Is War Necessary? ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... Glory is a great movie about the 54th Regiment, which is composed of free black men. ... At this time the labor force in the South had about 4 million slaves. ...
She is expected to teach the children such things as responsibility and morality while the husband has only to worry about providing the funds to support the family. ... The second event that helped keep women in the home was literature and books urging women to subordinate themselves to their husbands (Epstein/Easton 93). This literature put the home at the center of a woman's life with child rearing the most important aspect of home. ... Some claimed that this type of marriage built around the nuclear family was the cornerstone of society (Coontz 48). ... We have looked at the parti...
Clinton's indiscretions also sparked public debate about sexual ethics in the United States. ... During the nineteenth century, the "nuclear family" structure dominated in American cities; with husbands working in factories and businesses to earn income and women remaining at home to raise children and attend to household duties. ... After the Civil War, police and medical authorities attempted to legalize and regulate prostitution as a means to control the spread of venereal disease. ... Contrary to the popular mythology, however, the Sexual Revolution did not really begin with the bi...
