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were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...
states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...
well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...
highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...
repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...
deal to do with the fall of the South as well. The belief was that British debt holders that supported the South ended up taking t...
a long growing season in very fertile soils. The northern winters were long and did not provide for an adequate growing season to...
civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...
the North of "Confederate" pirates, it also provided more control for the blockade (McPherson, 370). Ship Island in New Orleans fo...
One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...
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...
would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...
chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...
to the ideological complexities of that war. Tearing the nation apart in the middle 1800s, this war is most often remembered as r...
In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...
construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...
was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...
proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...
the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...
in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...
that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...
in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...
itself with individual codes concerning conduct of certain individuals and groups. Morally, therefore each of the dilemmas noted ...
thenceforth focused on compelling freedpeople to accept plantation work on a wage labor basis" (The Readers Companion to American ...
defensive stance. This is hardly a recent invention, but actually manifested itself some half-century before the birth of Jesus C...
because the railroad was so relatively new, there was a great deal of chaos in trying to coordinate such efforts. The man power wa...
prompted by a growing lower class of former servants who had worked through the terms of their indentures and thus became competit...
sector, and increase in the population of immigrants in urban regions, and a focus on immigrant workers as a low-wage based staple...
This paper consists of nine pages and examines the lack of civility associated with the U.S. Civil War or the conflict between Nor...
In six pages this paper examines the impact of the U.S. Civil War upon the American family structure and the effects upon juvenile...