Angolan Civil War

for more land, it uplifted the American’s freedom and democracy. The United States uses the Manifest Destiny to start war with Mexico from1846 to 1848. Manifest Destiny communicated American claims to western lands, at once highlighting nation superiority and offering a solution to national anxieties. Ironically, the new territories exacerbated sectional divisions and caused civil war.…

States because of the Civil War, but also the ways in which President Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in the carrying out of these changes. When Lincoln gave his inaugural address, he spoke only of the Union, but by the time he gave his infamous Gettysburg address, he spoke only of a united nation (McPherson, viii). A nation he united through “revolution”—a complete “overthrow of the existing social and political order by internal violence” (McPherson, 16). The Civil War was revolutionary…

After one of America’s darkest moments, the Civil War, the people saw how divided they had really become. No thought had been given to who they were fighting whether brother. father, or stranger, just that they needed to do their part. Inevitably, the rifts created had no simple fix. ‘With the North and South divided, all flickers of hope that life would return as the way it had been once slowly sputtered a dying gasp. Since the Northerners reigned victorious, the rebel states remained at their…

GETTYSBURG Introduction The Civil war began in 1861 and ended in 1865 during this time there were many significant battles. Prior to General Robert E. Lee’s advancement north into the Union’s territory the Union Army has unsuccessfully attacked the Confederate Army several times. General Robert E. Lee takes the Confederate Army and marches north. The battle of Gettysburg takes place from July 1, 1863 to July 3 1863 in a small town called Gettysburg. General Robert E. Lee is leading the…

swooshing of swords, and the crackle and crunch of bones fill the air as the Union and the Confederates fight over slavery. The country is torn and it seems as though there is no end to the abuse of African Americans. It is not until 1864 that the war ends and Congress decides something needs to be done to reunite the nation. A year later the 13th amendment is ratified. To insure the freedom of slaves, section one of the amendment states, “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a…

The First Battle of Bull Run was not only a prelude to the way the Civil War would unfold but it highlighted the importance of intelligence and sound judgment. Bull Run, also known as the First Manassas, was the deadliest ground battle the United States had seen in any war up to that point (McDonald, 1999). The battle came after eleven southern states seceded from the union and pushed out union troops from Fort Sumter, South Carolina. The key mistakes made by the Federalist, Union Army, led…

The United States of America prides itself as being the Land of the Free, but Frederick Douglass blatantly challenges this in his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”. On July 5, 1852, a mere two years after the infamous passing of the Fugitive Slave Act, Frederick Douglass delivers a scathing speech to his fellow neighbors in Rochester, New York. He establishes his credibility as a moral, honest, and educated man by alluding to his former life as a slave. Humbly standing before his…

The slogan “Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, Free Men!” was associated with the Free-Soilers, a political party that began in the north leading up to the Civil War. While not specifically an abolitionist group, the party focused on legislation that would block slavery in the expanded United States territories following the Mexican-American War, and as such provided a catalyst to both the abolitionist movement and southern desire for secession. Though short-lived, the Free-Soil Party was…

cotton gin was the most important invention during the 1800’s because it made the Southern states dependent on it slave labor, it boosted the American economy tremendously, and it forced Great Britain and France to side with the Confederacy during the Civil…

Unity was not emboldening the Union Army leadership. In Washington, many important figures were continuing to plot McClellan’s downfall. The Secretary of War was brazenly seeking statements from anyone that help build his case that the general was at fault for the defeat by not completing his assault on Richmond. As well, the secretary was criticizing his withdrawal as “being made dilatory fashion.” The withdrawal had nothing to do with the general; in fact he protested his orders from…