During the years leading up to the American Civil War, there were many factors that lead to the occurrence of tension and conflict between the Northern states, the Southern states, and the Western States. ... In Northern states leading up to the civil war, slavery was abolished. ... This proves to be highly contradictory leading up to the civil war. ... This was the major difference between the South and the North, and was a massively important cause of the civil war. In the end, all of these tensions were very important, and ended up being some of the causes of the American Civil War....

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The end of the civil war was certainly a time of change, and as times and people changed so should policies governing those people. ... In the PBS Documentary, The Civil War and Reconstruction2 Johnson was far from the leader that the United States needed during this time of change as his political views and beliefs in civil rights were slanted towards the South and its beliefs. ... According to PBS, The Civil War and Reconstruction, in the year of 1865, more than 2,000 black freed men and women were murdered during the negotiation process. ... Worried that the Civil War would have been in...

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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. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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Many average Americans would attribute the cause of the American Civil War to slavery, but are there other possible causes? Could the "history" taught in so many classrooms throughout the United States of America be wrong about something so important as the real cause of the Civil War? ... When asked what caused the American Civil War, most will say that slavery caused it. ... During the early days of the Civil War, he actually ordered slaves who escaped from the south to the north to be return to their owner. ... Slavery was officially "tied" to the Civil War as a reason to fight after th...

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During his stay with the Auld family, he asked the wife of Hugh Auld, Sophia Auld to teach him to read; she obliged and proceeded to teach him to read. ... On December 3, 1847, Douglass moved to Rochester, New York and started a newspaper called the North Star.1 It was praised by abolitionists but looked down upon by some because it was made by an ex-slave.2 At this time, Douglass was drawing away from Garrison's ideas, which were that slavery could be solved through peaceful means but Douglass believed that only through war could slavery be abolished.2 During the Civil War, Douglass als...

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These writings really get into specifics regarding the treatment of African-Americans in terms of gender and color during this time period. Before the Civil War, slave narratives such as these were the first to use such dramatic personal experiences of African- Americans in a text. ... Due to slavery and other prejudices that existed during Douglass" era, there was no resolution to his complex social struggle. ... One important event occurred between Douglass and a particularly strict slave driver, named Mr. ... Douglass and Jacobs are two biracial people experiencing how it is to be divided...

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Some people thought to leave it alone, like Southern plantation owners or any people who owned slaves. Then there were persons who opposed slavery, like Lincoln and most of the northern people. Some historians say that Civil War happened because of the issue of slavery and others think it happened because the events outlined by James Mcapherson in his article "Who Freed the Slaves?" ... Without the Civil War there would be no confiscation act, no Emancipation Proclamation, no Thirteenth Amendment and certainly no self-emancipation, and almost certainly no end of slavery for several more d...

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Even as a youngster he was intrigued by his mechanical ability and felt he could do something important. ... Soon after the Revolutionary war ended he started to sell hatpins and men's walking sticks, which turned an even greater profit. ... During the period between 1790 and 1850, the United States was rapidly changing. ... The ripple effect caused by Eli Whitney's cotton gin can be seen as the driving force behind many of the conflicts between North and South, and eventually culminating in the Civil War. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that c...

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The country was being split apart on the issue of slavery, and it would eventually lead to the Civil War. ... On the brink of war, the people like to be informed. ... This is exactly what Douglass's narrative did for Americans before the Civil War. ... During a war people usually have already made up their minds about the issue at hand, so his work would not have had the effect it did in 1845 when tensions were still growing. Also, since we were on the brink of a Civil War, it was greatly important for Douglass to make his case known since both sides fighting were Americans. ...

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Developments during this revolution include the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, which gave rights to ex-slaves. ... In the period after the civil war, between the years of 1860 and 1877, many changes were being made to the Constitution, mainly the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. ... Although many constitutional changes were being made, things in the states stayed relatively the same as they were before the Civil War. ... After military reconstruction ended in the south things went back to the way they were before the Civil War. ... A few small social changes took place in the period after th...

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"Since the Emancipation Proclamation, African- Americans have demanded reparations, or compensation or remuneration required from a defeated nation as indemnity for damage or injury during war for the heinous acts slave owners committed against their people" ( African Reparations Movement FAQ's ). ... Japanese-Americans imprisoned in the United States during the second world war have received repayment, and so has the country of Kuwait from Iraq for their suffering during the Gulf war. ... What makes saving Iraq more important than making up for the devastating mistakes made by our ances...

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This setting is the most important fictional element that affected the theme of racism in To Kill A Mockingbird. ... Decades after the civil war, Southerns still were incensed that they lost the war. ... During the year of Jem and Scout's father's case; "the school buzzed with talk about him(Atticus) defending Tom Robinson, none of which was complimentary."... Southererns disliked blacks since the black gained more rights after the civil war. ... Since the white people did not know the black people well, they just assumed bad things about them and believed untrue rumors about t...

