However in the article "beyond the call of Duty" the human side of the Civil War is examined more closely. ... The Civil War pitted the Southern lifestyle with its slaves and plantations against the more liberal north with its industry and abolitionists. ... The Civil War became a battle of clashing ideals. ... One commander gave a pre-battle pep speech. ... The Civil War was not only a battle for great ideals but it was also a battle of ordinary citizens being asked to give the ultimate sacrifice for what their county stood for. ...

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Pre Civil War Prompt: "Slavery was the dominating reality of all Southern life." ... All slaves in the South had no political and civil rights and had very little government protection but in the deep part of the South, things were harder. ...

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Throughout World War II, seeds were being planted for the Civil Rights Movement. "Jim Crow" laws dominated the United States, and they dominated the battlefields of the war as well. ... When the war ended and African American, Native American, and Hispanic soldiers came back to a home that did not grant them full rights, the Civil Rights Movement was born. ... Minority groups did not want to accept their pre-war status anymore. Asian Americans were also heavily discriminated against in the aftermath of World War II. ...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. Though these tensions caused discomfort between the two sides, the issue of slavery would push both sides to war in 1861. ... As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seeth...

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At the peak of the Cold War, the war in Vietnam was a catalyst to the strong emergence of counterculture. ... In summary, the Vietnam War led to a new type of counterculture that sparked American youths' interest in politics and social justice while the Civil Rights movement was becoming successful in tearing down white supremacy; both being turning points in American society. ... Although the concept had existed since daring girls hiked up their skirts, the 1960's counterculture involved the American public taking a stand against pre-existing morals and beliefs, proudly defying su...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Then began the Reconstruction and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed th...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Then began the Reconstruction and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed tha...

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Sharecropping appeared in the United States shortly after the Civil War had ended. ... The government knew that the recovery period after the civil war would not be quick, and by 1933 the South was in a state of chaos with prices for farm products being at an all-time low, and the cost of living was steadily increasing. ... Still the idea of racial integration to achieve common goals helped set the stage for the civil rights era. ... This pre civil rights era set the stage for the war on racism and segregation and shows how no matter what the color your skin was that people can come together r...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. ... Like politics, economics, sectionalism, and the constitution, and that slavery was just the match that set the Civil War off. "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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During the twentieth century, conclusions of wars created the conditions for subsequent wars. ... The conclusion and consequences of World War I created many issues, which helped intensify World War II. ... In 1936, civil unrest in Spain erupted into a war that further encouraged the beginning of WWII. ... The 6-Day War in June of 1967 erupted, in which Israeli forces launched a pre-emptive strike against Egyptian Arabs and secured stronger borders. ... These issues still rage today and have fueled many armed conflicts such with the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War. ...

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The country was divided in many aspects of life during the early to mid-1800s (pre-civil war era). ... As more conflicts began to rise within the nation, and tensions of sectionalism continued to grow, it was evident that a civil war was inevitable. ... Conflicts continued to rise and even led to a period of violence known as Bleeding Kansas and the presence of a civil war was just around the corner. ... The power of sectionalism completely overshadowed the little national forces holding the nation together to prevent an American Civil War. As slaves fought for freedom, women for equal repres...

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This meant that it was easier for them to supply their army with food and equipment that they needed giving them an advantage at the onset of the Civil war yet not one significant enough that it would prove to be the greatest reason they were victorious. The role of Franco is also a significant reason as to why the Nationalists win the civil war; his leadership contrasted greatly with the ineffectiveness of the Republicans to unite behind one strong leader and his relations with the International powers also helped the Nationalist to gain more ground over their opponents. ... However, althou...

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I knew that it was a war between North and South Korea both receiving outside assistance in the war. ... (p. 102) New discoveries from these documents give evidence of a civil war. Matray claims it is both an international conflict and a civil war. ... Truman wanted to return things to the "pre-war" status quo. ... I have learned that the war was not strictly a war against communism but a civil war started by the Koreans to unify the peninsula and fueled by mistrust....

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Soon after the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession of the southern states, and the fall of Fort Sumter, the Union and the Confederate states were preparing to fight what would become the bloodiest war in American history. ... Another northern state advantage was the massive number of immigrants who were ready, willing and able to accept jobs and receive training in factories; hubs of cranking out artillery, ammunition and everything required for travel, battles and a potentially long-term war. ... This allowed them to have more advanced weapons compared to the South, who were forced t...

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First Slovenia, Croatia and now Bosnia-Herzegovina have sunk into a brutal civil war, which defies every effort to end the violence. ... The occupation of Yugoslavia, which was to last in some areas until the end of the war, can only be described as on of the most brutal of the entire war. ... By the end of the war they had liberated the majority of pre-war Yugoslavia from Axis hands and had grown to peak strength of 800,000 men and women under arms. ... The disintegration of Yugoslavia as a political entity, leaving sizable minorities in territories, which within memory had seen genocide, ...

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People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... Black said, "All legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group are immediately suspect. ... Executive Order 9066 violates the Japanese American's civil rights. People can believe that every citizen of the US should be protected by their own civil rights. ... Many people back then did not like Japanese people pre and post World War II, In the photo "Japs Keep Moving - This is a White Man's Neighborhood," there is a woman standing outside of a structure that will not allow Japanes...

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Slavery was the catalyst for the Civil War because other issues like sectional tensions and arguments over political power were based on the expansion of slavery. ... This was pre-existing tension between the North and South because the north had more political power than the south since their representatives were the reason the Force Bill was passed. ...

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The end of the Civil War marked this transition from a more agricultural nation to an industrialized one. ... This direct relationship between the industrial development and population growth shows how the post-Civil War transformation had such consistent and rapid proliferation. ... The final major event of any diplomatic relations in this era was the Spanish-American War. ... The Spanish-American War is more a result of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence. ... An unexpected yet extremely important part of the post-Civil War transformation was the environmental chang...

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Why does Bush not accept an alternative to war? What will happen to Iraq after the war? ... On the 15th close to 70 leaders and representatives of different tribal, religious, and civil groups met with officials including Jay Garner, Head of the Pentagon's Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance, and agreed to establish a democratic system in Iraq (ibid.). ... For the war in Iraq to be moral it must be a pre-emptive war, or not threaten Iraq's Territorial Integrity and Political Sovereignty unless it is a matter of Sovereignty vs. ... In this war it is fair to say that t...

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Sometimes other stronger countries must start a war enable to set something right. ... He goes on to say that if the cause is good then pre-emptive strikes are okay. ... When a country pre-emptively strikes another, this is a case of civil disobedience. ... How can that be justified civil disobedience? ... All in all civil disobedience is a very tricky issue to deal with. ...

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This is the introductory line to Henry David Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience." ... His essay Civil Disobedience puts forward ideas of passive resistance, which were later, more fully explored and effected by Gandhi. (Encarta) According to these ideas, people practicing civil disobedience break the law because they consider it unjust and they want to call attention to its injustice. ... The essay is clearly written in the context of the abolition of slavery movement and the Mexican War. ... A distinct modern day example of this inducement is the debates on television, which are pre...

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Ole Miss Who has the say when it comes to guaranteeing citizens their civil rights? ... That was the case before the civil rights movement of the mid 1960's. ... They stem back to pre-civil war time. ... It is a story largely about students written primarily for students " (Battle, 3).; it is a chapter in two big struggles that provide the context for the events of 1962: Mississippi's states rights claims, with roots extending back to the Civil War and Reconstruction, and African Americans' struggle for full civil rights, also grounded in Reconstruction." (4) The state's r...

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The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post - World War II era. ... The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. ... Although, I personally wo...

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