My thesis will support why it is important to research and share the role of women during the civil war. ... Documents such as these, are some of the only information we have about the mysterious world of secret agents during the Civil War era. Without these few surviving documents, we may have never known the dangerous and effective roles these women played during the Civil War. ... My thesis will support why it is important to research and share the role of women during the civil war. ... Documents such as these, are some of the only information we have about the mysterious world of secret ...

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Why did the south lose the Civil War? The American civil war began in 1861 with a victory for the North. Over the four years the war lasted over half a million people died. ... The south had absolutely no industrial capabilities to aid them during the war. ... Many USA officers joined the confederacy at the start of the civil war. ...

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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. ... This was the major difference between the South and the North, and was a massively important cause of the civil war. In the end, all of these tensions were very important, and ended up being some of the causes of the American Civil War....

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During and After Civil War Moral and economical reasons caused the Civil War. The Confederate States had difficulty during the war and they had the worst outcome of the war. ... The Confederate states during the Civil War had weaknesses which caused them to fail. ... During the Civil War, the Confederate States had several disadvantages, which were certainly the reason for their defeat. ... During Reconstruction, the period after the American Civil War affecting former Confederate states, Lincoln had to decide on how the Confederate States should be punished. ...

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With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. ... The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. ... After the Civil War, the southern states were under distress. ... It also disabled southern rebels to use the railroads to transport war supplies, an important factor in winning the war. ... Millions of American lives were destroyed during and after the Civil War. ...

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Many average Americans would attribute the cause of the American Civil War to slavery, but are there other possible causes? Could the "history" taught in so many classrooms throughout the United States of America be wrong about something so important as the real cause of the Civil War? ... When asked what caused the American Civil War, most will say that slavery caused it. ... During the early days of the Civil War, he actually ordered slaves who escaped from the south to the north to be return to their owner. ... Slavery was officially "tied" to the Civil War as a reason to fight after th...

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The film features the life of Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, during the onset of the American Civil War. ... Scarlett decides that the most important thing from there on out are the survival of her family and her own well-being. ... The entire film was shot from the perspective of southern people, so it makes sense that southern ideals were most prevalent. ... Another biased perspective is that of the American Civil War itself. ... I enjoyed the way the film told the story of the American Civil War without simply spelling out the facts. ...

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Between the years of 1848 and 1861, many important events happened that would eventually bring forth the civil war and would eventually dictate the outcome of the war. 10. The establishment of the Underground Railroad was the tenth-most important even to happen during this time period. ... The ninth-most important even that happened during this time period was the execution of John Brown, a killer of 5 people who were pro-slavery. ... The Dred Scot decision was another important factor that contributed to the eruption of the Civil War. ... Because it was the spark that lit the fuse that ...

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The civil war did not change our system of government, or the leaders in charge. ... Finally, nor did the civil war have profound impacts socially on the people of the United States of America. ... The war, "increased northern wealth and capital by 50 percent during the 1860s while destroying 60 percent of the southern wealth. ... Racism was a sad fact, and way of life for most people during the Civil War era. ... This was true during the American Revolution, and it was true during the Civil War as well. ...

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After reading All the Daring of the Soldier: Women of the Civil War Armies, by Elizabeth D. Leonard, I've come to one conclusion; many people overlook the role of women in war. ... Mary Walker was a surgeon in the Civil War. ... During the Civil War, Union soldiers liberated Williams and she spent the remainder of the war as a paid servant of the union army. ... She was one of the first women during the Civil War to be given such an award. ...

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This came to be known as the Civil War. These two conflicts are different but are both quite important to the formation of our country. ... One such riot took place in New York City during 1863 by anti-black Irish-Americans. An economic revolution also occurred from the Civil War. ... The American Civil War had a great impact on the American people because it was a war of values and customs; it caused many changes to take place economically, politically, and especially socially....

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I will discuss conflict's role in the original settling of America, the conflict involved in the American Revolution, and finally the conflict that resulted in the civil war. ... Native Americans occupied the land in North America as far as 15,000-20,000 years ago, there were even bands of these people living there during the Ice Age. ... The most ideal example of this is the Civil War. I intend to do my next theme essay on the topic of slavery and race, so I won't go too in depth now about the Civil War. ... If the Civil War did not happen, America wouldn't exist as we know ...

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The bombing of residential centers, meanwhile, would collapse the civilian will, which might lead to the desired collapse of production and civil life. ... People stayed solidary: they were helping each other during the bomb attacks; they worked together in anti aircraft batteries and etc. ... People shared numerous duties in order to endure the difficulties of war: children collected war materials, civilians were subjected to rationing of most goods, and nearly all were expected to buy government issued bonds to fund the war. ... The British and the Americans knew that Dresden was an import...

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The Civil Rights Movement changed the culture of America in the 1960's by banning discrimination of people based on race, sex, national origin and religion. ... One of the most important events that also started desegregation was the Montgomery bus boycott. ... Because of the baby boom after World War II, the culture in the 1960's was very focused upon America's youth. ... The Civil Rights Movement also changed the way people treated women. ... He was also one of the greatest civil rights leaders and inspired both black and white people. ...

