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. ... These differences caused tension which eventually helped lead to the American Civil War. ... This was the major difference between the South and the North, and was a massively important cause of the civil war. ...

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The Civil War is surely one of America's darkest moments, lasting four long and arduous years (1961-1965). ... The conflict led to mass destruction of property and man lives were lost during the war. ... The win meant that the agenda of abolishing slave trade in the U.S would be an automatic one but it did not come so easy, there was a battle ahead after Lincoln's win that had to pay the cost for the anti-slavery campaign, the civil war. ... Many of their states were plantation economies. ... They believed that he only way they could stop the blockade that had hurt their economies in...

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With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. ... The consequences of the Civil War intensely affected primarily the economy of agriculture and transportation in the United States. The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. ... In contrast, transportation after the Civil War also weakened the economy. ... Millions of American lives were destroyed during and after the Civil 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. ... The Republican Party, dominant in the North, secured a majority of the electoral votes, and Lincoln was elected the first Republican president, but before his inauguration, seven slave states with cotton-based economies formed the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Southern whites...

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Therefore, a little background on the break out of Civil War would not hurt. To begin, the economies of the North and the South were very different. ... The first set off the Civil War took place when John Brown, a white abolitionist took upon himself to free the slaves by setting a raid on Harpers Ferry a year prior to Lincoln's election.4 As the Union Army was trying to gain control over Fort Sumter, the first shots of the Civil War was fired. 5 The North held many advantages over the South during the Civil War. ... The North also had factories and industries that produced materials t...

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Some historian believe, that even since colonial times, America was working its way to a civil war. ... These issues would help separate the north and south in the U.S. leading up to what was known as the American Civil War. ... Slavery was another major issue which separated the United States, and would help to lead up top the American Civil War. ... A fourth issue which contributed to the start of an American Civil War was , ways of viewing the world. ... The separation caused by these issue would eventually cause the beginning of the seemingly inevitable American Civil War, which accor...

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Civil War Was the American Civil War caused by slavery or economics? ... Some say simplistically that the Civil War was fought over slavery. ... Another problem that may have played a cause in the civil war was the tariff law of 1828. ... So now Congress passed the Compromise Measures of 1850 during August of 1850. ... Acceptable Length: Four to Five pages In conclusion the civil war was not merely over the issue of slavery, there was a much greater cause behind it. ...

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During the war, Union blockades stopped most foreign trade in the South (Scott). The blockades wrecked havoc with the southern economy. The South's economy in the 1850's was entirely dependent upon slavery and agriculture. . ... Near the end of the war, the Southern economy was plagued with inflation. ... The looting was only solved during Reconstruction....

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Racial oppression was brought to white Americans as black Americans fought for equal rights during the Civil Rights Movement. ... As the economy grew in the mid-1940's, employment also expanded along with higher wages. As the Cold War became an issue, the advances that the black Americans were gaining economically were temporarily put on hold. During this time, black Americans were once again in deep struggle. ... After the Cold War, the struggle intensified bringing upon protest groups and boycotting. ...

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The Cold War for Russia, was to ensure security, block out capitalism, gain power and improve their economy. ... In 1949, Mao Zedong and the People's Liberation Army lead the Communists to victory in a civil war against Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. ... The United States economy is growing although communism is spreading. ... Germany is also another place of conflict during the Cold War. ... The Soviet Unions economy was also growing. ...

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Civil War historian Shelby Foote describes the American Civil War as the most important event in American History. The Civil War was, at the very least, one of the most controversial periods in American history. ... Though the Southern economy boomed because of cotton, it did not modernize, largely because the South became too dependent on cotton. ... In this aspect the Civil War was entirely about slavery and the economics of slavery. ... The right to govern themselves as each state saw fit had a large part in the causes of the civil war. ...

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With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for the first civil rights movement that occurred after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. ... Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sh...

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Terrorism is not just something that developed during the 1900s. ... During the French and Indian War of 1754, British troops provided blankets that had been infected with smallpox to the American Indians. ... During the 19th century, when President Lincoln and 12 other public officials were assassinated, these were acts of terrorism connected to the Civil War. ... With comparison to past efforts, the one-two punch of monetary and fiscal policy may not pump up the economy in the way the Vietnam War did in the 1960s. ... In the past, wars have ha...