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The period that occurs after the Civil War is known as the Reconstruction. During this period of time many people suffered in the south. ... Violence was the direct result of the South's racist attitude and it was an important part of the Southern atmosphere. ... "The only important clause in the oath of membership was a promise of absolute secrecy. ... The Freedman's Bureau was an agency of the Federal government set up in 1865 to help former slaves and other persons suffering from the effects of the Civil War. ...

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Lincoln became compelled to develop new policies due to the arising conflict of slavery during the war. ... This ultimately caused the start of the Civil War. ... During the Civil War, Lincoln developed the idea of compensated emancipation for the border states, in order to help preserve the Union and free the slaves. ... His beliefs had fluctuated "during the first two years of the Civil War," although his "aim was preservation of the Union, he devoted considerable energy to a plan for ending slavery inherited from pre war years." ... The proclamation had marked an essential transformation fo...

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This can be clearly seen during the time of the Civil War. ... The document with the map of the U.S. shows how slavery divided up the country and its people. ... Many people thought that slavery was an issue that was moral as well as political. ... Had the Constitution said anything about slavery there might not have been a Civil War. This proves that slavery was a very important issue at the time. ...

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Q: Was the Civil War fought over the issue of slavery? ... In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War, in which the North won. ... During this time a surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. ... The South felt these views were not important. ... This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. ...

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Racism in "A Worn Path- In Welty's "A Worn Path-, Phoenix Jackson's encounters with other characters as well as her thoughts and perceptions demonstrate a theme of impending black equality in the south after the civil war. ... The world that Phoenix lives in is a much different world than the one of today where equality is important. ... This statement seems to be referring to the blacks struggle to attain equality in a very unequal world during this period of unrest following the years of the civil war and the release of the slaves. ... He makes light of the fact that she is on, w...

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This novel is an outline of one of the bloodiest battles in the history of the Civil War. ... During the Civil War, there were two opposing sides, the Confederate Army and the Union Army. ... The Confederate Army was fighting to hold back the abolishment of slavery because in the 1800s it was an important investment for their economy and many peoples way of living. These people who fought to keep slavery depended on it so much that it was important and necessary for the men to put their lives on the line to fight to keep it. ... Chamberlin believed that this war was far more important that an...

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However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. ... The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. ... It also provided that when the people of each territory o! ... It is civil war, the worst of all wars, that has unveiled its savage and wrinkled front among us. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ...

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Slavery was a major issue in the United States during the pre civil war and civil war eras. ... A number of people thought of slavery as immoral and unjust. ... Slavery was thought be an immoral brainchild by many people. ... A five star general is thought to have a higher social status than a civil service worker. ... The slave has a very important job and is not thought very highly of. ...

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The Civil war would not come to pass for another sixty years and there were few whites who opposed slavery. ... As a result of this experience, abolitionism and women's rights became important to Sojourner Truth and were always expressed in her preaching. ... They were both spiritual leaders who cared about justice for the people. ... During the Civil War she met President Abraham Lincoln and worked on freed slaves' relief projects such as the Freedmen's Hospital and the Freedmen's Village at Arlington Heights, Virginia. ... In an article that appeared in The Atlantic Mon...

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The First Reconstruction was a result of the Civil War and lasted until 1977. The political, social, and economic conditions after the war helped define the goals of lawmakers during the Reconstruction. ... In the post Civil War era there was a struggle for the power, each with their own ideas on how the country should go about in the reconstruction process. ... More importantly without property it would be extremely difficult to defend the rights granted to them in the Reconstruction Period. ... The Government did not yet understand the importance of economic equality in the freeing of a peop...

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The civil war created a chaotic scene across the border and Southern states which allowed many slaves to flee to the North as refugees. ... Furthermore when many white people were becoming reluctant to fight there was a significant effort made by black troops to fight for the Union army. ... It was only the slaves who realised the potential of the civil war to bring about emancipation by helping fight the Union war aim and forcing Northern people to realise that the Union would no longer be compatible with preserving slavery. ... However, from start to finish the most important aim of Lincoln...

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Most people think that the ban of slavery was a human rights issue in the south, where in fact it was a major economic one. ... According to Carl Abbott, in the years following the American Revolution, slavery, which had never been so prevalent or economically important in the North as in the South, became the South's "peculiar institution." ... (Abbott) Nevertheless, despite widespread questioning of its morality and a surplus of private liberation's in the Upper South during the revolutionary era, bondage actually expanded in the southern states. ... Between the North and the Sou...

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Many women stood out and spoke out during the 18th century against slavery and the need for freedom. ... I also site the major events during the 18th century. ... It led antislavery protests during the early 1800's. ... Abolitionists became important to the Free Soil Party in 1848. ... After the Civil War began in 1861, abolitionists rallied to the Union cause. ...

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