Confederate States of America

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    reason for secession, and it was the foundation of southern society and therefore would be the main principle of the Confederate States of America. [INSERT STEPHEN THESIS HERE]. Stephens arrogantly throws away his past liberal principles to guide the Confederacy, resulting in a struggle with his personal ideologies The negroes are inferior to white men. the Confederate States of America thought slavery to be a science. “As I have stated, the truth of this principle may be slow in development, as all

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    growing tension between the Northern and Southern United states over their ideas of strong Central government versus strong State governments. The South was in favor of strong state governments on the other hand North preferred strong central government. It resulted in the war after Abraham Lincoln who resembled with the idea of anti-slavery was elected as President of United States in 1860. Southern soldiers, also known as the Confederate Soldiers, were proud defenders of “Southern Rights” and “Southern

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    In 1861 the United States witnessed a division within itself. As a result a war, better known as the Civil war, broke out due to the South’s declaration for their independence. In the beginning of the Civil war, President Lincoln's main goal was to preserve the union. Although many assumed the Civil war’s primary goal was to abolish slavery, that simply wasn't the case. The Union and the Confederacy both wanted to preserve a way of life. The difference between the Union and the confederacy, and what

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    between the Confederacy and the Union. The Confederacy was consisted of Southern states that did not agree with the views of the Union states. After years of sectional differences in the United States between the north and south, tension between the states grew and a war between the north and south began. One of the causes of the civil war was the inability of the free and slaves states to compromise over which new states would allow or prohibit slavery. As the Whig party started dying out, many of

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    Often in the general public of readers and audiences, the terms history and memory coalesce and seem to easily flow together when considering historical consciousness of the past, and yes, there is an intertwined relationship between the two. However, there are distinct differences between these two expressions. History can be described as “a reasoned reconstruction of the past rooted in research.” It can belong to anyone and can be known by anyone, whereas memory is usually passed down and owned

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    War changed America for better or worse. The Civil war was known as the bloodiest war that took place in the United States, and it killed many people. It was a war in which the Union states (Northern America) faced secessionists from the Confederate states (Southern America). The Civil war was due to a division between the Confederate and the Union states because the South wanted to keep their slaves but the North wanted to abolish slavery. It lasted from 1861 to 1865, changing America forever. During

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    slaves because he knew it was wrong, But he had to make a compromise with the slave and free states. Slaves where something that almost divided the United States, The Confederate States of America were 7 states that hated not being a slave state and so they wanted to secede from the other states and Jefferson Davis was voted its president. The Native Americans did not wanna pick a side, But the Confederates had already invaded them and they ended up signing a treaty for Guardianship. The first battle

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    A is for anaconda plan. This plan was to squse they appointees to death, but mostly for them to surrender. Strategy created by Union General Winfield Scott. The plan was trying to 1) Blockade all Eastern and Southern ports in the Confederate States. 2) Divide the South by taking control of the Mississippi River 3) Control the Tennessee Valley and March through Georgia to the coast. Anaconda Plan was important because it would have cut off supplies and food to the Confederacy's Atlantic and Gulf

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    The Civil War was a war fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. There was a great divide between the North and South because of slavery, states rights, and expansion. The war was fought to preserve the Union, but eventually it became more focused on slavery. In the end, the North won the Civil War, because of their industrial economy, winning the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Emancipation Proclamation. The North had a great industrial economy. Because there

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    The Confederate flag has a huge and long history representing heritage and beliefs of the south. Today there has been a big debate whether this flag should be taken down or to let it fly. It has been told this flag represents slavery and racism amongst African Americans. Racism has rose to a new height since the civil rights movement and social media spreads it faster across the world. Although this flag represents merely heritage and sacrifice by many Americans even African Americans. The flag was

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