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civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...

record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...

of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...

was able to peacefully initiate change on a massive scale. As a leader, he was able to organize, and thus had the ability to unit...

two armies would have simply pivoted around each other and ended up in each others rear, able to march unopposed to Washington or ...

a long growing season in very fertile soils. The northern winters were long and did not provide for an adequate growing season to...

his background and upbringing. However, at no point are the framers of this exhibit content with merely presenting a recitation of...

of Irish counties with English settlers in the hopes that the Irish would adopt the political, social and religion of the English....

out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...

would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...

to what should be done in the area of reconstructing after the Civil War. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AFTER THE WAR Needless to say ...

chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...

is influences upon the Civil War were such that had he not been a primary participant in the battle, history would have recorded t...

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

The years between 1865 and 1877 were known as the Reconstruction era because the country was trying to recover and rebuild after t...

slaves played a role during the Civil War in eventually seeing freedom is as follows: "By running from masters to become contraban...

In a paper of four pages, the author reflects on some questions about slavery and the American Civil War. The author looks at the ...

This 5 page essay presents the writer/tutor's argument as to why the American Civil War was unpreventable and could not be avoided...

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at American history. Discussion questions are answered in short essays about civil righ...

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at black soldiers in the Civil War. The experiences of inequality endured by such soldi...

This research paper/essay discusses various issues in American history pertaining to liberty. This includes the factors that led u...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the American Civil War. Modern aspects such as civic participation and the use of a...

However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...

restore statehood after the Civil War. James McPhersons "Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction", however, is particula...

South possessed a code of honor that would see it through, the honor and commitment in the face of which no Yankee could stand. Ro...

blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...

color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...

kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...