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    culture that ended in the two waring ends of the United States began as a nearly identical one. Over the growth of a new nation the two regions divided along strict moral, political, and economic lines that came to a head in what is known as the American Civil War. What really led this nation to divide so drastically from its coming together to fight off an imperial rule and form democratic state though? While many place the blame on the ‘evil’ South and their acceptance of owning human people but this

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    When the American Civil War broke out amongst the divided entities that encumbered the United States during the 19th century an explosion of turmoil and struggle reigned free throughout the nation. Furthermore, with the strife of the Civil War came a barrage of changes that wracked much of the infant nation to its core. Traveling from end to end of the United States the effects of American Civil War became the precedent for the future of the nation. The war, for its influence on the people of the

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    On April 12, 1861 decades of building tensions between the northern and southern United States erupted into the American Civil War. The war began when Confederates attacked Union soldiers at fort Sumter, South Carolina. This happened because the north did not believe in slavery, but the south did. The north went against slavery, but the confederates believed that slavery was good for money because they saved money by not paying the slaves. The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused

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    The American Civil War lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. It was the bloodiest war in American history, killing approximately 620,000 soldiers in total. The War was fought and won by the North, ensuring that all the United States would stay united and slavery would be illegal in The United States. However, history is one of the most complicated things in the world. It’s also one of the most important things in the world because history is what made the present possible. Historians have debated

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    The American Civil War Wars, Wars and rumors of wars!!!! Everyone knows the United States has had its fair share of wars. Let me start by giving you a brief list of wars the United States has participated in according to Wikipedia. Both “Barbary Wars (1801-1805, 1815-1816), Wars of 1812, Mexican-American War (1846-48), American Civil War (1861-65), Indian War (1865-91), Spanish-American War( 1898), Philippine-American War (1899-1902) Border War(Mexican Revolutionary)1910-1919, World War I (1917-18)

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    The American Civil War was a bloody war of four years fought between the United States, or the Union, and several Southern slave states known as the Confederate States of America. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson, “The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states.” When Abraham Lincoln became president in 1860, seven

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    Introduction The majority of United States citizens have known about the main reason for the Civil War; however, what truly led up to a band of brothers firing upon one another has not been explained to most United States citizens. Battle of Fort Sumter is considered the first battle that initiated the Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy. The battle only lasted two days, but it took four months after the secession of Confederate states for someone to pull the first cannon lanyard and

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    The war with the most death of Americans was not the World Wars, Cold War, Vietnam War or Korean War, but the Civil War. The Civil War is one of the most monumental moments in the United States that threaten the stability of the Union. The United States was split into two opposing sides, the Union and the Confederates, with opposing ideas; Americans pinned against one another in combat for their ideals and goals. The Civil War has multiple causes, but the most renowned reason was the abolishment

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    never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.” - Sir Winston Churchill. Throughout history, men have fought battles to protect and serve for their country. Some men become injured at war and others don 't get to

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    The Revolutionary War, sometimes known as the American War for Independence, was an armed conflict between Great Britain and the 13 colonies, from 1775 to 1783. Being caused by colonies rejecting British taxes and strict, impractical rules and regulations, it eventually led to the development of the United States. The Civil War, which was fought from 1861-1865 was a war between the Union which was almost all northern and western states, and the Confederate States of America which was almost all southern

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