The Private then discusses the idea of staying home instead of fighting. If the black soldiers decided to stay with their families back home, they would receive $1-$1.50 a day. ... Only being 25 years old, Shaw initially held some prejudices with some of his men. ... The regiment was given battle flags in a ceremony that was held on May 18, 1863. ... Strong asked the Fifty-Fourth Regiment to lead an attack on Fort Wagner, which was currently held by the Confederates. ...

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The North and South each held different positions as to why they fought the war. ... Southern states held a political view where they felt the state governments should hold more power than the federal government. ... These were not slaveholders, but in fact, held a rivalry with the higher status-men the Slave-Holding Elite. ... They fought because they held nationalism in their Southern way of life and identities. ... Because they weren't able to stay home and support their families, thousands of wives and children experienced famine, especially as a result of Union barricades of Sou...

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On April 17th 1861 a referendum was held within the Virginian convention. ... This title would be held until permission to be transferred was granted by then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. ... After turning down the position offered by his old commanding officer General Scott, Lee wrote back asking to not be in charge of troops fighting against his home state of Virginia. ... He would then return to his home state of Virginia and become the commander and chief of the army and naval forces of Virginia. 4 On May 14, 1861 he became brigadier general, the highest rank allowed at the time. ...

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It helped the slaves find jobs and homes. ... Elections were held in each state with black males having the right to vote. ... A Klan's member would ride up to a house and drag the person from his or her own home. ...

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Abraham Lincoln held many professions, including shopkeeping and blacksmithing before he decided to study law and pursue a political career. ... Shortly after the assassination of President Lincoln, the Lincoln family moved to a home at 3014 N. ... The family of President Kennedy moved to a home at 3017 N. ...

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It helped the slaves find jobs and homes. ... Elections were held in each state with black males having the right to vote. ... A Klan's member would ride up to a house and drag the person from his or her own home. ...

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His home was Springfield, Illinois. ... Southern Democrats held a separate convention and nominated John C. ... The violence escalates when the Home Guard, a group of pro-Union German immigrants serving with the Union forces, return fire into the crowd. ... Although the Union commander attempts to dismiss the Home Guard to restore peace, rebel mobs continue to rampage, burning buildings throughout the night. The Home Guard is called out once more to end the riots. ...

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At the age of eight, little Abraham already was chopping wood for the home. ... Finally, in early 1844 they purchased a frame house in the city that would serve as their home for the next sixteen years. ... Lincoln's most significant action as president to be his Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Lincoln proclaimed that all slaves held in rebellious areas were "then, thence-forward, and forever free." ...

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His dad Jacob Johnson, and his mom, Mary Johnson, both worked hard to maintain the home by working for Casso's Inn, which was a popular inn and stable. ... The resident of the home threatened to call the cops, so Johnson left the town and deserted his apprentice job at the tailor shop. ... He held the position until 1864. ...

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Frederick Douglass vs. David Crockett Frederick Douglass was a black American, who was one of the most acclaimed human rights leaders of the 19th century. Known to be one of the most famous slavery abolitionists and also became the first black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government. Da...

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"Douglass Proves the American Dream" The American Dream is the ideals of freedom, equality, opportunity, and a life of personal happiness and material comfort, traditionally held to be available for every American. ... He wanted his people to be able to circulate freely-attending schools, gain employment, buy houses, use public transport and accommodations, vote, speak one's own voice, and being held innocent until proven guilty. ... Once freedom was attained, churches, schools, and homes were burned and blacks were murdered in the south. ... " And by virtue of the power and for th...

• Word Count: 1886
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He knew that the Federal forces held more than a modest advantage in terms of men and supplies. ... You need to defeat the opposing armies and get the men composing those armies back to their homes to work on their farms and in their shops." ... :Greenwood Press, 1972) The meeting lasted for a number of hours and near its end, Lincoln made his orders clear: "Let them once surrender and reach their homes, they won't take up arms again. ...

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He knew that the Federal forces held more than a modest advantage in terms of men and supplies. ... You need to defeat the opposing armies and get the men composing those armies back to their homes to work on their farms and in their shops." ... :Greenwood Press, 1972) The meeting lasted for a number of hours and near its end, Lincoln made his orders clear: "Let them once surrender and reach their homes, they won't take up arms again. ...

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I have read all the papers I have been able to get my hands on, but have seen nothing said of my brother, except that he has been detained at home on account of sickness. ... Chief justice John Marshall was a leading citizen and presided at the famous treason trial of Aaron Burr held in the Capitol Building. ...

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Andrew Johnson In the year 1808, Andrew Johnson was born, from childhood to presidency. I outlined key points, which include: His Childhood, which briefly describes how his family was like, how he grew up and how he accomplished his goals. His presidency outlines, how he accomplished his vic...

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Although each state's codes were slightly different they all held the sole purpose to control and restrain the freedom of former slaves. ... They would rape black women, burn crosses, whip well-known black leaders, and ransack home which blacks lived in. ...

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People who were once treated as less than human, now have the power to vote, and not only that, but can become a leader of the same nation that once held them captive in shackles. ... When the Europeans came into their villages, they used violent force to remove them from their homes and pack them into the ships. ...

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Fort Sumter was one of the four military posts within the seceded states that were still held by U.S. forces.2 Fort Sumter is located on a man-made island at the mouth of the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina. ... Eventually, after two days of heavy fire between the forces, Anderson and his men without casualties surrendered the fort and the flag was raised over Fort Sumter.11 The Aftermath Even though the Union had lost Fort Sumter, Anderson's troops were welcomed home as hero's. ...

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From his new home in Rochester, he dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery, including equal treatment of women. ... Upon Frederick's arrival at the Auld Home, his only duties were to run errands and care for the Auld's infant son, Tommy. ... At home Frederick read parts of books and newspapers when he could, but he had to constantly be on guard against his mistress. ...

• Word Count: 1950
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Frederick Douglass Born 1818 (?) in Tuckahoe, Maryland Died 1895 in Washington D.C. Frederick Douglass was the leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800's. Never knowing his mother or even the identity of his father, he was born a slave and escaped to the north when he was twenty years...

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The Southern states supported slavery because the slave population held more than 40 percent of the entire population and also they needed slavery for their industrialization. ... The great war was over, but that didn't mean any good because millions of free slaves and white people found themselves without any money or homes, and much of the South lay in ruins due to the war. ...

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After Abraham's death, Mary's next seventeen years held nothing but sorrow. ... She was living at her sister's home in Springfield, Illinois- the same house from which she had walked as the bride of Abraham Lincoln just 40 years before (The History Place). ...

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Congressional Reconstruction in Mississippi was a time that saw an attempt to end white supremacy and also held many opportunities of racial equality for blacks, even to the point of black supremacy. ... Black and white Republicans were afraid to leave their homes for fear of their lives. ...

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Nadia Boulanger To see ideas that were once held in the face of much persistent inertia and doubt come within reach of being realized is a source of great satisfaction. ... Homer We need men who can dream of things that never were. ...

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Northerners believed that slavery was morally improper and that it should not be allowed in their country while Southerners believed that it was their right and that no one should tell them that their long-held customs and traditions were wrong. ... Lee, who had distinguished himself in the Mexican-American war, but Lee could not go against his home state of seceded Virginia. ...

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