From April in 1861 to the spring in 1865, a war was fought between the Union and Confederate states of America. It was a bloody battle resulting in a total death estimate of 620,000 men, and is believed to be responsible for the most militaristic deaths in American wars. After 10 bloody battles and the end of the Civil War, the United States was introduced to new military innovations and strategies, African American slaves being freed and entering society as citizens, and the changing of minds about the equality of all men and unalienable rights. Throughout the war, a huge shift occurred in the battle fields with the introduction of a revolutionary item, the Minié Ball. Before it was used in the battle field, the amount of time it took to
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Amendment 13, 14, and 15 all helped aid the freedom of African Americans into society, and giving them the rights of a citizen of America. Amendment 13 abolished Slavery from the United States. Amendment 14 grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Amendment 15 gave African slaves the right to vote by addressing that they will not be denied their right because of race, color, or previous servitude. With these freedoms and rights, there were many changes in the political system with the introduction of African Americans into society as citizens, especially in the southern states. Statistics say that ⅛ of the population of America was African slaves, and now with the freedom to vote, created a huge change in politics and changed America forever. Today, we had our first African American president, Barrack Obama, who served for 2 terms. This shows how far America has come from a time period from where Blacks were neglected, deemed unfit to have Unalienable rights, to the point where all colors and races live under one nation, unified as the …show more content…
Over time, public opinion was swayed away from the idea that white people were the supreme. Martin Luther King Jr., a revolutionary figure, delivered a speech, “I have a dream…” that would change history forever. He was a Baptist minister a civil rights activist, leading the civil rights movement in America from the mid 1950’s till he was assassinated in 1968, and played a vital role in ending the legal segregation between blacks and whites in a peaceful way. Another civil rights activist was Rosa Parks. She is famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus, even when the bus driver told her, she refused. However, she was arrested and sent to court for violating local ordinance, and was fined $14. This incident caused a widespread boycott in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, and caused the city to lift the laws of segregation on public buses. Jim Crow Laws and Black codes that also caused segregation between black and white people were also completely dissolved in the revolutionary period, making the civil rights movement a success. In conclusion, the civil war has brought the people of the United States of America together, either of African descent or white. It has also brought us revolutionary technology that set a path for future weapon development such as machine guns, missiles,
Amendment 13, 14, and 15 all helped aid the freedom of African Americans into society, and giving them the rights of a citizen of America. Amendment 13 abolished Slavery from the United States. Amendment 14 grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Amendment 15 gave African slaves the right to vote by addressing that they will not be denied their right because of race, color, or previous servitude. With these freedoms and rights, there were many changes in the political system with the introduction of African Americans into society as citizens, especially in the southern states. Statistics say that ⅛ of the population of America was African slaves, and now with the freedom to vote, created a huge change in politics and changed America forever. Today, we had our first African American president, Barrack Obama, who served for 2 terms. This shows how far America has come from a time period from where Blacks were neglected, deemed unfit to have Unalienable rights, to the point where all colors and races live under one nation, unified as the …show more content…
Over time, public opinion was swayed away from the idea that white people were the supreme. Martin Luther King Jr., a revolutionary figure, delivered a speech, “I have a dream…” that would change history forever. He was a Baptist minister a civil rights activist, leading the civil rights movement in America from the mid 1950’s till he was assassinated in 1968, and played a vital role in ending the legal segregation between blacks and whites in a peaceful way. Another civil rights activist was Rosa Parks. She is famous for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus, even when the bus driver told her, she refused. However, she was arrested and sent to court for violating local ordinance, and was fined $14. This incident caused a widespread boycott in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, and caused the city to lift the laws of segregation on public buses. Jim Crow Laws and Black codes that also caused segregation between black and white people were also completely dissolved in the revolutionary period, making the civil rights movement a success. In conclusion, the civil war has brought the people of the United States of America together, either of African descent or white. It has also brought us revolutionary technology that set a path for future weapon development such as machine guns, missiles,