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Submarines also played an instrumental part in the Civil War. The need for them predominantly came about because Union warships would patrol the seas and formed a blockade of Confederate ships, which were coming with guns, gunpowder and shipbuilding materials for the Confederate soldiers. One of these ports was Charlestown, which was a major hub of trade (Walker 6). The Confederate soldiers needed to open up Charleston but they didn't have ships to go head on with the stronger and better-made…

had the ability to see ahead what others could not see and to help me navigate a course to my destiny to be a part of a movement that will impact the destinies of the next generations. During my Freshman year at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, I became a teacher intern with the UTC Strings Project program, which focused on instrumental methods of string instruments for elementary through middle school. I wasn’t suppose to intern officially till my sophomore year, but Dr. Lee Harris…

aid of Stonewall Jackson who died in battle. This did not stop Lee from trying to gain Gettysburg which lasted three days. This battle almost destroyed the CSA. On the other hand the Union Army was able to capture Vicksburg, but was attacked in Chattanooga forcing Grant to lead and effort to help. Lee and Grant fought in three battles before Lee surrendered in…

Slavery in the United States was legal in all of the original states, but as time went on Northern State began to abolish it. Compromises were made as new states were brought into the Union. After more territory was added to the US these compromises became increasingly strained. Numerous problems arose as the slave to free state balance was disturbed when California became a state in 1850. Then In 1854 there was an internal war in Kansas over the decisions to be a free state. Not only did the…

Bessie Smith was born in April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She began singing in 1923 at a young age. In 1923 she signed a contract with Columbia Records. She became the highest-paid black performers of her time, with hits like “Downhearted Blues”. White people used to say Bessie Smith was to…

city to sarve the confederates. It was successful and on July 4, 1863 30,000 confederates left Vicksburg and surreneded. The battle of Gettysburg where another group of rebels had lost and the confederact seemed as though it had no chance left. At Chattanooga the victory opened a path to georgia and was monumental in the war. Then the fighting in northern Virginia at Spotsylvania court house took place where the confederates equvilent troops compared to thier sizes. the war kept moving to Cold…

When the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker shut down her practice and headed to Washington, DC, where she found a city overrun with soldiers wounded during the Battle of Bull Run.[4] Walker believed that she had an obligation to act that inaction wasn't an option, Dante Alighieri wrote that “The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.” [5] She went straight to Secretary of War Simon Cameron…

his angels. Since this time, war has continued throughout history. Today, the United States of America is at war with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS has performed many terrorist attacks all around the world including locally in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Six marines were gunned down at a recruiting center in July. These acts of terror have made people all over the world anxious when it come to the war with ISIS. People are wondering why the US has not destroyed this radical group…

In 1953, at a Crusade in Chattanooga Tennessee, he personally removed the ropes from the congregation that were used to segregate the audience by skin color. When the ushers questioned his actions Graham’s response was, “Either these ropes stay down, or you can have the revival without…

Causal Analysis Growing up with Spanish as my first language, I never thought that Spanish would impact my life with many positive and some negative situations. One positive example is that I am now bilingual and fluent in both English and Spanish and have various opportunities awaiting for me when I graduate college. However, I do not believe that the negativity of some situations will come to an end! Sadly, the negativity is all about, in my opinion, ignorant people who say, “This is America.…