At the end of the civil war roughly four million slaves were granted their freedom. However some argue that even though they were technically free they still had great discrimination against them. They could not function like a regular‚ free man because of the little rights they held. Even with new laws they could not use these rights and it actually became more dangerous to be free than before. They were restricted from using their rights in every way possible and barely any of the perpetrators
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Slavery and the Civil War As slavery came to end at the end of the Civil War the South still had issues with letting it go. Slaves‚ at the time in 1865‚ were still treated like trash‚ abused‚ neglected‚ and disrespected by the whites that believed they still had their hands on them. The whites at that time rationalized their actions by saying their economy would falter. They wouldn’t have the hands to work crops therefor value of cotton‚ tobacco‚ rice‚ or any other crop would go down taking the economy
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proposition of the founding fathers and the men who served in the Civil War. In the beginning of his speech Lincoln reminds us of the proposition in which the founding fathers created this nation on. “and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” It doesn’t matter what color‚ race‚ or ethnicity you are because everyone was created by one creator and no one men is greater than another. If the men who served in the Civil War didn’t believe it themselves‚ they wouldn’t put their lives
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Compromise of 1877: ends Reconstruction. What was Reconstruction? Attempt to achieve national reunification and reconciliation after the Civil War and to improve the status of former slaves (freedmen). The reality is that it was enormously difficult to satisfy both these goals. -- "Politics is the art of the possible." The North prevailed during the Civil War. The South prevailed after the war. I. Four main questions vis-à-vis Reconstruction of the post-Civil War South: 1. How to rebuild
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out the window. All that was required was one final spark to set off the flame that would be known as the Civil War. A new candidate was running for president‚ and the southern states didn’t like him. They swore that if the new candidate were to get elected‚ they would secede from the union. The candidate won‚ and they held their ideals‚ they left. America was at War. Contrary to many other Wars that the United States has fought
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present age without any knowledge about how women used to be treated‚ the assumption could be made that men and women are basically equal. Yes‚ men are a little stronger physically‚ but overall the two sexes are both equal. Things weren’t always so picturesque‚ though. Since people first settled here‚ on what is now the United States of America‚ women were thought of as inferior. Ever so slowly though‚ the men’s view on women began to change. The change started in the 1920’s but it was going
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western territories. They supported the concept of admitting Kansas as a free state‚ and hoped to restore the nation to the principles and standards of Washington and Jefferson. The emergence of the Republican Party was a primary cause of the Civil War through its opposition to the repealing of the Missouri Compromise‚ sectional bias‚ and nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the Presidential Election of 1860. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free
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Enlightenment‚ the role of a woman was greatly discussed. The Reformation was led to a desire in seeking changes. The age of Enlightenment prompted looking at things under a different light. It was the ideas of the Reformation and the Enlightenment that led to a desire for classification and roles for each person in society over this expansion of time. Women were never recognized as equals to men by the majority of society. The specific details of a woman’s role entailed did change slightly between
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American Civil War began April 12‚ 1861‚ and did not end until a gruesome four years later‚ on May 9‚ 1865. This war divided America into two groups: the Union and the Confederacy. During this time period‚ many new concepts and ideas from both sides were thought of and brought to life. Some examples of these new concepts were in an area such as naval and ground warfare‚ medicine‚ weaponry‚ transportation‚ and photography. Technology played a very important role in the American Civil War‚ shaping
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Role of Southern Children and Women in American Civil War The American civil war which is widely known in the united states as the civil war was fought between the year 1861 to 1875 .it was a war between the confederates who were mainly seven states supporting the idea of slavery. The southern was made up of the seven states formed a coalition called the conferades states of America and were supporting slave trade. The conferades fought against the north union which were opposed to the slavery. The
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