Life for the family was lonely and hard. ... When Abraham was seven, the family moved to Spencer County, Indiana. ... When Lincoln was twenty-one, the family walked 200 miles behind an ox team to migrate to Illinois. Young Lincoln split fence rails and worked aboard a flatboat to earn a living. ... In 1849 after his term ended, Lincoln returned to Springfield to resume his career as a lawyer and devoted move time to his family. ...

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In 1861, William resigned and went back to Ohio, where he was born, and then brought his family to Missouri where he became the president of the Fifth Street Railroad. ... Sherman's plan was to split the Confederacy so he began a plan that became known as the March to the Sea. ...

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Throughout history, the United States of America has been the center of 2 major conflicts. First, the U.S. fought for its independence. This war came to be known as the American Revolution. Later, after years of internal dispute and struggle, the U.S. erupted into an internal war. This came to be kn...

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Both sides suffered heavy casualties totaling nearly 50,000, which were split almost equally between the North and South. ... He was keenly aware that many of the family member of fallen soldiers held him directly, and personally responsible for the deaths of their loved ones. ... Lincoln selected language that was simple because he realized that he was speaking to a diverse crowd containing not only people of higher education, but to the families of those who had died. ...

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America found itself facing a dilemma that would split the country in half: slavery. ... Angelina Grimke, from a wealthy South Carolina family, appealed to women of the south for the abolition of slavery,Some of you own slaves yourselves. ...

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In addition to believing the acts to be unconstitutional, Johnson also vetoed the measures passed by Congress in the hopes that it would create a split between Radical and moderate Republicans. ... The tenants were given seed, fertilizer, farm tools, and food and clothing to take care of their families and grow a cash crop such as cotton. ...

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In fact, Civil War wasn't simply the story of great battles and great generals, it was also an elaborate portrait of ourselves, American people- individuals and families, northerners and southerners, soldiers and civilians, slaves and slaveowners, rich and poor, urban and rural. ... Lee split his army, attacking a surprised Union army in three places and almost completely defeating them. ...

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Introduction Many events of the 18th century impacted the abolition of Slavery. In the 1800's there were radical changes to the slave trade and North American slave holdings. In the U.S. movements were forming to stop the holding and trade of slaves. It first started in the United States when Ch...

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While practically all Northerners supported the Union, Southerners were split between those loyal to the entire United States and those loyal primarily to the southern region and then the Confederacy. ...

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