release of slaves out of moral and economic reasons tied to the loss of a cash crop‚ while other historians believe that slavery would have inevitably ended in war due to the southern dependence on agriculture and the need for a new cash crop. Personally‚ I believe that slavery would have ended with little to no conflict had Eli Whitney not created a better working cotton gin. It is through the cotton gin that
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After decades of uprise‚ in 1861‚ tensions between the North and South could not be subdued any longer. The cause of these unsettled tensions ultimately contributed to the American Civil War. The Civil War was a brutal‚ bloody war between states involving men and women. Prior to the American Civil War‚ women devoted their lives to service inside the home. However‚ with the beginning of the Civil War‚ the lives of many women changed forever. The role of women drastically changed when women were put
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1. What are the respective roles of the federal government and the state government in providing health services? Some responsibilities may be exclusively federal or state‚ yet in most areas either or both may act. The federal and state government have evolved in the last decade‚ as Americans need and philosophies have changed for social well-being. Similarly‚ they can meet using tool boxes of public power‚ including regulation‚ taxation‚ conferring of benefits‚ or contracting with private entities
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The Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States‚ was a significant event in American history that lasted from 1861 to 1865. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states over issues such as states’ rights‚ economic policies‚ and most notably‚ slavery. While many factors contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War‚ slavery was the main cause of this bloody and devastating conflict. Slavery has been a part of American society since the early colonial period. The Southern states
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Slavery had a tremendous role in the lead up to the secession of eleven Southern states‚ the 1860 presidential election was the tipping point for secession and the formation of a confederacy. Slavery was a central issue in the 1860 presidential election‚ with both the north and south having differing opinions on the topic. Abraham Lincoln won the election‚ rivaling Stephen A. Douglas. The south viewed this republican win as a threat to the continuation of slavery‚ leading to the secession of eleven
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Chamberlain‚ the Hero of the Civil War We all have certain people that we look up to‚ whether it be a friend‚ family member‚ celebrity‚ or so on‚ they impact our life. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain‚ the oldest of five ad part of the family with a spectacular history of bravery. All the men before him‚ in his family‚ that lived in America‚ served for their country and there’s no doubt that this strongly influenced Chamberlain growing up. Chamberlain was a college professor‚ but decided to leave his
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the alarming number of amputations resulting from combat‚ the U.S. government unveiled the "Great Civil War Benefaction‚" a commitment to provide prosthetics to all disabled veterans. When making prosthetics for amputees it was more common to make them out of wood and steel until the cosmetic rubber hand was introduced (MacRae). Prosthetics didn’t help with limping or handshakes‚ but we’re way more advanced today. The next major change is the development of the ambulance system. It was known that when
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