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War in the Nineteenth Century

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

North and South Advantages During the Civil War

However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...

North America Cultural Identity

of these norms. Although individual identity is also defined along subcultural lines in urban society, researchers must also be aw...

Civil Society Membership and John Locke's Views Upon Consent, Equality, and Freedom

as the real measuring stick against which all the answers to all the questions could be compared to see if they measured up. Not ...

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara and the Depiction of Civil War Generals Longstreet and Lee

South possessed a code of honor that would see it through, the honor and commitment in the face of which no Yankee could stand. Ro...

Treatment and Rehabilitation of Female Offenders

were carried out by women who had, had it with the system which had failed to protect them from an abusive spouse. Says Nadler, "F...

Warfare of Early America and Technology

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

US Civil War and the Westward Expansion

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....

US Civil War and Women in Combat

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

Literary Social Criticism

punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...

Questions and Answers Regarding Legal Issues

which would violate the dormant Commerce Clause (2001). In the case at hand, the state of Alabama is prohibiting a right that al...

Civil War Context of Literary Characters Henry Fleming and Huckleberry Finn

. . . Dont go a-thinkin you can lick the hull rebel army at the start, because yeh cant" (Crane 5). In his innocence, however, he ...

Civil Engineering and Hydrology

In three pages hydrology is examined in a civil engineering context that includes such elements as precipitation, flooding, and se...

EcoTerrorism and Eco Sabotage vs. Civil Disobedience

provides a more peaceful perspective and make environmental civil disobedience known. Civil disobedience in many ways highlights t...

After the Civil War and the Role of Women in Virginia

another aspect of the post-Civil war years. This aspect was the women who lived then. Indeed, to assess history only based on ou...

U.S. South Before the Civil War, Slaves, and the Role Played by Religion

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

Government's Only Legitimate Form, Human Nature, and Second Treatise on Government by John Locke

of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of th...

Civil War and the Evolution of Warfare in Terms of Naval Power

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

U.S. History's Watershed Event, the Civil War

as well as begin to collectively respond as a liberated people rather than race of repressed second class citizens. It was due in...

How A Civil Action Demonstrates a Need for Social Action

1998, p. 67). The case is not anything new. It is based on a true situation and there are other cases of cancer clusters being tie...

Issues and Compromises During the American Civil War

of slave states and free states. A compromise was worked out regarding the admission of Missouri to the Union. The Missouri comp...

U.S. Civil War and Northern Women Historiography

records how she inquired about one young man who was brought into the ward crying, "I cant die. I cant die" (Livermore 174). She w...

A Civil Action by Jonathan Herr and Lessons Learned

after hearing of the deaths of the children and the illness in the community (Trevino, 2000). Today it has been proven that there ...

The Post Civil War South

citizenship rights to former slaves" (Faragher et al, 2000, p. 438). African Americans "used their new political power to press fo...

US Civil Liberties and the USA Patriot Act

The societal impacts we have experienced in our country as a result of terrorism and the resulting warfare are many and diverse. ...

The Civil War: The Burning of Atlanta

Confederacy. The events leading up the planning and execution of the Atlanta Campaign, however, were much more complex than many ...

The Paranoia That Led to the American Civil War

admittance was a critical one. At the time the scale was essentially balanced between those states that supported slavery and tho...

Thoreau’s Description of Jail in Civil Disobedience

new found perception to inform his discussion of why he was in jail in the first place. Thoreau objected to the fact that slavery ...