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a long growing season in very fertile soils. The northern winters were long and did not provide for an adequate growing season to...
the nations history forever. "We have in this nation the element of domestic slavery. The Republican Party think it wrong - we t...
defeats later, which included the devastating defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The Confederate Congress finally relented in M...
in his 1859 examination of the case points out that the US Supreme Court in hearing this case was also concerned with issues of co...
many have recognized, war can be good for the economy and it was at the time. Agricultural industries also saw an increase in pro...
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...
highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...
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...
repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...
Americas people. Creating a government that was for the people and by the people is what was going to promote both individual and...
In three pages this paper examines the political corruption that resulted after the U.S. Civil War. Three sources are cited in th...
when he suspended individual liberties, and closed down anti-war and anti-administration newspapers (24). Not only did he do that,...
In five pages the reactions against war and imperialism that began materializing at the turn of the 20th century are examined in a...
the defense. Still, from these objectives flowed the strategy on each side (1990). It was an exciting, risky war and no one truly ...
In nine pages the stories of Captain Sally and Dr. Mary Walker's spy activities are chronicled in this overview of the US Civil Wa...
Northerners make such a big deal out of something that wasnt originally a big deal to Southerners at all. Bayards Granny, like man...
the harsh conditions. This type of bullet was seen in the by Dr. E. I. Howard of the Army of Northern Virginia, for he worked as ...
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)....
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...
construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...
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...
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...
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...