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would secede from the Union and thus would indicate they did not care about his demands or his desires (Abraham Lincoln and the Ci...

he knew nothing of the causes for the war. Nash and Jeffrey use this to illustrate their statement that people fought on the Ameri...

of literature, and gave innumerable speeches for their cause" (African American Odyssey, 2005). There were some who argued and foc...

America would accomplish this destiny "under God" (Manifest destiny). This belief would give America all the justification it nee...

Nor was it uncommon for these "belles" to become involved in politics, which would have been unheard of before the war (Clinton et...

had died, wrote letters to the families of other loved ones who died, and essentially came together in a very subtle way that defi...

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...

to the end of World War I. This was a war which affected the entire world. It was a war which centered on nationalistic ideolog...

USS Monitor is heralded as "the most famous of all American warships" largely because of its rotating turret, but in early March o...

were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...

highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...

Alfonso Heep is an educated Kentucky farmboy who, in agreement with his state government, originally wanted nothing to do with the...

John Brown of popular myth was actually born many years later, in "Bloody Kansas" (Chowder 68). A person with deeply held Calvini...

Couch defiantly pledged, "In no case must the enemy be allowed to cross the Susquehanna" (Brubaker, 2003, p. 74). Lees Lt. Gen. R...

slaves to keep crops coming in. The North was very reliant on the Souths products and it was also more the hub of government, Brit...

Lee resigned his U.S. Army commission to defend Virginia and fight for the Confederacy, on the side of slavery."3 He was something...

in their policies, partly because other Arab nations pressured them into leaving the Palestinians free to pursue their attacks aga...

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War combined."5 It is often inconceivable for the person of t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...