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During that Hawaii economy depression Hawaii king died and his daughter took his chair. ... American people didn"t have interest that time because American economy was in depression. ... Cuba was going through many problems because of civil war. ... War lasted 10 weeks and American won the war. ... Civil war breaks out in Philippines against U.S. ...

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The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... The movie Gettysburg is an epic retelling of personal and historical events surrounding the decisive battle of the Civil War (Gettysburg). ... In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War. ... It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods (Civil). ... During this time a surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. ...

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When the American Civil War began, President Lincoln was not prepared to be commander in chief. ... During the war's early stages, anti-slavery Republicans grew more demanding. ... The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. ... The result of the Civil War left many in the South bitter toward the integration of African Americans into society. ... Polk, Lincoln, and Reagan were presidents during a war. ...

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Thesis The differing positions held by the United States and the Soviet Union on the various civil wars during the middle of the twentieth century as well as their direct confrontation during the Cuban Missile Crisis led to a major rise in political tension between the two superpowers and contributed to the longevity of the Cold War. 1) "Despite all Woodrow Wilson's efforts in establishing the League of Nations, the USA did not join the League because of objections raised in the Senate, and Wilson's refusal to compromise ensured that the US would not ratify the Covenant of The Leagu...

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" Even though a lot of bad things came from this, there were also positive things like the national economy going up, progression and high technology. Americans identity was shifting during this time by mostly wanting to progress. ... Even though, the civil war was an attempt to stop racism and segregation, it failed. The government in the North tried to protect blacks even after the civil war but they weren't doing the best they could do. ... The economy during this time was also hard on the South because the war was lost and reconstructing was hard to do so there was still a lot o...

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Time On The Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery Robert Fogel and Stanley Engerman's book Time on the Cross, analyzes the Southern economy before and after the Civil War. ... The fact that slaves were well represented in the crafts is quite surprising, but after the civil war the amount of slaves in the skilled crafts had dropped significantly. ... But by 1820, the percentage was about a third and on the eve of the Civil War, the percentage was just over 15%. ... Others like Phillips claimed that if the Civil War had never occurred, slavery would have crushed itself under...

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The post-Civil War South is in shambles. ... Much of the antebellum south would be identified differently after the civil war. ... Cotton was the single most important crop of the antebellum south and was its Achilles heel during the war. ... Then the introduction of refrigerated rail cars would allow southern produce to reach northern markets, which would further diversify the southern economy. ... The deterioration of race relations would again happen with civil rights, again during a time of economic upheaval and the black panthers with Vietnam....

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There were many causes of the American Civil war, but perhaps the most significant was the issue of slavery between the North and the South. ... The next day, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter. ... The American Civil War was underway. One of the more significant battles of the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. ... The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear about the American Civil War is the Gettysburg Address. ...

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Retired from the army after this war in 1854, he went bankrupt. ... Grant clearly had a military education that helped him to be successful as a person during war times but he understood that as a civilian he was not that successful. Instead of seeing the Civil war as a catastrophe, he saw it as the opportunity of his life, and rose as the military leader that the country needed for that specific difficult era in the United States history. ... Grant accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, The war was over. ... S. economy to be a world leader coming back from the destructi...

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First to mind is the Jews during World War II. ... Historically we have come to accept war for many reasons, they are to support the fighting cause, for imperialism or colonization, to boost ones economy, or simply for freedom. ... Whether the progression is in technology, civil rights, animal rights, or the rights of gays, it continues. ... On this date, we proved that the structure of our economy was weak. ... All of these factors were because of people and there wrong decisions during this time. ...

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These differences would culminate during the 1850s and would eventually ignite a divided Congress and country to fight a war it had already won- the war for freedom. ... The dividing of people on the issue of slavery turned into the sectionalism that fueled the Civil War. During the early stages of growth from the 17th to middle 18th century, two distinct economies developed in the United States. In the North, farming drove the economy. ... The South's economy revolved around the plantation. ...

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Some say it is a bad thing, and predict looming doom, others say it is a safe and stable necessity to maintain a strong economy. ... The only time a budget deficit existed during these years was in times of war or other disastrous events. For instance, the government created deficits during the War of 1812, the recession of 1837, the Civil War, the depression of the 1890's, and World War I. ... This kind of action is positive for the economy. ... During the 1990s, the federal government created a new debt of $2.8 trillion; more than created in the nation's history prior to 1990. ...

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