Confederate States of America

The articles I have analyzed for the past few weeks discuss the controversy over Confederate Statues. In the article "Confederate Statues and American Memory" by Roger Cohen, he presents a solution to the question of what should become of these statues; suggesting that the statues be removed from pedestals and placed in museums. While in the article "Confederate Statues and "our" History by Eric Foner, he discusses a statement made by President Trump discussing how the removal of these statues…

Abraham Lincoln is undoubtedly one of America 's greatest leaders in history and he left behind an incredible legacy for the nation and the world. Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth president of the United States of America. He saved the union and he was the emancipator of slaves despite rising from humble beginnings and leading his country through a bloodied civil war. Abraham Lincoln was born to Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln on February 12th, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had an elder…

removal of the confederate flag. In today’s era, an abundance of Americans is divided over this issue. You are either against the confederate flag and any state flag that uses it as an emblem, such as Mississippi. I think that the confederate flag and all states that use it as an emblem should not be able to because it shows discrimination. In my next few paragraphs, I will show my side and…

freed all slaves in rebellious states or designated part of a state. This was the Emancipation Proclamation signed and established by President Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation read "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.” Abraham Lincoln’s main focus in the creation of this document was to con the Confederate states to give up their fight against the Union and join the United States of America once again. The signing…

goals but he wanted to end slavery to have equal rights to the people the most. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president to be in the United States of America. He also caused some problems, He won the election which made many states secede which is to leave the United States and create your own government these states created the Confederate States of America. Lincoln was born on february 12 in a one room cabin. Lincoln taught himself to be a lawyer and legislator . Lincoln…

become a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point (“Jefferson Davis”). While at West Point, Davis began living according to the maxims stated in West Point’s Mission Statement. "To educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United States Army." This maxim means…

McDowell, encountered confederate troops near Bull Run Creek, led by P.G.T. Beauregard and Joseph Eggelston Johnston. McDowell spent two days trying to get around them. Union troops crossed Bull Run Creek and managed to drive back all of the confederate forces except one battalion, led by Thomas Jackson. He earned his nickname when one soldier yelled: There’s Jackson standing there like a stone wall! The Union and Confederate troops fought, but all the while, the confederates were receiving…

topic that sparked most controversy was the crusade for the removal of Confederate statues and flags, as it questioned something responsible for American culture – the Bill of Rights. The conversation began with Dylann Roof shooting nine people in a predominantly black church in Charleston and then posing with a number of Confederate flags. Then, it escalated to the Neo-Nazi riots in Charlottesville, Virginia where the Confederate flag was also used alongside the Nazi swastika. The ‘Stainless…

plantation agriculture of the South that depended on slaves. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 his opposition to slavery was seen as a threat to the economic interest of the southern states. The South responded by seceding from the Union and founding the confederate States of America in 1861 with Jefferson Davis as their president. South Carolina was the first to secede, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana secede in January 1861. The war effectively began…

The Famous Stone Mountain Confederate Carving The symbolic carving on the famous Stone Mountain is a sincere rendition of U.S. history. The carving displays three confederate leaders of the Civil War, and after forty-seven years of beauty, the memorials presence is now in jeopardy. This amazing carving has a dutiful home at Stone Mountain Park, because with it comes great historic value, a large financial support to Georgia state parks, and a genuine memorial embracing the struggles of…