American Civil War

The South Vs. The South is an unprecedented novel over the notorious Civil War written by William Freehling, Freehling, born on December 26, 1935, is an American historian and author who also is a Singletary Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at the University of Kentucky. In the preface, Freehling wrote, “A satisfying Civil War narrative must also illuminate the home front” (p. xi). This is truly a unique book for the fact that the author provides an incredible viewpoint. Freehling gracefully…

African Americans were still treated poorly. Certain hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan would terrorize African Americans. The Fourteenth Amendment was to give equal rights to African Americans. Even after the Fourteenth Amendment African Americans were still mistreated. The Fifteenth Amendment was made to give African Americans voting rights. This amendment was not always followed because the Ku Klux Klan would resign…

The beginning of the Civil War began when President Lincoln sent a fleet of Union ships with supplies to Fort Sumter in South Carolina and the Confederate army fired shots at both the ships and the fort. President Lincoln was hoping for a quick victory, but that was soon destroyed and Lincoln called in for 500,000 Union soldiers. President Lincoln quickly surprised many as a very capable wartime leader. President Lincoln was very choosy about his military commanders, his first commander was,…

United States history: the American Civil War. Lincoln had many positive traits attributed to him by historians and the general public alike such as honesty, charisma, a silver tongue, and a sense of equality. While the previously mentioned traits helped Lincoln in his political career, Lincoln had to possess some additional unique traits in order to aid him in his career as a military leader. The traits that Lincoln had that would end up helping him during the American Civil War, in addition to…

previously, there was no way for Lincoln to lose the 1860 election. They were fooled again when Lincoln went for complete emancipation, after previously stating that he was for limited slavery; which in turn would lead to the Civil War. There were many factors that led into the Civil War, if they had not all happen in such close proximity the result might have been different. The combination of the 1860 election, the Dred Scott case, and the nation being divided by Abraham Lincoln all led to the…

In 1619, around 20 African Americans were shipped from Africa to America and sold into slavery in the British North American Colonies. Prior to the 1920s, women were not allowed many of the rights men had and could not vote. These are all examples of discrimination against minorities which took place during the Progressive Era. Without the assistance of the government, these Social Reforms may be non-existent and we could still have slavery and child labor today. Discrimination during the…

The American Civil War had an ever lasting, and in some cases most devastating, effect on the United States. Unlike with traditional war fought between two countries, the nature of the American Civil War made for certain that there would be a most devastated loser within the United States —turning out to be the Southern, Confederate States. Such compounded with the fact that the Northern, Union States could hardly consider theirselves victorious, due to the great losses they faced —…

African Americans. However, after the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered, it aided the emancipation of those slaves. Therefore, the slaves apart of the Cotton Kingdom were set free, and the economy of the Cotton Kingdom collapsed. The Cotton Kingdom supported on of the wealthiest aristocracies in the world, and after the emancipation of slaves, left the South in shambles. Fields that grew cotton, were burned down and cotton gins were destroyed. From the reconstruction, African Americans…

Submarines also played an instrumental part in the Civil War. The need for them predominantly came about because Union warships would patrol the seas and formed a blockade of Confederate ships, which were coming with guns, gunpowder and shipbuilding materials for the Confederate soldiers. One of these ports was Charlestown, which was a major hub of trade (Walker 6). The Confederate soldiers needed to open up Charleston but they didn't have ships to go head on with the stronger and better-made…

New Military Technology Created During the Civil War In over eighty years between the American Revolution and the start of the Civil War, weapon technology had advanced greatly. Technological advancements like Eli Whitney’s interchangeable parts in 1797 helped in efficiently and quickly producing 10,000 muskets for the U.S. army using standardized parts and making them interchangeable. Before his invention muskets had been made by a single person without any standardized measurements making…