of the Civil War, many American’s lives were turned upside down. This is no different for the minorities of America, such as women, free blacks, slaves, and immigrants. Without the effort of the minorities, the outcome of the Civil War would certainly be very different from what is known today. Women during the Civil War took on a whole new role. Instead of devoting their lives the keeping the house clean for their husbands and children, they turned their attention to the cause of the war. When the…
century. The “old immigrants” during the 19th century were the irish, german, and some chinese, after the civil war the “new immigrants” were from southern and eastern Europe from the time period of the 1880s until 1924. These immigrants were brought or forced to the US because of wars in Europe, famine, and disease. These new immigrants congregated in ethnic urban neighborhoods, where they worried many native-born Americans, some of whom responded with nativist anti-immigrant campaigns and others…
Mr. Lincoln’s war, The War for Constitutional Liberty, The War of Secession, The Second American Revolution. Whatever one calls it, the Civil War was a major turning point in American history. It was the time when various forms of tension between the northern colonies and the southern colonies divided the two into an immense war costing over 600,000 lives. No single issue could have caused a war of this scale. Thus, the outbreak of the American Civil War was caused by the combination of many demographic…