... saw a picture of Elsie Stoneman in which sparks an interest in him. Almost immediately following the Stoneman's return to the North, the Civil War begins to break out. During the fighting scenes Griffith combined long shots of the battlefields with medium and close shots of hand to hand combat to show ... which is said to be an authentic reproduction of the famous event. After the war is over Elsie and Phil Stoneman see a performance of "Our American Cousin" where the President has also attended. This scene is another historical depiction of Lincoln's assassination. Griffith uses editing ...

• Word Count: 1799
• Approx Pages: 7

... resolve the actual cause is to explore each argument together and determine how the war came to be. The issue of slavery is significant and affected many other aspects of American life, specifically the culture of the South. While America modernized in the mid nineteenth century "the slave states remained overwhelmingly rural and agricultural." This agricultural society left the South ... the Union, and they were not alone in their commitment to states rights. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana soon followed South Carolina in secession. The Confederate Constitution of ...

• Word Count: 2247
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School