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Essays 511 - 540
was introduced and defeated; it would have "prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The ...
that "their Southern brethren" supply "material aid" (An appeal to the south, 1865). Their cause was bolstered by bloody acts like...
the Civil War. Those that supported the Civil War justified it on a number of grounds. Many even did so in religious terms, hai...
mistresses to look after them."4 As noted, some blacks did believe this and fought for the South, an unsettling idea at best; but ...
about battle strategy or about the lives of those that fought the war. On the surface at least it is about the impact the war has...
choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...
War, more than 3,000 freed blacks were murdered by Southern terrorist organizations. In the mythology of the "lost cause" and the ...
While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...
up at the time. As expressed in the infamous Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society (1962), the fear-mongering ...
The American Civil War shook our nation like it had never been shaken before. It was a time...
"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...
or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...
the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...
adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...
made some states different than others, thus leading to further illustrate different ideals as well as different politics and econ...
by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...
book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...
Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...
the same year the prisoners were released. It did set the stage for tensions, especially when one considers that the South really ...
we can talk about what is getting ready to explode right under our feet. I know that many of your cousins and friends are reading...
Berkeley and Davis. He also taught at the San Francisco State College and the University of Hawaii. Richards is the author of seve...
2008). In the South the economic system relied heavily on slavery and thus the political leaders of the South were quite i...
love that was considered scandalous at the time.1 Woodhull boldly declared in a lecture she delivered in 1871, "I have an inalien...
he used his paper to speak his peace. There was a lot of turmoil during the middle of the nineteenth century. Because America did...
a portrait of a gracious and elegant way of life populated by generous masters and happy "darkies" one of whom, Big Sam, even risk...
gin (Faragher et al, 2000). He invented the machine in 1793 and it proved so successful that by the mid-1830s cotton was "King" in...
alike despite their willingness to risk their lives in combat. But as the text illustrates, racial discrimination was unfortunate...
causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...