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    In the years before the Civil War, the lives of American women were shaped by a set of ideals of something called True Womanhood. Women were perceived to be perfect and were forced to follow religion and be within the four characteristics of virtue that defined women (piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness) and not to step out of those boundaries. However, that all changed when their husbands, brothers, sons, and more were sent off to go to war. During the Civil War, American women…

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    are The Antebellum Period, the Civil War and the Market Revolution. Furthermore, let us start by discussing the antebellum period and its political movements. For starters, the antebellum period occurred during 1820 through 1860. This historical period was considered to be the trigger for the increase in abolition. The Antebellum period consisted of presidents who were…

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    Often people think that the Civil War happened specifically because of the dispute over slavery, but there were other causes, such as popular sovereignty. Popular sovereignty was where the people get to decide what happens in their state. Popular sovereignty is the main cause of the Civil War because it caused conflicts between slave states and free states as to where slavery should be allowed and the people in the states began to lean towards war and violence. The first sign of popular…

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    Today’s Taste of Medicine of the Civil War During the Civil War, many soldiers die or wounded because their hospital is not like our these day. They were treated different and they were located out in the open. Our taste in medicine is nothing compare the time of the civil war. The hospitals in the civil war was unsanitary and unhealthy, which cause infections. This cause many soldiers to die during and after the war. In the book “The Killer Angels” by Michael Shaara, it stated “the hospital…

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    The Civil War started in 1861, it has been 156 years and since then, there is still controversy and many questions emerge from the subject. There may be many reasons led to the Civil War. It was caused by mounting clashing pressures, principles, and prejudices, fueled by contrasts and pride, and set into motion by unlikely set of political occasions. This all happened around the middle of 1800s. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states. Both sides had their own view on the war.…

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    Civil War Doctors and Medicine Every Thursday Americans tune in to watch their favorite medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. Even the show is not completely accurate once you get past the crying and romance, a decent representation of today’s medicine is shown. However, modern medicine has not always been this way. When going into war injuries are to be expected by both sides. With today’s technology healing those who are wounded is not a challenge that arises anymore. Doctors during the Civil War…

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    two people, Inman and Ada, who are separated during the Civil War. For the most part this book is fiction. There is an actually soldier named Inman, but he did not do anything that the Inman in the book had done. Despite this book being fiction, it does portray the actually struggles of citizens and soldiers in the South during the war through the characters, mainly Inman and Ada, as well as bringing up actual groups and battles during the war. Cold Mountain really portrays the struggles of a…

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    them by giving the memories meaningful link between them The second example in order for Mr. Gray to help the students remember when the Civil War began/end in the year of 1861-865. Mr. Gray created a rhythm and tone. “In 1861 the Civil War had just begun an in 1865 the Civil War was not alive. I am pretty sure that rhythm will help students remember the Civil War whenever that subject comes…

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    Perhaps considered one of the greatest war novels of all time, Stephen Crane’s most well-known novel, The Red Badge of Courage, encompasses an exemplary resemblance of courage and fortitude. This novel, written first written in 1895 in third person omniscient point of view, is a psychological coming-of-age novel, centralized around the main character, Henry Fleming, and his experience as a soldier in the bloodshed of the American Civil War (Woodress 1). To begin the novel, Henry is…

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    American Civil War by Drew Gilpin Faust is a colorful depiction of southern women during the Civil War. B. As a reader I was able to gain important knowledge and insight on how the privileged women lived their lives. While comparing how their lives changed from the very beginning of the war and to the end. C. Faust used diaries, newspapers, political documents and expressive letters to show the variety of lives that women during the Civil War lived. D. Faust developed a story of the civil…

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