My thesis will support why it is important to research and share the role of women during the civil war. ... Documents such as these, are some of the only information we have about the mysterious world of secret agents during the Civil War era. Without these few surviving documents, we may have never known the dangerous and effective roles these women played during the Civil War. ... My thesis will support why it is important to research and share the role of women during the civil war. ... Documents such as these, are some of the only information we have about the mysterious world of secret ...

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Important people of the civil war The civil war (1861-1865) took more American lives than any other war in history. ... The Civil War is also known as the War Between the States and the War of Secession. ... Important people: Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850), of South Carolina, was a major American political figure before the Civil War. ... McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885), served for a while as the general in chief of the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). ... Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), He led the United States during the Civil War. ...

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It is the day that the Civil war began. ... The Civil War is important because it affected African Americans and their future in America. ... African Americans played a major role in the Civil War. ... During World War civil rights groups pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whites (Memory). ... During the Civil Rights era, blacks organized sit-ins, boycotts and marches. ...

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Why did the south lose the Civil War? The American civil war began in 1861 with a victory for the North. Over the four years the war lasted over half a million people died. ... The south had absolutely no industrial capabilities to aid them during the war. ... Many USA officers joined the confederacy at the start of the civil war. ...

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During the years leading up to the American Civil War, there were many factors that lead to the occurrence of tension and conflict between the Northern states, the Southern states, and the Western States. ... In Northern states leading up to the civil war, slavery was abolished. ... This proves to be highly contradictory leading up to the civil war. ... This was the major difference between the South and the North, and was a massively important cause of the civil war. In the end, all of these tensions were very important, and ended up being some of the causes of the American Civil War....

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While another form of rebels' desires to get rid of certain people or ethnic that has been ruling the nation arbitrarily, or some people with unfair governance (Collier 1999). Greed and grievance are an important element that is inseparable in explaining conflicts that escalate to Civil War. ... Once a country falls into the trap of civil war, it becomes a continuous conflict. ... Charles Taylor's trial and conviction by the International Criminal Court for aiding and abetting civil war in Sierra Leone lingers on in peoples mind with a victim saying "This is a happy day. ... Civil ...

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The end of the Civil War brought peace, however, many people continued to worry as loved ones had not yet returned. ... The Civil war affected the lives of Southerners eminently before, during, and after the war. ... The events in Gone With the Wind coincide with what actually happend, making Margaret Mitchell's story an acurate historical account of the South during the Civil War. ... Life was not changed just during the war, but for years to followas people were pulling their lives back together. The Civil War is a significant event that will always be an important part of American ...

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It is amazing that even today, over 130 years after the Civil War started, there is still passionate debate regarding the "cause" of the Civil War. ... Whatever the case, the reasons a nation goes to war are usually varied and complicated, and the American Civil War is no exception. ... The following persons support the theory that slavery was the cause of the Civil War Russell B. ... These Slave Powers were soon to become important in the North, where it helped to build up several anti-slavery settlements. ... He believes that every event or occurrence during this time can somehow be lin...

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During and After Civil War Moral and economical reasons caused the Civil War. The Confederate States had difficulty during the war and they had the worst outcome of the war. ... The Confederate states during the Civil War had weaknesses which caused them to fail. ... During the Civil War, the Confederate States had several disadvantages, which were certainly the reason for their defeat. ... During Reconstruction, the period after the American Civil War affecting former Confederate states, Lincoln had to decide on how the Confederate States should be punished. ...

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Without the events that happened during the war black Americans wouldn't be inspired to campaign for the civil rights. ... With the help of World War 2 white people in America became more accepting toward black Americans and majority of the white community supported the civil right movement. ... Montgomery bus boycott was important in getting the civil right act passed as not only did it create awareness about racial discrimination towards coloured people. ... Martin Luther king wasn't only an important person in getting the civil rights acts passed but he was also important in getti...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geograph...

