These two conflicts are different but are both quite important to the formation of our country. ... One section was the North--23 Northern and Western states that supported the federal government. ... The American Civil War lasted from April 1861 to April 1865). ... An economic revolution also occurred from the Civil War. ... It was greatest in the South; it climbed all the way up to 9,000%. ...
Grant gained notoriety in the western theatre, where most of the fighting was waged for control of arteries of commerce, such as rivers and railroads. ... Instead of a demonstration, as was suggested to him, he made an all out assault. ... Their findings served to give credence to Lincoln's faith in his western general. ... After the battles of Chattanooga and Knoxville, Grant had put together quite an impressive resume; he had won 17 battles, captured 100,000 prisoners, and had taken 500 pieces of artillery (Foote, Vol.2 918). ... The casualties suffered from the Wilderness to Cold H...
Some women sailed across the ocean as indentured servants and suffered from the cruelty of their masters. ... Now ladies were supposed to be slim and slender moving away from "fecund workhorse " (Collins, 72). ... Menstruation was regarded as dangerous and all the illnesses were believed to originate in the womb. ... In addition to the same amount of fieldwork, female slaves were obligated to run household chores, all this time child-bearing. ... Slavery was deeply incorporated into Southern culture, where mistresses' work was to supervise all the work done by slaves. ...
With the northern and western states populations growing due to the mass migration, the southern states felt threatened at the thought of slavery being outlawed by the rest of the country. ... By this time, the northerners were quite opposed to the idea of people being considered property, and those people (property) being counted as part of the population. They believed that all southern slaves should be emancipated. ... The U.S. had put a tax on all incoming goods that was so high; people would buy their goods from the north. ... Over all the freeing of the slaves was merely a by-prod...
Transcribed from Mary Prince's own words, it was written as abolitionist propaganda for England's Anti-Slavery Society. ... A crucial point omitted by Gates is that slave narratives written by women were quite unique in their treatment of sexuality. ... It is believed that she was molested by at least one, if not all three, of the masters she served as an adult (4). ... Torn from her family at age twelve, she details her daily duties and terrors without exaggeration. ... The accounts of unusually heinous treatment by her mistresses - from Mrs. ...
The Hopewell culture was the better of the two at mound building, and created quite a reputation for this reason. ... The Europeans were gleaning the lands of all its game. ... One of the most tragic of all wars is civil war. ... "From whence come wars and fightings among you? ... Mountain folk invited all people in need to church services. ...
