Not only did the colonists hate the unfair taxes, they hated being ruled by a tyrant far across the sea, where they could not be represented and effectively protest his unjustness. ... This is an excellent example of a necessary evil. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... This division in views led several of the southern states to succeed from the union and form the Confederate States of America and so the Civil War began as a necessary evil to end slavery in North America and reform the United States. ...

• Word Count: 4263
• Approx Pages: 17
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• Grade Level: High School

Witnesses were from all parts of society and "represented a broad spectrum of Southern society: white and black, rich and poor, male and female, Republican and Democrat. ... Grant wanted and made clear by stating that "the power to correct [the] evils [of the Klan are] beyond the control of the State authorities. ...

• Word Count: 2591
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also there are those who believe that certainly Lincoln took this step with its military applications in mind, but also was making an attempt to put an end to an evil institution that had thrived in America for too long. ... Paludan clearly believes that Lincoln opposed slavery for all of it evils not simply as a moral wrong but also as an unconstitutional situation and impractical political position. ...

• Word Count: 5422
• Approx Pages: 22
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Before the Civil War, America was plagued with a complicated social quandary that incorporated individual, societal, political, economic, and religious principles. This taboo of a topic found itself well-versed throughout the country in many publications. Its authorship included Frederick Douglass...

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What Is Manifest Destiny? In 1845, an influential magazine editor by the name of John L. O"Sullivan wrote in the "U.S. Magazine and Editorial Review" regarding the annexation of Texas as a new state. Explaining the American thirst for expansion that had existed from the day of its creation in 1776 and even before then, he wrote: "...the right of our MANIFEST DESTINY to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which providence h as given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federal development of self government entrusted to us. ...

• Word Count: 2913
• Approx Pages: 12
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From the anti-slavery perspective, the issue was primarily about whether the system of slavery was an anachronistic evil that was incompatible with Republicanism in the United States. ... Krannawitter points out, the "Southern demand for federal slave protection represented a demand for an unprecedented expansion of federal power." ...

• Word Count: 6922
• Approx Pages: 28

From the anti-slavery perspective, the issue was primarily about whether the system of slavery was an anachronistic evil that was incompatible with Republicanism in the United States. ... Krannawitter points out, the "Southern demand for federal slave protection represented a demand for an unprecedented expansion of federal power." ...

• Word Count: 7511
• Approx Pages: 30
• Grade Level: High School