Confederate States of America

During the the 1860s, a division occurred in the United States of America in which a civil war took place. When Lincoln was elected, 11 states seceded from America- Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Florida. They called themselves the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis to be their president. Both sides, Confederate and Union, had many different views on slavery, some were similar while others

Pennsylvania in the year of 1863. The battle consisted of the Union and the Confederate States of America, because they had collided in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Union was the North and the Confederate was the South. The Union had 82,289 soldiers and Confederate States of America had 75,000 soldiers. The General of the Union was George G. Meade. He was General for 30 years. The General of the Confederate States of America was Robert Edward. Lee. The Gettysburg was the largest military conflict of

group is unreasonable on matters of national policy. The Civil war in America broke out in 1861 and lasted for four years and then ended in 1865. This was the greatest war after the Napoleonic wars in 1815 before the beginning of the First World War that lasted between 1914-1918. The war was addressing two issues on whether the American states will remain as a union or whether the countries could secede and form independent states. Secondly the war also wanted to address whether the democracy created

The Confederate Flag has been around since the nineteenth century. It was used by the Confederate Army to show that they unite under a different union, and not the one that will bind our nation as a whole. In the articles: “Executive Order Banning Confederate Flags, Memorabilia,” “Ban Backlash: Confederate Flag Backers Ready to Battle,” and “Everybody Has Suddenly Noticed Confederate Flag is Widely Available.” it is illustrated that the ideas about how the Confederate Flag are being used today as

come with the removal of the Confederate monuments that take occupancy all around the United States. Thesis: As the debate continues on whether or not we should keep confederate monuments and symbols displayed publicly, it is important that we recognize both the benefits and downfalls of removing these symbols. Introduction Attention Grabber: Due to the recent events that took place in Charlottesville, North Carolina, the discussion on whether or not the Confederate monuments and symbolism should

shaped America back in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but little do we know it still has a lasting effect on us today. The Civil War was so devastating back in the 1860s that it helped to develop many new technologies, ideals, and culture. Some of the effects still hang on around us today, and may even influence your everyday life without you even knowing it. On December 20, 1860 the state of South Carolina seceded from the Union, United States of America, to form a new country, the Confederate States

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Those were the famous words of Abraham Lincoln delivered on June 16th, 1858 addressed to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. In this same speech he foretells the coming events, claiming that the issue of slavery has spread like wild fire in the south, however the north would stay strong. As a result the opponents of slavery would cease further spread, which would, in the public’s mind, that the practice was on it’s course into ultimate extinction

In 1860, Southern states began to secede from the Union which lead to the American Civil War between the Confederates and the Union. The Confederates consisted of eleven Southern states while the Union consisted of 20 Northern states. What caused these Southern states to secede from the Union? During Abraham Lincoln’s presidential election in 1860, he won over the free Northern states which lead him to won. With Lincoln as president the Southern states feared the government would be more control

America has always housed a preference for the negative freedoms and liberties. There’s a proclivity for the government to be free of restraints and intrusion from their pockets, property and personal life. Our first amendment is what grants and protects our rights to free speech, expression and press. But what are the limits on the first amendments? How far does it protect hate speech, hate monuments? Not to my surprise, the United States since the civil war the United States has allowed the people

Heritage not hate: the motto of so many people who believe that the Confederate flag is a cornerstone of the history of the South and is simply a symbol of those who fought in the Civil War. But the Confederate flag does not just represent the lives of those lost fighting for what they believed in, it symbolizes the racial oppression and White supremacy that kept Black Americans from being treated as people for so long in the United States, preventing them from being able to vote, receive quality educations