" This film chronicles three major battles that took place during the Civil War, but more importantly, it portrayed Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's life and his endeavors throughout the Confederates' battles during the Civil War. The movie begins with a brief glimpse into Jackson's life, pre-Civil War, which portrays a simple, outright Christian, military husband who teaches at the Virginia Military Institute, and ends with a legendary figure dying of a rather simplistic case of pneumonia. ... As stated above, one of McCarthy's main intentions was to let his rea...

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Throughout the war, he had developed new beliefs on slavery and emancipation. ... This ultimately caused the start of the Civil War. ... During the Civil War, Lincoln developed the idea of compensated emancipation for the border states, in order to help preserve the Union and free the slaves. ... His beliefs had fluctuated "during the first two years of the Civil War," although his "aim was preservation of the Union, he devoted considerable energy to a plan for ending slavery inherited from pre war years." ... The proclamation had marked an essential transformation for the Civil War and future...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set by Mark Twain in the pre-civil war era, when both racism and slavery were at a highpoint. ... Society's opinion on racism and slavery pre-civil war can be shown through situations in the book. ...

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Throughout his book Foner continues a clear stance on the Civil War and shortcomings on the Reconstruction while answering questions reasonably in the book, making his book resourceful and great for academia. ... During the end of the Civil War, the North and specifically the Republicans in office had the large task of reconstructing the rebellious confederate states and re-building a new Republic from the ashes of many battles and Sherman's march. ... Going along with this quote paraphrasing what Foner said is that even though winning the war this does not necessarily give the victors th...

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Examining the role that religion played in the African-American community, primarily pre-civil war, can be a difficult task due to the limited amount of evidence available.1 While it is a common notion that slavery life was embedded with Christian ideals, a Christian-like ideology is likely more accurate.2 Syncretism occurred with the combining of African tradition and Christian principles to create an African-American spirituality specific to its people. ... Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by ...

• Word Count: 1954
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Through the telling of stories, folklore and fiction these slaves illustrated for other slaves an array of experiences including, pre-slavery Africa, the "middle passage" (period of time that the slaves traveled in horrible conditions in a ship to get to the new world), the underground railroad/runaway experience, working on the plantations, the hope of being freed and vindicated, and general daily hardships. ... For example many spirituals from the Civil War Era make coded references to the Underground Railroad and the name "Moses", which not only has biblical connotations but is also used t...

• Word Count: 2002
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate