The sharp knife stabbed into the heart of the recovery plan of post-Civil War America; who held the knife? Reconstruction, the fight for rights of freedmen, the rejoicing plan for the north and south, the plan for America to become whole again. ... The North on the other hand was not effected as much as the South after the Civil War. ... But, the North did put effort into the Reconstruction but South quickly resisted. ... Racism was very common in America, but more in the South than the North. ...

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The most recognizable conflict was in the North. ... As this nation was split into the North, South, and West. ... The North was industrialized. ... However, the South supported slavery while the North did not and this created tensions of sectionalism that overpowered the national forces attempting to unite America. ... The United States of America was affected by the push for equality which showed that the people of America were not on the same page. ...

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In the North, the economy functioned very differently. ... In the North, prior to 1850, if you were an escaped slave, and you managed to get to the North, you would be considered a free person. ... These differences caused tension which eventually helped lead to the American Civil War. ... In the North, most people had a completely opposite view. ... 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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While the Civil War was a triumph for American prosperity as well, referring to it as the 2nd American Revolution does not equally fit. ... Northern politics forced the South to buy their manufactured goods, which aided the north, but proved to be a detriment to the south. ... The output of southern industry in proportion to that of the North was cut in half by the war; the value of southern agricultural land in relation to that of the North was cut by three-fourths." ... But even with slavery gone, racism persisted in the South, and even in the North. ... If Americans exited the Civil war ...

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The North and South in the nineteenth century were different in lifestyle and economy. The north had a booming industrial economy while in the South, cotton was king. ... Americans sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise in the early nineteenth century, yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible because of the many differences between the North and South. nThere were different factors that prevented the growth and compromise of states. ... Americans sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise in the early nineteenth century, yet by 1860 this no longer se...

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This shift to the North became known as the Great Migration and is presented in Document D where the population of African Americans in major northern cities reached to over 100 percent of their previous African American population in some cities. By moving to the north African Americans were hoping to gain loyalty from the country by working in factories that produced war-time materials. They were also attempting to leave the cruelties of the South behind but unfortunately they run into many of the same cruelties in the north from anti-black rioters. ... The war had allowed for many African...

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"At the root of all the war was the institution of slavery, which had been introduced into North America in early colonial times," says James F. ... There were many arguments between the North on the South about slavery and about ending it. ... After Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, eleven states left the Union and proclaimed themselves an independent nation, the Confederate States of America: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The American Civil War had begun. ... "At the root of all the w...

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Through amendments and acts, the American government has worked towards reducing racism towards African-Americas. ... The American government began taking actions against racism during the times of the Civil War, when a war was waged between the North and the South over whether or not the South could secede from the Union and permit slavery. The North eventually won the war, and with the 13th Amendment, slavery was outlawed in the United States. This was the first step towards equality for African-Americans. ... African-Americans rights were further strengthened with the 14th and 15th Amendmen...

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Besides people who were going westward, white manufacturers and hand-craftsmen in the North also benefited from these social developments. ... On the contrast of the market revolution in the North, however, white planters in southern colonies were still relying heavily on their profitable "King Cotton"" and thus relying on slavery, making no responses to social changes at all. ... Though theoretically, things were better in the North because of industrialization and accordingly lack of slavery, the way that society treated African Americans were still far from equal. ... It turned out that t...

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One section was the North--23 Northern and Western states that supported the federal government. ... At the beginning the North fought only to preserve the Union. ... In both wars, Americans did fight fellow Americans; in the case of the American Revolutionary War, Patriots fought Loyalists (as well as the British); in the case of the American Civil War, Americans from the North fought Americans from the South. ... Families were split between the North and South. ... Grain from the North was becoming big business due to McCormick's mechanical reaper. ...

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The United States of America has undergone a lot of changes over the years. ... The first event to be discussed is the civil war, more known in the history books as The American Civil War, a war in the 1860s that was to determine whether the survival of the union; known as the North, or the independence for the confederacy, which was the south. ... In the past, south had millions of black slaves put to hard labor, unlike the North, where slavery was illegal. ... The north had been positively affected by the fall of the south. ... As I pointed out earlier, slavery in the north was forbidden, an...

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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. ... Overall, the North defeats the South in every possible way. ... This served as a huge advantage to the North. ... Diplomatically the North dominated. ... Overall, the North had defeated the South diplomatically as well. ...

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" The North and South in America in the 1860s had wanted each other's faction, yet wanted different societies. ... Different climates and locations had a huge effect on both the North and the South. ... The geography and the climate played a huge role on the lives of the North and the South. ... The South is quite similar to the North, but it has different features. ... Farming for the North was not as productive as the South. ...

