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. ... Then began the Reconstruction and the processes of restoring national unity and guaranteeing civil rights to the freed slaves. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed tha...

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I knew that it was a war between North and South Korea both receiving outside assistance in the war. ... (p. 102) New discoveries from these documents give evidence of a civil war. Matray claims it is both an international conflict and a civil war. ... Truman wanted to return things to the "pre-war" status quo. ... I have learned that the war was not strictly a war against communism but a civil war started by the Koreans to unify the peninsula and fueled by mistrust....

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Soon after the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession of the southern states, and the fall of Fort Sumter, the Union and the Confederate states were preparing to fight what would become the bloodiest war in American history. ... Another northern state advantage was the massive number of immigrants who were ready, willing and able to accept jobs and receive training in factories; hubs of cranking out artillery, ammunition and everything required for travel, battles and a potentially long-term war. ... This allowed them to have more advanced weapons compared to the South, who were forced t...

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People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... Black said, "All legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single racial group are immediately suspect. ... Executive Order 9066 violates the Japanese American's civil rights. People can believe that every citizen of the US should be protected by their own civil rights. ... Many people back then did not like Japanese people pre and post World War II, In the photo "Japs Keep Moving - This is a White Man's Neighborhood," there is a woman standing outside of a structure that will not allow Japanes...

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Ole Miss Who has the say when it comes to guaranteeing citizens their civil rights? ... That was the case before the civil rights movement of the mid 1960's. ... They stem back to pre-civil war time. ... It is a story largely about students written primarily for students " (Battle, 3).; it is a chapter in two big struggles that provide the context for the events of 1962: Mississippi's states rights claims, with roots extending back to the Civil War and Reconstruction, and African Americans' struggle for full civil rights, also grounded in Reconstruction." (4) The state's r...

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Lincoln did many extraordinary things in his life such as opposing slavery and winning the war to help blacks be free, because if it weren't for him then we still might have slavery to this day. ... He is qualified to write this book because he has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and was with and educated with the US Army during World War 2. ... he was awarded the Lincoln Prize for a lifetime of contributions to the study of the Civil War era. ... This book was more of a book that concentrated during his pre-presidential life then a biography of his life. ... The Personal fina...

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Emily and the antiquate house symbolize the ideals of the old, pre-industrial, pre-civil war south. The first paragraph refers to Emily as a "fallen monument", a monument of southern gentility before the Civil War now decease (Faulkner 75). ... After the Civil War, Jefferson still perpetuates the values of classism and racism. ...

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The opening scene did a great job depicting the Civil War; it really gave me a true sense of the blood and guts spilled during the war, while the smaller town scenes relayed the beauty of the home and family for which they were all fighting for. ... It accurately shows the trenches and war techniques used during the Civil War. ... After that scene it was down hill for a while setting us up for a pre war love story between Ada and Inman, even though they had known each other for no more than a week. ... At first I thought Ada had two men in war wanting to run back to her. ... Overall it was a...

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Analysis of the novel reveals that being white was the safest position to be in during the pre-Civil War Era. ... During the pre Civil-War era, whites were able to control blacks by keeping them uneducated and ignorant. ... Butler does an excellent job of recreating the life of slavery in the pre-Civil War era. ...

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Analysis of the novel reveals that being white was the safest position to be in during the pre-Civil War Era. ... During the pre Civil-War era, whites were able to control blacks by keeping them uneducated and ignorant. ... Butler does an excellent job of recreating the life of slavery in the pre-Civil War era. ...

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World War 1 lasted from 1914-1918. ... Nationalism promoted the expansion of pre-existing armies and building up military power to obtain their goals by force. ... If nationalism did not arise, there would have been no alliances developed, no arms race and pre-existing armies.Nationalism is strongly linked with the cause of World War One. ... Russia was not present because they were in the middle of a civil war. ... The War had extreme costs. ...

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Lenin can be seen as the backbone and driver in the events now referred to as the October revolution, where the Bolshevik's (Lenin's party) took over the Russian government in St Petersburg and were not only successful in seizing power but able to hang onto the position during a long civil war and thereafter. ... Although throughout the civil war and the critical phase in general, Lenin relied upon Trotsky's brilliant mind and military organizational skills to achieve greatness, it was Lenin's drive and the conviction along with his unfailing commitment which struck those a...

