"Perspectives of the same event" People are very different and look at things very differently. Each perspective is reflected differently in each of these pieces of literature, even though they are all about the same event. ... Bixby, a mother who had lost all of her five sons in the war. ... He wanted to be involved in their lives and would frequently share his innermost important thoughts with them. ... He speaks of the Civil War and Anarchy together. ...

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Out of three causes, the first principal cause of the American Civil War was the Compromise of 1850. ... This event reshaped the public opinion in the North and South because Brown's execution made him a martyr for the abolitionist movement. ... The third principal cause of the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860. ... The victory of the Battle of Vicksburg was more important than the one in Gettysburg because it affected the South more. This battle also beat the Confederacy economy and it would be hard to gain supplies for the war. ...

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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. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and that the issue of slavery did not cause the war. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. Almost as many as the combined dead of all other wars from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War (Boritt 634)". ... The invention of the cotton gin made it possible to easily separate the cotton seed, "[ ] this made slavery in the South more profitable, slavery then became an important part of the Southern economy a...

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Civil war was the greatest war in American history. ... It was not only the immensity of the fight but the new weapons, the new standards of generalship, and the strategies of destruction which made the Civil War an event present ever since in the American consciousness. Here are some of the crucial events of the war: the firing of the first shots at Fort Sumter; the battles of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; Sherman's dramatic march to the sea; the surrender at Appomattox. ... As the result, controlling over slaves was very important for the Southern. ... The war ...

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Ohio Leaders in the Civil War Ohio played an intricate role during the Civil War. ... Vallandigham was the most notorious domestic foe of President Lincoln's war policies during the Civil War. He urged that the war be ended by negotiation. ... John Sherman played an important role in Ohio politics and shaped the finances of the United States during this time. ... Though a minor figure in the circle of presidential advisors and friends and in the events of the war, the bishop illustrated his willingness to actively endorse principles and policies that he felt were right and would be help...

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Introduction Many events of the 18th century impacted the abolition of Slavery. ... I also site the major events during the 18th century. ... 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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Reconstruction in the context of American history refers to the time period after the Civil War, specifically from 1865 to 1877, in which the United States began to rebuild from the pandemonium and chaotic aftermath of the Civil War. ... However, nothing comes as important as the country itself. ... The first and most important goal of Reconstruction was to hold the nation together, and it did success. ... For such an important event in the American history like Reconstruction, it always has its own pros and cons. ... All of those policies were essential for the United States to become one po...

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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?" ... I think that without Lincoln's help, it would have taken a lot longer for slaves to become free and if the South would have won the war, maybe not even for many decades, if ever. ... James Mcapherson also wrote about who freed slaves : "The clear answer is the war. ... Another important thing that Lincoln did was not to let South to expand slavery to the free territories. ... He points o...

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It is said that Everett's lengthy oration was fitting to the occasion and well read, but none the less caused some people to leave the event early because they were tired of listening or simply did not understand the content. ... Secondly, that this war is a test of the Union endurance and the task of preserving it remains unfinished. ... Because Lincoln was working to unify the audience he intentionally made no mention of the war being over slavery. ... It was important that his message could be understood by all. ... He began with the past when the nation was originally created, mov...

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The first event to be discussed is the civil war, more known in the history books as The American Civil War, a war in the 1860s that was to determine whether the survival of the union; known as the North, or the independence for the confederacy, which was the south. ... The South was once heavily run by the plantation economy and was one of the foremost important reasons to why the population had a slow rate of increase. ... Although, plantations had made a move into the south, the primary reason of the war all began with slavery and the idea of having slavery crossed into the west. ... Despit...

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After the war, the South was left in a state of complete turmoil. ... More importantly, the South, for the first time ever, was without an easy profit economy based on slavery. ... By vetoing them, the president marked his alienation from Congress and set off a chain of events leading towards failure. ... Most importantly, however, was that blacks were undeniably freed. ... Tilden, "We have just emerged from one civil war, and it will not do to engage in another civil war it would end in the destruction of free government." ...

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In all Abe Lincoln did not have a very easy time growing up facing multiple tragic events but this shaped the man and leader he would grow up to be. ... Lincoln demonstrated one of the traits that made him such a good leader early on when he decided not to attack the confederacy and declare war but stated that they would would not be the first to act if war was imminent. Lincoln saw no right for the states breaking away but did not want a war, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. ... Some of the volunteer troops he called for w...

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The process of rebuilding after the American Civil War is known as The Reconstruction. ... Although these questions uprooted during the Civil War and continued for decades, the Reconstruction lasted from the end of the Civil War, 1865, to 1877. Reconstruction emerges in the early part of the war. ... The Brown ruling ranks as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century. ... Countless events followed showing blacks shouldn't be treated on a different scale than whites. ...

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The Mexican War provided the United States with a lot of new territory, and the question of the future of slavery in the territories was on everyone's mind. ... It all came down to whether or not you believe that state's rights are more important than federal rights or vice versa. ... This is why the case of Dred Scott played such an important role in American history. ... In l86l-1862, two very important things happened: Abraham Lincoln was elected president and Congress prohibited slavery in the territories without judicial restraint. ...

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In doing so, it will include discussion of various acts and other measures that the Radicals used to restore the Union following the Civil War. ... The next great event in the history of the Radical Republicans was the Congressional election in the fall of 1866. ... The Tenure of Office Act, the most important of these laws, prohibited the president from firing any officeholder who had been hired by the Senate unless he obtained Senate approval. This law became very significant when Johnson suspended Lincoln appointee Secretary of War Edwin M. ... Grant interim secretary of war. ...

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Did you know that the "Dred Scott Case" was one of the most important cases ever tried in the United States? ... "This decision contributed to rising tensions between the free and slave states just before the American Civil War." ... The Dred Scott Decision stirred the country to the point of civil war. ... In 1957 Dred Scott's tombstone was engraved, that read: "DRED SCOTT BORN ABOUT 1799 DIED SEPT. 17, 1858 DRED SCOTT SUBJECT OF THE DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1857 WHICH DENIED CITIZENSHIP TO THE NEGRO, VOIDED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE ACT, BECAME ONE O...

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When discussing Brown's character, Thoreau cites a statement, substantiated by his own conversations with Brown, that read that "he permitted no profanity; no man of loose morals was suffered to remain there, unless, indeed, as a prisoner of war. ... " He describes Brown as he hangs from the gallows, using the execution scene as a symbol for the events as a whole. ... The author is arguing that the death of Brown is something that cannot be understated or ignored; in effect, this marks the beginning of the war. Melville enumerates that idea through the title of the poem, and his...

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His second inauguration was a big event and it has the city of Washington, D.C. overloaded. ... Before his assassination Lincoln had a dream of the very event. ... For safety precautions many people close to Lincoln ordered him not to go out and not to make too many public appearances, especially in time war time such as the one they were in. ... So the theory was that Booth wanted to give the Confederacy one last chance to be successful in the war. ... This was also first day in which the Civil War could be referred to in the past tense. ...

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