Gettysburg

The Civil War: Why the North Prevailed. When any two sides look to engage in a war, both sides believe they can win. In the Civil war between the Northern America and Southern America; Known as the Union and Confederacy respectively. There were many ways in which the South was already defeated from the start. In nearly every practical resource for war the Union enjoyed a distinct advantage. But was this advantage an inevitable victory? As we saw in the war for independence sometimes the…

Abraham Lincoln is remembered for his vital role as the leader in the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery in the United States. He is also remembered for his character and leadership, his speeches and letters, and as a man of humble origins whose determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office. President Lincoln endured extraordinary pressures during the long Civil War. He carried on despite…

There is a strong Judeo-Christian principle of ‘love your enemy’. Not sure why God wanted to teach “His people” to do such a thing, but that question is redundant to the faithful. He is God and I am not. American values have often imitated the Judeo-Christian heritage that formed most, the majority, of the founding fathers and mother’s beliefs in the 18th century. As the civilization worked through this process it had to sometimes kill the enemy before they could historically love them…

Do people always get what they want? Are people given what they want or do they have to demand it? The answer to the first question is no because life is not fair. The answer to the second question is that people have to demand what they want whether it is by body language, verbally saying it, or physically fighting for it. Human history is full of the injustices of racism, sexism, and socialism. As a human race, then, our goal is to free ourselves of these injustices and the only way to do so…

In the Multimodal project that I created, students’ will be able to complete two products that demonstrate mastery of learning on the topic of the Civil War. The Essential North Carolina Standards for Social Studies 8th grade that students’ will learn will be through a specific set of objectives. Both products will cover each objective and the student will be able to reach his or her goal of mastery. The first learning objective will be 8. H.2 Understand the ways in which conflict, compromise,…

I am inviting Doc Holiday,Johnny Cash, and Robert E. Lee to my dinner.I would invite this people because they have lessons to teach.Doc is too keep fighting even when sick..Johnny cash is to always follow your dreams.And Robert E. Lee is fight to defend what you believe in. "You're a daisy if you do" -Doc Holiday.The first person i would invite would be the greatest gun slinger ever,Doc Holiday.I would invite him because he was a good friend to ole Wyatt Earp.Plus I wouldn't want to…

4.) The Civil war was a bloody war. It was one the most important wars in history. It consisted of a separation between the North and the South. It was a war over slavery and advancement. It started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The North had different generals like George McClellan, Henry Halleck, and wrapping it up with Ulysses S. Grant. The South was led by General Robert E. Lee. It was a long war, but it had to come to an end. The civil war did not rely just on people. As the book states it…

in rebellious Southern states. Nevertheless, it changed the purpose of the war. From the Northern view, the war became a fight to end slavery and preserve the Union. In July of 1863, Lee suffered a bloody defeat to the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. Union general Ulysses S. Grant seized Vicksburg which split the Confederacy in two…

War Photography is an “invitation to pay attention, to reflect, to learn, to examine the rationalizations for mass suffering” (Sontag, 117). Photography had a great impact on the public's perception of the United States Civil War. The war ran from 1861 to 1865 and was the first war to be extensively documented with photography and distributed among various newspapers, and magazines across the nation. Photographers captured images of everyday life, battle scenes, but most influential, the…

Soldier’s Heart The dangers that Charley and the other people faced was much different than what Charley had imagined. Life at war wasn’t easy. They got sick, many died from horrible things. But how they were treated was like heroes before they left town to the camp, people were cheering them, waving flags. When Charley’s first battle happened, it was at Manassas Junction, Virginia. In the middle of the war he was caught in the middle of suffering and death, and hundreds of people died. Then A…