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The end of the civil war was certainly a time of change, and as times and people changed so should policies governing those people. ... In the PBS Documentary, The Civil War and Reconstruction2 Johnson was far from the leader that the United States needed during this time of change as his political views and beliefs in civil rights were slanted towards the South and its beliefs. ... According to PBS, The Civil War and Reconstruction, in the year of 1865, more than 2,000 black freed men and women were murdered during the negotiation process. ... Worried that the Civil War would have been in...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. ... During the 1830s, abolitionist movements tried to reach and convert a mass audience. ... As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographi...

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The people living in the Northern and Southern states have been trying to resolve these issues, unfortunately the issues brought on war. ... Therefore, a little background on the break out of Civil War would not hurt. ... The first set off the Civil War took place when John Brown, a white abolitionist took upon himself to free the slaves by setting a raid on Harpers Ferry a year prior to Lincoln's election.4 As the Union Army was trying to gain control over Fort Sumter, the first shots of the Civil War was fired. 5 The North held many advantages over the South during the Civil War. ... ...

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Despite the significant implications of World War I and the fact that the Civil War occurred over one hundred years ago, the Civil War remains as the most important event in American history. Unlike the Civil War, World War I was not fought on U.S. ... The political results of the Civil War, however, were more significant. ... The civil rights of many of these people were often violated. The social implications of the Civil War, however, are the most important in the history of the United States. ...

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In fact, in April, 1861 started the American Civil War, which ended with more than 500.000 dead men. ... In order to do this, I shall try to give an explanation of the Civil war's causes, the slaves' progress during war and their situation in the era of Reconstruction. ... In spite of that fact, some of them, such as Mary Ann Shadd, (who would be recruiting black people for the Civil War) reached freedom. ... Thus, the American Civil War begun. ... This paper has manifest how American Civil War (which immediate cause was the Mexican-American War) important was regarding to emancipat...

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The Civil War was inhuman and the following years America saw great efforts to improve the society. ... There was anxiousness during the antebellum years to make America perfect and free its people form evil. ... Education considers the most important mania in the world. ... All in all, education was one of the important aspects for American society during the antebellum years. Wars ruin everything and so did The Civil War. ...

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With the Civil War over, there was another war to be fought. ... The Civil War was a defensive war for the south. ... After the Civil War, the southern states were under distress. ... It also disabled southern rebels to use the railroads to transport war supplies, an important factor in winning the war. ... Millions of American lives were destroyed during and after the Civil War. ...

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The Civil Rights Movement Before the Civil War, the U.S had the distinction of being the one of the only countries in the world where slavery was fully legal. ... After the war, more movement toward equality was made. ... During the 1950's and 60's he acheived international fame by leading numerous peaceful marches, boycotts, and sit-ins. The beatings, mass arrests and even killings of the Civil Rights demonstrators pledeged to nonviolent Civil Disobedience were important factors in swaying public opinion and in the ultimate passage of a new Civil Rights l...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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Second topic that we discuss is the American Civil war which played the all-important role in the consciousness and political awakening. We can say that 1776 revolution had created the nation but the civil war consolidated the nation and gave it to a new shape. ... So we can say that the civil war brought important changes in the structure of the country and changed the perspective of the people about certain things. The American civil war ended the contention between the two sides and also ended the long rivalry which had intensified during the Lincoln era. ... The civil war determined the fu...

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Many people thought that the North was a shoe-in to win the war. ... During the Civil War there were many important events, such as the sides, naval warfare, and major battles. ... There was also a large amount of Naval Warfare taking place during the Civil War. ... In conclusion, the Civil War was a very crucial war. ... There is so much information one can learn about when studying about the Civil War that people will be inquiring about this great event for many years to come. ...

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The Cause and Effect of the Civil War Though slavery was a key cause of the Civil War, it was not the sole reason for it. ... The issue of slavery, although it is now seen to be a moral one, was primarily economic during the Civil War era. ... The northerner's primary argument was that the Constitution was created by the people; therefore it could not be dissolved. ... It's often said that slavery wasn"t the only cause of the war, but if slavery had not existed, there certainly would not have been a Civil War. Debate still exists as to the exact reasons for the civil war, but...

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