... , the secession of the southern states, and the fall of Fort Sumter, the Union and the Confederate states were preparing to fight what would become the bloodiest war in American history. The northern and southern adversaries each possessed strengths - and weaknesses - economically, militarily, politically, socially and diplomatically. But the northern states had an ... and able to accept jobs and receive training in factories; hubs of cranking out artillery, ammunition and everything required for travel, battles and a potentially long-term war. The southern states had many strengths as we...

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... Reconstruction took three periods to be completed. The first was Lincoln, the second was Andrew Johnson, and the third was Congressional Reconstruction. After the civil war, South cities were seriously destroyed in 1865, and North cities were not affected. In economic aspect, economic life had come to a stop. ... or money. To cope with this problem Union General, Oliver O. Howard founded the Freedmen's Bureau (1865). The bureau achieved great success after the Civil War. It was a welfare agency that provided food, clothing, medical care and education to both freedmen and white refugees. ...

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Miss Emily was an old-Southern girl, whose roots stretched way back into pre-Civil War. Her family ties were very strong, strong enough to keep them planted in the South until the time Emily passed away. Emily was the last-living Grierson and she vowed ... -time. She wasn't ready for all the changes that would be taking place in the near future, the future filled with hopes and dreams for a changing United States. During the Civil War, slaves were declared free by Abraham Lincoln. This new-found freedom led the slaves to look for work elsewhere, leaving the South in a deep depression. Everyw...

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... her life, by not allowing any man to have a relationship with her, Emily's father died and naturally she found it difficult to let go (love). Emily was raised during the pre-Civil War era and carries an out of date view of society like her father once did. Emily possessed a stubborn outlook towards life, and refused to change. In the story, Emily's views ... the Old South, as well as set up other situations in which change has not occurred. She represented the ideas and mores of a society that was crushed by both the war and its eventual defeat for example when Miss Emily is referred to...

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... the proclamation free slaves. Lincoln thought if he did free slaves he could dived the north. The congress passed a law freeing all confederate slaves when the war was doing badly. On September, 22, 1862 Lincoln gave a pre-copy of the proclamation. The south did not take Lincoln's policy and so he made the Emancipation Proclamation January, 1, 1863. It really did not free ... one slave. The Exanimation Proclamation gave power to the war attempt and weakened the south. By the end of the war, many slaves helped the union army or navy ... cabins and were issued a minimum of food and cloth...

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• Grade Level: High School