... any land without a fight, even though such an act would spread out his thin resources; New York alone had more production than the whole south. For most of the war Davis and a grab bag of advisors and secrataries of various capabilities would dictate the course of southern hopes and plans. The first major froces to form were in northern Virginia. Two armies, numbering 40,000 total, were respectively comanded by ... charges. The battle of Fredericksburg cost the union 12,000 men and shattered the morale of the army of the Potomac. The war outside of Virginia had also taken a radical natu...

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... protest racism and the war in Afghanistan. At this point after September 11th, popular sentiment in the nation was leaning toward bombing the country of Afghanistan off the face of the earth. President Bush spoke of the "evil" enemy. The press portrayed pictures of Arabic people burning the United States" flag. When combined together with the emotional loss felt after September 11th, this created a need for vengeance amongst the collective conscience, and the need for a viable scapegoat. It ... seemed at the time that Arabic people were taking the role as the scapegoat for all the fear ...

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