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lived simply, many people were middle class as well. In the South the focus was on plantations, farming, and the people were essen...

they played no role in politics. Middle class and wealthy women, particularly married middle class and wealthy women, however, pl...

adjacent to the South would be slave states (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 256). Then in 1819 Missouri, which is adjacent to both Illin...

or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...

one can readily argue how the expectations of such a first-hand experience lend themselves to the overlapping of uncontrolled chao...

occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...

the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...

woman 2. Little real freedom V. Obedience and disobedience A. Legal aspects 1. Honor killing in Saudi Arabia 2. Turkeys secular la...

made some states different than others, thus leading to further illustrate different ideals as well as different politics and econ...

book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...

every forward progression middle class women had made. So it was to be that the California Daughters of the American Revolution s...

a portrait of a gracious and elegant way of life populated by generous masters and happy "darkies" one of whom, Big Sam, even risk...

he used his paper to speak his peace. There was a lot of turmoil during the middle of the nineteenth century. Because America did...

had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...

by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...

support for joining the war. Although it seemed as if the U.S. might become involved, the Americans were quite happy with Europe f...

"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...

In five pages the first important Civil War battle and its importance are analyzed. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....

This 10 page paper discusses the way in which urban planning has transformed New York City since the end of the Civil War. The wri...

notes the following: "He wondered why he did not feel some keen agony of fear cutting his sense like a knife. He wondered at this,...

was introduced and defeated; it would have "prohibited slavery in the newly-acquired territories" (Compromise of 1850, 2009). The ...

were simply too many new things, new approaches, and as such this often led to confusion and as such proved detrimental in many re...

that "their Southern brethren" supply "material aid" (An appeal to the south, 1865). Their cause was bolstered by bloody acts like...

in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost completely unaware that this position was anythin...

well he might be, since three of his children died that winter of a fever, within a week of one another (Shaara). He is a good sol...

slavery and wanted to see it ended, he felt that he was quite literally on a mission from God-that he had been chosen to be the pe...

communities, working alongside men, often doing the same work, and ultimately forging a nation. But, by the Victorian Era women we...

is exciting-it is New York, after all-and hes happy to be there, living in safety with the woman who adopted him as her son. But l...

If a specific shot did not exist, he would create it; if the story was not that intriguing, he would fabricate it. In short, Gard...