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America as well wanting to benefit in a financial way also the pride in every single American that lives in America and America itself. ... The government in the North tried to protect blacks even after the civil war but they weren't doing the best they could do. ... The economy during this time was also hard on the South because the war was lost and reconstructing was hard to do so there was still a lot of anger built towards the north. ... Expansion was also on American's minds. ... In the end America got what they wanted. ...

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Slavery indeed would help even further boost America's new found economy until the American Revolution. ... Unlike how the American Revolution affected America's economy, America's economy throughout the Union in the North played a great hand in helping them defeat the Confederacy of the South. ... This shows a distinct difference, as the North had the same amount of factories as the South had laborers, along with over nine times as many workers than the South had; a clear advantage in the North. ... The South depended on exporting their cotton to the North and Europe, howe...

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Some historian believe, that even since colonial times, America was working its way to a civil war. ... These issues would help separate the north and south in the U.S. leading up to what was known as the American Civil War. ... The north produced leather, ships, textiles and metal goods which they would then export. ... Slavery was another major issue which separated the United States, and would help to lead up top the American Civil War. ... A fourth issue which contributed to the start of an American Civil War was , ways of viewing the world. ...

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These advantages and strengths helped the north overpower the south and win the most deadly battle of America's history at that time. The North had so many advantages over the south. ... The North produced 97% of all firer arms in America, and 96% of the nation's railroad equipment. ... If the Confederacy won this war, who knows what it might be like today in the great United States of America. The Civil War showed the people of America that slavery was immoral and that war is very deadly. ...

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According to Nell Painter in Creating Black Americans, there are particular factors which drove black southerners to the North. ... As the increasing number of black southern immigrants populated the North, black southerners began to transform both black and white America. According to Joe Trotter in "The Great Migration", the mass migration of black Southerners to the North reflected not only their quest for freedom, but also caused an emergence of new patterns of race, class, and ethnic relations in American culture (31). ... In fact, Trotter points out African Americans beginning ...

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Reconstruction was a simple and easy time for America as a nation. ... The North didn't have to pay any fee or sum of money for winning the war. ... The taxes didn't have to be raised tremendously to cover for the dues the South would have owed the North if they were required to pay a fee. ... If the North did put ex-confederates on trial for treason, it would have stirred more hatred between the North and the South. ... Reconstruction was a time of easy shit for America, and Americans. ...

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The largest American armies ever forged would be the Union and Confederate forces totaling nearly 3 million people. ... In 1862 the Confederacy was losing men at an astonishing rate and enacted the first conscription law in American history. ... A major issue in both the North and South was financing. ... The South formed a 15 million dollar bond and the North generated a 150 million dollar bond. ... Despite civil unrest among northern society and outrage at the first income tax in American history the American people stood proud and were able to preserve the Union that still stands today. ...

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First there was the Revolutionary War which the soon to be Americans threw off the yoke of an oppressive English government under the war cry, "no taxation without representation.... There was no way that the South could have won the war and there was no way that the North could lose the war. There were many reasons for this unavoidable outcome, the first of which was pure numbers, the North just had them. ... At the beginning of the war both the North and the South were not prepared for a long drawn out conflict. ... On top of that the majority of the banking was handled in the North wh...

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In America's history slavery and economics go hand in hand. ... The economic systems that dominated slavery reflected the transitions in Americas economic system. ... According to Carl Abbott, in the years following the American Revolution, slavery, which had never been so prevalent or economically important in the North as in the South, became the South's "peculiar institution." ... To please the North, slavery would be prohibited forever from Louisiana Purchase territories north of 36 30'. ... This served to further divide the North from the South. ...

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But the Vietcong, aided by North Vietnam, remained a constant threat to the government in the south. In 1965, President Johnson sent the first American combat troops to South Vietnam, and at that point, it became an American War. When the first American troops went to war in Vietnam, Americans went to war at home. ... It became the longes and most painful war in American history. ... But in 1975, the North Vietnam Army invaded South Vietnam, ignoring the agreement. ...

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The struggle between state and federal government is a large part of American history. ... The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments aided the North's vision of reconstruction. The amendments provided a series of advantages for the North's ideal Union. ... The amendment's most important provision, was to defined an American citizen as anyone born in the United States or naturalized, thereby automatically making African Americans citizens. ... Slavery had been a part of life in America since the early colonial period and became more acceptable in the South than in the North. ...

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There simply cannot have been to countries within America with different lifestyles. ... The north felt a sense of anger against the south to rely on slaves. ... In conclusion, the Union and Confederacy held different dogmas in America. Each faction thought its methods to be the best for America. ... At the price of some 600,000 fatalities more than all American wars combined, the Civil War finally came to a halt. ...

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