This war is also known as the War of Rebellion, the War Between States, and the War of Secession. ... Because of the war, there was no use for these advantages. ... The Federals, or Union, with their leader as General Winthrop, were told to meet the rest of their company, with General Farnum in charge, at Little Bethel before sunrise. ... Charlotte's western Democrat compared the American Revolution to the Civil War and called the Battle of Big Bethel, "The Lexington of the war." ... Even though this war has been over for more than years, people still have different views abou...

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The end of the Civil War marked this transition from a more agricultural nation to an industrialized one. ... Rockefeller acquired his significant wealth from his very own Standard Oil Company. Through the Standard Oil Company, Rockefeller gained a hefty portion of the oil industry. ... In 1901 the company was sold for 475 million dollars. ... The Spanish-American War is more a result of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence. ...

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One of the crises that they contributed to was the Civil War. ... The Irish Americans, like many other groups and families, were split by the war and having to choose sides. ... There were many different regiments and companies in the Union Army, but one of the most famous units was the Irish Brigade. ... Many Irish men who fought in the war will be remembered for what they contributed their side. ... Many Irish were ranked officers by the end of the Civil War. ...

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Glory This is one of the most popular Civil War movies of all time. Until the Gettysburg Movie was made, this was the best Civil War movie of all time. ... Carney became the first black to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic actions he'd performed while a member of Company C of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment during the assault on Fort Wagner. Colonel Robert Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates. ... Yet, as in all civil wars, there was no happy ending. ...

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Like most who were actively engaged in the liberties pursuits that was the Civil War, Colonel John Singleton Mosby found purpose and advent in his own measure and activity during the war. ... Stuart's staff, for the purposes of joining a cavalry company. ... Mosby finally joins the ranks of his cavalry's company in Abingdon, Virginia at Martha Washington College. ... Marching with his company on May 30, 1861 Mosby's company departed Abingdon to join the Army. It is there where Mosby's company officially joined the First Virginia cavalry commanded by J.E.B. ...

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His Grandfather, Uriah York, was an Army Veteran of the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. ... Because of his objections, he was called before his company commander, George Buxton. ... Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. ... With war becoming more likely again in Europe, Alvin began pleading with people to avoid war at all costs. ... Because of his opposition to war, Alvin was hesitant. ...

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Former slaves after the Civil War were in the same situation, only in a different line of work. ... Other former slaves were less fortunate, and were not awarded land after the Civil War. ... Treatment of the Slovakian immigrants in Out of This Furnace was similar to the treatment of blacks post Civil War, but to a lesser extreme. ... Mike did not let the company tell him who to vote for, but also did not tell the company for fear of being fired. Dobie, on the other hand, voted for whom he pleased, was openly a member of the non-company union, and risked his job in order to testify in front of...

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By the late 1890s, African Americans were stripped of most of their rights they were promised of after the Civil War. ... In 1894, workers boycotted in particular George Foremen grill road works, in rage from Pullman slashed employee wages and raised rents in his company town. ... By the late 1890s, the government and business men seemed to be winning the war with laborers as membership in the Union decrease significantly. ... Credit mobilier was a Pennsylvania holding company that was chartered by congress to build the Union-Pacific railroad. A chief operating officer for both the railroad an...

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Douglass was played significant role in the civil war by convincing Lincoln that the main focus of the war should be the abolishment of slavery and influenced a large amount of blacks to fight for the Union. ... Douglass played a crucial role during the civil war; it was Douglass that convinced Lincoln that the war was more than just the preservation of the Union. ... Nearly two hundred thousand African Americans were estimated to have served the United States Army and Navy by the end of the civil war. ... Frederick Douglass was the President of Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, he...

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The Civil Rights Movement Before the Civil War, the U.S had the distinction of being the one of the only countries in the world where slavery was fully legal. Slavery was not said to be illegal by the government until January 1, 1863 in the middle of the Civil War by President Abraham Lincoln in an document known as the Emancipation Proclamation. ... After the war, more movement toward equality was made. ... The bus company nearly went bankrupt and eventually the Supreme Court stated the bus company laws to be unconstitutional. ... Opposition took many forms,...

