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

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

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

"this beautiful/and terrible thing," which human beings find as "needful a air" and as "usable as earth," will finally belong to b...

Geography is also important because, as noted, the North had become industrialized. Almost all of the industry was located there, ...

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...

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

to the whites blatant disregard for such legal safeguards. Fear resided at the crux of this indifference toward the law, inasmuch...

One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...

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

conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...

"The French had a certain kind of openness and warmth that they exhibited towards minorities that was just unexplainable. You woul...

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

a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (...

This paper presents James Longstreet in a consideration of the man and the Confederate general in ten pages. Seven sources are ci...

In twenty six pages this paper examines the post World War II changes in American culture with regards to race, class, gender, and...

Henry Wirz, an American Civil War criminal, is evaluated as to the truth of his criminality. Was he a scapegoat? Many details are ...

In twelve pages Durkheim's text The Division of Labor in Society is examined within the context to lynchings in the American South...

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

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

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

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

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

"rank and stature in the Confederate command structure" (Hampton, 2002). Longstreet gave the Confederate Army exemplary service (...

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

limited (Vasile The Union Soldier, His Life and Times: A Modern Interpretation of a 19th Century Experience). However, technologi...

hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue ...