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    Maryland in the mid-nineteenth century had bizarre features that were not existent in the other American states. It had an evident split in politics, economy, and culture. Yet, it managed to evade its conflicted temperament until the talk of secessionism ascended the inhabitants within her terrain. After the attack upon Fort Sumter on September April 12, 1861, the American Civil War became unpreventable. Maryland watched its neighbors convert into Northern and Southern support-zones. However…

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    during the American Civil War. The main character in the novel is Sethe, a former slave who managed to escape slavery, but is constantly haunted by an anomaly tragedy that was once present. Morrison illustrates the physical, mental, and emotional/spiritual trauma characteristics that individuals experienced during slavery. The physical abuse done by the slave owners serves as the main factor for slavery. The restrictions that slave owners established were known disenfranchise African Americans…

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    the choices made. The American Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865, but a myriad of factors exist that affected the production of the war. The cause of the American Civil War has been among the most controversial issues of this nation’s past for several years.1 On top of that, the consequences and rewards, due to the aftermath of the war, helped shape the United States into the country it is today. The motivating factors, consequences, and rewards of the American Civil War, in the 19th…

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    occupied the northern states and opposed slavery, and Confederates, consisting of those in the southern states who exploited the slave trade. The American Civil War was a detrimental consequence of this conflict and opposition of views, which had both short term and enduring effects on American society and lifestyle. Prior to the Civil War in 1861, American was a nation divided by philosophies; the north and the south. The South strongly believed in States’ Rights, where power is held by…

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    The American Civil War is an event in American history that is looked back on with regret. Regret that our country had to go through such a terrible time when brother killed brother, and father killed son. When most look back on the American Civil war, they might think of the men, maybe Abraham Lincoln, maybe the slaves, but do women come to the mind of most when thinking about the American Civil War? Women played a great role during the Civil War. Some women were spies, like Isabelle Boyd and…

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    We thought the American Civil War to abolish slavery, but slavery was not the most fundamental causes of the Civil War. In a sense, the American Civil War is a continuation of the American War of Independence, was the third American War of Independence. North America, the newly independent southern states is independent of the main force, they have a greater number of people and states. This makes North America after independence, is a considerable period of time. The South has an overwhelming…

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    The American Civil War began in order to restore the union and not to abolish slavery. In 1862 , president Abraham Lincoln got the idea of expanding the goals of the war for the purpose of saving the country. The Emancipation Proclamation made a radical change in the aims of Lincoln’s policy. As a commander in Chief , Abraham Lincoln declared the liberation of enslaved African Americans who lived in Confederacy states knowing that they were in rebellion. The Proclamation was…

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    The Civil War transpired in 1861 to 1865. Historian James Beard argued whether or not the Civil War can be considered the second American Revolution. As a man named Jimmy Dick once said, “[Revolution] is a process of change that sweeps all before it as it transforms everything in its path.” Although some may disagree on the Civil War being the second American Revolution, the fact is that the Civil war was the first war to occur after the industrial revolution, it abolished slavery, and created…

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    THE CIVIL WAR The American civil war started in 1861-1865. This war was a bad thing and a good thing that happen during this war for example woman had the rights and how African American had the chance to be free and be like everyone else.But before I start telling what really happen I would like to tell you my opinion on the North and South . It was the bloodiest four years in American History It started when the confederate open fire on union-held fort in sumter in the south carolina 's…

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    The War Between States known as the “American Civil War” was a war that lasted to 1861-1865, when the first battle of the war started in virginia, Lincoln stated the war was about “preserving the union” but many had their opinions especially because we were fighting our own .Unfortunately for the southerners they did not win fore it was the beginning some people wouldn't live to see and the end for most.Today people still argue what caused the civil war 157 years ago.People often consider…

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