Civil war

The American Civil War, or most likely to be known as The Civil War, was the United States of America’s most bloodiest war. Around 620,000 American citizens were killed, with millions more ending up wounded. American art was truly changed during and after this gruesome war. The Civil War caused artist 's’ inspiration to drastically turn dark and have deeper meanings than before. Photographers and the first cameras were around during the Civil War. However, photographers could not easily…

The role of women as nurses contributed greatly to the Civil War, because it helped the military maintain it’s strength. They formed organizations like the United States Sanitary Commission and were able to collect a total of 25,000,000 dollars from the public for war efforts(Georgia 221). The money collected was spent on medical and sanitary supplies for soldiers on the battlefield(Georgia 221). The Civil War required women to take on greater role and aid the soldiers in anyway that they can.…

1. To what extent was slavery a “cause” of the Civil War? The practice of slavery was a major cause in starting the Civil War for both economic and social reasons. This was because the south was seceding from the Union to protect the Southern way of life and economic practices, in which slavery was the core of both. The South seceded from the Union to protect their way of life. The people of the South believed that their way of life was being threatened because of the initial outcome of the…

States and Great Britain, grew far apart during the Civil War. British North America (BNA) was also involved in this war but as a colony for Great Britain, it did not have much decision in the war. As BNA was a colony, it followed the actions of Great Britain. The relationship between the two nations heavily influenced a change in the British colony north of the 49th parallel. Conflicting relations between the Unites States and GB during the Civil War were led by Great Britain’s declaration…

events that influenced the outcome of the Civil War. The Union had many strengths and weaknesses that impacted the result of the Civil War. The Union's strengths caused them to win many major battles and eventually the war. The Confederacy had strengths and weaknesses that affected the result of the Civil war. The Confederacy also won a few battles that changed the views of Union soldiers. Clearly, there were many events that impacted the result of the Civil war. PART 1: Union’s Strengths V.…

cause of the Civil War. Regardless of the political stance, or the argument of what the motives that led to this division was, the fundamental cause of the separation in Confederacy and Union. Many historians agree that the cause slavery itself, however, some counterparts consider it to be westward expansion. After the Louisiana Purchase, many states were settled with the Missouri Compromise -the compromise established to momentarily calm the issues on slavery-. The Mexican-American War that…

The American civil war is one of the catastrophic and destructive events in the western world apart from the World War I and II in which the nation participated. It goes into history has having been a war which resolved two fundamental questions that had been left by the 1776-1783 revolution. A revolution known to have created the United States. The war determined the kind of nation that the United States would be; whether it was an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government or a…

How Did the Civil War Change People’s Views About Freedom? Did the Civil War change Americans views about freedom and rights? The American Civil War began in 1861 and was a result of the dispute between northern and southern states over slavery and rights.The north side was fighting over African Americans being free, and they eventually triumphed after four years of conflict. The Civil War changed Americans views and ideas about freedom by increasing people’s urge to give equal rights to the…

After the Civil War many black slaves were promised freedom as full American citizens of The United States of America. They were given their “freedom” but due to the economic struggle of of the time and the left over racism from the Civil War their freedom had become severely limited. Black people in the time after the Civil War had been cut short of freedom from many things that could not make them have the same freedoms of that of a regular American citizen. The first point of this limited…

When faced with war, people need to know what they’re fighting for. This is something that many people confuse these days. When asked what the Civil War was about, the majority say it was about slavery. They wanted to stop slavery right? That is a tricky question. The main reason for the war was to keep the Union together, but slavery was later added to things people fought this bloody war. It has been a problem people have been arguing about since the Revolutionary War. The world, at many…