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The sniper was so curious because he wanted to know if he was acquainted with the enemy, if he had been in his company before. ... Why did this war ever start? ... What does war solve? ... However, what effect does war make? ... Although the war is technically over, Iraq has started a guerrilla war on the Americans. ...

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Abraham Lincoln decided to volunteer for the states militia to fight the Black Hawk war in northern Illinois. They made Abraham Lincoln captain of his company. ... Major Anderson refused and the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, which lead the beginning of the civil war. ... John Wilkes Booth blamed Lincoln for the war and for the South's suffering. ... Robert Lincoln, the oldest son, became a successful lawyer in Chicago and served as secretary of war....

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The regiment left a coherent trail of bodies."" (135) and again when he says, " The orderly sergeant of the youth's company was shot through the cheeks. ... Discuss Crane's view on war. ... Why does he never specifically discuss the war? Quite bluntly Crane views war as stupid. ... We are painted a picture of this type of war by viewing war through the niave eyes of young Henry Fleming. ...

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The culminating event of the fateful battle was Pickett's Charge, with which Lee had intended to end the war. ... The Civil War was caused by a myriad of conflicting pressures, principles and prejudices. ... Going into the war, each side had several distinctive and essential advantages. ... As soon as he crushed a company of Union soldiers, the North used its population advantage to immediately send fresh reinforcements. ... The Confederacy displayed far superior war tactics, but several key mistakes kept the battle close. ...

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No African-American Civil War regiment is more famous than the 54th Massachusetts Colored Infantry. ... I wish we had a hundred thousand colored troops--we would put an end to this war." ... The Fifty-fourth was the first black regular army regiment in the Civil War. ... Carney became the first black to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic actions he'd performed while a member of Company C of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment during the assault on Fort Wagner. ... Although the American Civil War is often referred to as the war to free the slaves, it had never oc...

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Included in the prison industrial complex are private jails, state jails, the way jails make money, outside companies that make money off jails such as food companies, companies that make furniture for jails, prison guards, and other resources prisons need are all part of the prison industrial complex. ... After someone is labeled a felon, they lose rights to public housing, and it gets really hard for them to find jobs, which is why according to Michelle Alexander, seventy percent of the people who go to jail are right back inside within three months. (78) The prison industrial complex is a...

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Outline Thesis: The American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that took place at the end of the war, and for many years afterwards, resulted in many changes for both white and black Americans throughout the nation. ... Pre-Civil War rights for black Americans. ... This was typical slavery throughout the southern United States prior to the American Civil War. ... After the American Civil War ended in 1865, the United States entered into a period called Reconstruction. ... Throughout the Reconstruction period following the civil war, the south was very turbulent. ...

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"Located at 639 South Ninth Street" (119), it was named after a local World War I veteran and former dentist, Dr. ... Even large modern day companies employed African Americans throughout the 1900's, like Walgreens which even managed to employ African Americans during the Great Depression. African Americans were also business owners of such businesses like cleaners, tailor shops, clothing shops, insurance companies, and barber shops. ... This public housing project allowed for several African Americans in various standing to be home owners, like the people in the working midd...

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As the people moved west they encountered many Natives and both resulted in war. ... After the Civil war, there still existed a vast amount of land untouched by non-Indian settlers. ... After the Civil War many changes had come to America. ... I believe that the Freed people fared low in rank because of the history before the Civil War. ... Once the war had ended many slaves moved to the north to get away for the discrimination and to start their new lives. ...

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It wasn't that Walt lived a sheltered life prior to becoming a wound dresser during the war, it's just that watching young men die day after day has a way of changing a man. ... During the course of the those ten years, a couple of life-changing events happened to Whitman; first was his experience as a nurse during the Civil War, and more importantly was the assassination of President Lincoln. ... Whitman appears in company with the "lilac blooming" and the "dropping star". ... The manner in which Whitman deals with death in "Lilacs" indicates how deeply depressed he is since the ...

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She was growing up during the civil war and had to deal with segregation in things such as trains and even sidewalks. ... She did not take this incident easily she later sued the railroad company and won but her case was later overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court. ...

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