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. ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ranks fifth on the American Library Association's list of the 100 most frequently challenged books of the 1990's. This well-known American novel by Mark Twain has been a controversial book since it was first published in the 1880's. The current debate centers aro...
Slavery was a major issue in the United States during the pre civil war and civil war eras. In the southern states, their economic stability revolved around cash crops. Some cash crops include tobacco, rice, and cotton. Slaves were used for hard labor out in the fields of farms and plantations to ke...