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In the 1980s in Ireland a period came about that has been dubbed the 'moral civil wars'. As Ireland during that time was still very heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, the people of Ireland were more conservative then they are now. ... These moral issues are of course very important concerns for a growing society, but unfortunately at that time they overshadowed important welfare problems. ... Urban deprivation got worse during this period. ... In conclusion, the 'moral civil wars' of the 1980's was an era full of lobbying, unemployment, emigration and screami...

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In other words, the author states that the experience of internment and war for the Japanese people left the community with a sense of ethnic identity to which that community is able to create a new civil religion around. The Japanese American experience during World War II was the catalyst to a new form of civil religion within the United States of America. ... Then, after this, the author goes back into the importance of the preservation of memory and the experience that has come to form a civil religion for the Japanese American people. ... Cultural and ethnic identities are an importan...

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Loyalists were colonists who decided it was best to side with their forebears, the British Empire, during the American Revolution. The Revolution was very much a civil war, as it forced people to choose a side - and that divided families. ... That's only because the patriots won the war. ... But it's important to see the loyalist perspective. - that originally, all colonists were founded by the British, so were British citizens. ... Perhaps if we were alive during that period of history and were part of an American colony on the verge of war, we'd choose peace as well....

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During his stay with the Auld family, he asked the wife of Hugh Auld, Sophia Auld to teach him to read; she obliged and proceeded to teach him to read. ... On December 3, 1847, Douglass moved to Rochester, New York and started a newspaper called the North Star.1 It was praised by abolitionists but looked down upon by some because it was made by an ex-slave.2 At this time, Douglass was drawing away from Garrison's ideas, which were that slavery could be solved through peaceful means but Douglass believed that only through war could slavery be abolished.2 During the Civil War, Douglass als...

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My aim is to further an understanding of this controversial era by juxtaposing different approaches of several important political and artistic protagonists concerning the role of violence. ... This quote, which was coined by the French intellectual Jean-Paul Sartre, was used by Malcolm X in a speech during the last year of his life. ... I think this was a crucial point of the conflict, and had to be understood as a declaration of war by the political establishment. ... Obviously, during this time he was extremely radical in his opinion. ... As this still holds true today, his poem was adapted...

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"Apostles of Disunion," by Charles Dew discusses the cause of the South's secession that led to the Civil War by examining the work of southern secession commissioners, urging fellow Southerners to follow their lead and secede from the Union. Ignored by historians or dismissed as minor figures behind the motives of disunion, Dew is convinced that speeches and letters from the southern commissioners reveal a lot about the secession and pending Civil War during the winter of 1860-1861. ... Still, by the end of the Civil War, there was no clear evidence that secession was caused by slaver...

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During World War I, an extreme patriotism took hold in the United States. ... But, the suspicion and distrust was also directed against German-Americans (Germany was the main enemy of the U.S. and its allies in World War), immigrants, and people who were considered to have "radical"" or extreme political beliefs that were thought to be "anti-American." ... Another event that occurred during World War I, and continued in the immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. ... Arrests, searches withou...

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The Navajo Code Talkers were supported by Philip Johnston, a civil engineer WWI veteran. ... The Navajo Code Talkers were needed during World War II due to the fact that the Japanese were excellent code breakers. ... Philip Johnston, a retired US Army Civil Engineer, helped in promoting the use of the Navajo people as the code talker by the Marine Corps. ... The ability to send and translate messages during important battles such as Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal. The Code Talkers were also crucial to American victory during World War II by creating an unbreakable code for the Japanese to try to bre...

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Absent due to the English Civil war, which for a time allowed Scotland to have influence over parliament and for the Catholic Irish to rebel in Ireland. ... His role before 1640 was important to the events played within the period. ... During the Civil war (1642-1649) parliament suffered it greatest military failures in 1643, at the hands of Charles I and his supporters. ... The English parliament needed to handle the treaty with care due to the situation they found themselves in (the Civil War). ... I have spoken of its absence during the English Civil War and its dominance with the New Mod...

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Civil Obedience vs. ... Henry David Thoreau, a 19th century individualist, wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience" in which he explained his reasons for not paying taxes to a government that was involved in an unjust war with Mexico. ... This was extremely important considering that he was directing his thoughts to the eight white clergymen. ... Most people are more sensitive toward young children and hate to see their feelings hurt. ... During the time he wrote this piece, slavery was the biggest issue among Americans. ...

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The battle itself was less important than the speech." ... Gettysburg stands as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. ... In his speech, Lincoln spoke of how the Civil War was a test of whether our nation could even survive. ... Lincoln's speech made people think about the true meaning and effect of a Civil War, and whether the country as a whole was more important than the wants of a few. ... The country is suffering, but it isn't a Civil War that is tearing us apart, it is the greed of the wealthy and the suffering of the rest of us. ...

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