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Reconstruction was based on rebuilding the South after the American Civil War (1861-1865); it impacted social economic, and political issues. ... After the civil war, South cities were seriously destroyed in 1865, and North cities were not affected. ... The bureau achieved great success after the Civil War. ... They were aimed to ensure a stable labor supply and they sought to restore the pre-freedom system of racial relations. ... During the Civil War, Charles Summer pushed for the emancipation of the slaves and introduced the 13th Amendment to the Senate in 1864. ...

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On September, 22, 1862 Lincoln gave a pre-copy of the proclamation. ... By the end of the war, many slaves helped the union army or navy. The former slaves helped the north win the war. The Exanimation Proclamation made the war a fight against slavery. ... More than 4 million slaves were owned by whites at the outset of the Civil War. ...

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When the Civil War began, Harriet Tubman was attached to the Union Army in South Carolina, serving as a cook, nurse, scout for raiding parties, and spy behind Confederate lines. After the war she settled in Auburn and continued to work for the black freedmen. ... he term Underground Railroad arose as a colloquialism during America's pre-Civil War decades; it referred to secret, organized efforts by northerners to help escaped slaves find safe shelter in the free states or Canada. ... When the Civil War began she served as an army cook and nurse and became a spy and guide for Union for...

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Everyone loved him and called him a true patriot who risked everything just to stand with the Union in the Civil war. ... War broke out for Tennessee; Union victories made Federal in control. ... Most importantly, Johnson's strong commitment to obstructing political and civil rights for blacks is principally responsible for the failure of Reconstruction to solve the race problem in the South and perhaps in America as well. Johnson's decision to support the return of the pre-war social and economic system except for slavery cut short any hope for a redistribution of land to the fre...

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When the forefathers created the Constitution, they wanted it to unify all of the people that lived in the country. Although they created the Constitution with these noble reasons, the Constitution did not do what it was meant to do. This can be clearly seen during the time of the Civil War. The sep...

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It takes place in a pre-civil war society when slavery was legal and the separation between black and white people was natural and socially acceptable. ... In the time of the Civil Rights Movement, tolerance for racism was starting to diminish. ... Critics need to remember that the story takes place in a pre-civil war society, when slavery was still legal and morally acceptable. ...

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This entire event of destroying the national bank was called the Bank War. This wasn't a bloody war, but a political one. ... Jackson destroyed this system, causing economical, political, and social havoc in the years after his presidency leading up to the civil war, which would make him more of a pernicious president than anything else. ... His group of politicians made the decision to impose this tariff, which he was against in the first place, and he almost caused a civil war. His poor decisions led to a greater sectional rift in America at the pre-civil war time. ...

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Anti-Semitism in the twentieth century can be divided into three stages, pre-World War one, World War I and II, and post World War II to present. ... The Protocols of the Elders of Zion began circulating across Europe in this pre-World War period, which added significantly to the burden on the shoulders of the Jews. ... The affects of the Protocols could still be found in this stage however, World War I quelled grievances and put the attention on winning the war. ... The Nuremberg Laws forbid marriage and extramarital intercourse between Jews and Aryan Germans, restricted civil rights an...

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Achebe played a terrific role of performing the pre-colonial culture of the Ibo. ... Along the same lines, the ways they behave demonstrate that they were civil people. ... Achebe pointed out, they believe that a " war of blame" was an unjust thing. ... Religion was involved in the way they bring up their families, the way they had control of the village, they way they corresponded, the way they decided on war and other issues, and even they way they harvested. ...

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Lincoln was a scout captain in the Black Hawk War and Kennedy was a naval lieutenant in World War II. ... During their presidency, both were concerned about civil rights. President Lincoln told his side in the Emancipation Proclamation and President Kennedy reported to Congress on Civil Rights. ...

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The American presence began to grow throughout Mexico and it grew even stronger after the U.S civil war. ... He was the Pres. ... During, the Mexican Civil War, Mexicans failed to pay back their debts. ... From the beginning, the war was conceived as an opportunity for land expansion. ... Congress was concerned that annexation would start a war with Mexico. ...

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Britain emerged from the war in a relatively favourable position, compared to its European neighbours. In 1946 industrial production was as high as at any time pre-war, and increasing quite fast. By the end of the year exports had regained their pre-war level along with this there was little unemployment and retail prices remained fairly stable. ... Initially post war Britain had a Labour government. ... In 1955 a congress was held on the creation of a general customs union, to which Britain did not deem important enough to send more than a civil servant. ...

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Higher wages! Shorter workdays! Better working conditions! These famous words echoed throughout the United States beginning in "1790 with the skilled craftsmen" (Dessler, 1997, p. 544). For the last two-hundred years, workers of all trades have been fighting for their rights and "seeking methods...

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