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    Abolitionist where very vocal about their opinions and spoke openly on freedom and agreed “all men were created equal”. In response‚ slave owners contradicted these opinions and rebelled. With this conflict came the American Civil War. In result of there being so many abolitionist‚ the first American abolition society was founded. This society was founded by Benjamin Rush and on April‚ 4 1775 in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Most of the men who attended the 4 meetings this society held‚ where Quakers. Another

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    Civil War Benefits

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    The costs of the Civil War included over 630‚000 American lives lost‚ destruction and damage to lands and cities in the South‚ and total economic costs of the war estimated to be $6‚190‚000‚000. By the end of the war‚ the South faced reconstruction both economically and culturally. A majority of Southern towns were destroyed and had hardly enough money to rebuild. The Civil War led to a boom in manufacturing‚ developments in communication‚ increase in railroad use and eventually an Industrial Revolution

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    Civil War Thesis

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    Civil War The Civil war was a battle between the North side of America and the South side of America. The American Civil War took place from 1861-1865 with multiple battles. The North was against slavery‚ while the south was for slavery. The South army were the Confederates while the North side was the Union. All wars are caused by major conflict. Missouri becoming a slavery state in 1820 was one reason of the Civil War (The Civil War). The Civil war started because of unique differences between

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    Civil War Dbq

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    Document Based Questions 1a. What policy toward the continuation of slavery does Lincoln support? As long as we do not allow slavery to expand it will eventually die out. The founding fathers of our nation first established the policy and Lincoln is just trying to bring it back. 1b. Why does Lincoln support that policy? President Lincoln supports the policy because he eventually wamts slavery to die out. He realizes that it will not go away if he just makes it illegal over night so he wants

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    Civil War Fashion

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    What did the women wear during the Civil War Era? The women wore at least seven layers under their dresses everyday. The first layer would be their bloomers/plantlets‚ which were made of cotton and would come below the knee or to the ankle‚ depending on which they were wearing. Usually‚ a young lady would wear those that would go to the knee‚ the more mature and older women would wear them longer‚ to the ankles. The second layer was the Chemise. It wasn’t made of more than a cotton nightgown that

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    First Ww1 War

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    on the Western Front in the First World War have been overlooked. There are monuments and ceremonies all over the world recognizing the huge sacrifice that has been made by these remarkable individuals. The war is now described a devastating period of time where battles were won and lost‚ where soldiers marched to protect their family and country‚ where heroes were made and lives were lost. Gallipoli was not just Australia’s first ww1 battle it was Australia’s first battle as a united nation. It

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    Civil War Segregation

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    The Civil War began on April 12‚ 1861‚ and it lasted for almost 4 years. The Civil War divided the nation due to the differences of opinions on the abolishment of slavery. Slaves who lived in the south were treated differently in the north. The north began gaining sympathy for the slaves in the south. Slavery in the south was one of the main causes of the Civil War starting. The abolitionist movement wanted to end racial segregation and to free all slaves. There are several reasons why they wanted

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    Civil War Narrative

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    The Civil War was all the Northern States’ fault. The “issue” of slavery should not have bothered them in the first place. If someone had a problem with slavery the solution was simple: don’t own slaves. Instead‚ they tried meddling with slavery which lead to the Southern States’ secession and eventually‚ the Civil War. In my opinion‚ I think it all began with these new territories acquired from the Mexican-American war. The Northern States refused to allow slavery to enter this new land. Southern

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    The English Civil War Royalists The Royalists were strong supporters of the monarchy. Royalists were mainly Roman Catholics‚ Anglicans‚ and members of nobility. They were against the supporters of Parliament‚ consisting principally of Puritans‚ smaller landowners‚ and middle-class town dwellers. Parliamentarians A parliamentarian is a supporter of a “follower” of parliament. They therefore agree with everything the parliament says and supports them in everything they do. They are therefore

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    Cause Of The Civil War

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    For this essay I will be explaining what caused the civil war and the outcome of it. Most of the time we only get bits and pieces of information instead of the whole base of the subject. I will be explaining all of the causes of the civil war. I will give a brief description of the causes including‚ political‚ economical‚ and social causes.One reason why political problems caused the war was because‚South wanted each state to be more sovereign than the federation. Another reason is that the south

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