American civil religion

The Civil War claimed the lives of over 620,000 soldiers; these statistics were not equaled by the combined toll of any other American conflicts until the War in Vietnam. The devastation of the battles was received throughout the country and on both sides of the conflict. Due to the drastic economic differences in economies in the North, with its booming industry, and South, which had mainly cotton plantations, the Civil War was initiated. The opposing moral views of slavery, and therefore…

continent allotted by Providence…” Manifest destiny also had the chance to spread Anglo-American culture and the idea of racial superiority. The “inferior” peoples living the far west of the United States—Native Americans and Mexicans— had to be subjected to the American ideals and to be taught republicanism and Protestantism. The significance of manifest destiny was all in part of expanding new territories and American culture throughout the United States. “Fifty-four forty or fight!” During…

When the Civil War was finally over in the spring of 1865, political leaders wrestled with how to help former slaves make the transition from bondage to citizenship. It means the reconstruction should enable freed slaves to control their labor, reunite with their family members, gain education for their children, enjoy full participation in political life, and create their own community organizations and social life. The Radical Republicans followed southern society model by granting freed…

America from the British and they are being repeated in an instance where again America is in turmoil and must liberate itself again. It just so happens to be that this time it must liberate itself from it old ways, that it must put an end to the Civil War and the division between the North and…

slaves to be surrendered to the authorities. This was a bit terrifying to the colored people because even if they were born as a free person. They could be submitted into slavery if someone accused them of being a slave. This resulted in some African Americans to move to Canada, but it was still conquered by England at that time. Fugitive slaves are people who only wants to seek freedom and nothing else. "Freeman be not, in any case, surrendered as a slave" – This is part of the Fugitive Slave…

Summary At the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Southern states were decimated, their fields were scorched, their cities lay in ruin, the slave holding social order was dismantled, and the Southern people were forced to face an existence in a union with their former foes. These facets were not lost on the people of the North. However, there was a need for a comprehensive examination of the post war South that would reveal to Northerners the true nature of affairs in the post war South.…

excellent representation of the life African American slaves had before, during, and after the Civil War. Andrew Ward does a remarkable job of piecing together slave accounts of the wars bloodiest days. Throughout countless amounts of research and a collection of interviews, diary pages, letters, and memoirs the story of The Slaves’ War was possible. What is unique to The Slaves’ War, is that it is not only represented from a battlefield perspective like many Civil War books, but shows the story…

The Impact of Slavery Slavery in the United Sates began in 1619. Participating in the salve trade was a way to increase the wealth of a nation. Most African American families were born into slavery as children. Families were separated more often than not. Women had many encounters with sexual abuse and losing their children. During the Antebellum Period, many slaves would escape to the North for their freedom. Something about the authors Fredrick Douglass was born in 1817 or 1818. Similar to…

The Main Cause of the Civil War The main cause of the Civil War started because the south felt like they were losing control of slavery which was the central conflict cause of the war, from the north in the United States. The south knew slavery was necessary for the economy and production to keep growing. Abolitionists and the Free Soil Party which formed into the Republican party and it was the first party committed to ending slavery throughout the United States because the south wanted to…

The end of the United States Civil War firmly addressed the governments view on the legality of slavery, but issues from the American slave era still lingered throughout the country. In particular the South was devastated physically and socially from the Civil War. Many southern towns such as Atlanta were completely destroyed physically and left desolate by the Union army, and the social structure of the cotton dependant south was completely upturned with the emancipation of the African slaves.…