Confederate States of America

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    The Civil War, which began in 1861 and ended in 1865, revolved around the conflicting viewpoints of confederates and yankees. The Confederates supported slavery, inhabiting “ slave states” while the Yankees disapproved of slavery, living in “free states.” After Lincoln was elected in 1860 and had a platform to prohibit slavery, seven slave states seceded and formed a new “Confederate States of America.” This was the very spark that shook democracy and conflicting viewpoints which ultimately shaped

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    hideous practise was introduced to America and continued for another 250 years and it was only in the 18th century that America began to question the morality of slavery. This lead to a divide in the American people you were either pro or anti slavery. Due to geography Southern states benefited much more from slavery than Northern states did because they had the environment the could sustain plantations and their population was lower and less condensed. Northern states however due of the advent of industrialism

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    between the Northern American states and the Southern American states from 1861 to 1865. The Northern States thought that slavery should be banned and the slaves brought from Africa should be given rights. At the time, the Southern States had a very large amount of Cotton Farms, and rich white men ran them without doing the physically and mentally demanding work in awful weather. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the still new United States of America. Lincoln created the proclamation

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    At first, the union did not accept legitimacy laws of the confederacy. The lower, southern states withdrew it selves from the union of the fact of feeling underrepresented, or they have no value whatsoever in the federal government. Both the north and south had dissimilar views on economics; the north developed industries in its region on a wide

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    is very important, to understand the way America has been shaped through out the past couple of centuries. Shelby Foote, a historian, believed that the Civil War defines the people in America. The Civil War was a war involving the North (The Union) and the South (The Confederates) who had different points of view over whether or not slavery was justified. Ultimately around 600,000 Americans lost their lives during the Civil War. Almost everybody in America was influenced and affected by the Civil

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    Five Dollar Bill Compared to many other countries across the globe, The United States of America is defiantly one of the youngest nations. The nation is only 238 years old which is not a long time compared to other countries. Over the last 238 years a lot has happened in America. One thing that has not changed in the United States of America is the government. When people came over from England to the United States, people were not used to having a president. The President would fulfill the wants

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    Most people know it as the Civil War, but it ought to be best known as The Confederate States of America, home to the 13 colonies from the Civil War and American Revolution. The Confederate States of America originally started out with 11 states in 1860 and on July 15, 1870 Georgia was the last Confederate state; when they were operating under the Articles of Confederation, providing guns to militias. The founder found out the Constitution was too weak and decided to adopt the US Constitution to

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    considered to be one of the finest military strategists in American history. However, he had made several essential mistakes at Gettysburg that greatly impacted the fate of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War, and eventually led to the surrender of the Confederate States of America to the United States of America. General Lee’s most preeminent mistakes at Gettysburg included relying on his cavalry to gather most of his key information and ordering J.E.B. Stuart to cross the Rappahannock

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    Experiences of Slaves in America How did the experiences of slaves change from the 1600s to the end of the American Civil War and does it exist today? Introduction: The 1600s were full of events that helped make America what it is today. 1619 was the beginning of a revolutionary time still known as the Reconstruction period. Africans were shipped over to a country they had never been to before, and basically told how to live their lives under the enforcement of American farmers. Some thought that

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    This war showed the world that America was willing to do whatever it took to be one nation, indivisible with liberty, and justice for all. The Confederates did not share this same worldview. For the South, there was nothing Civil about this war. This was a revolution. Misguided or not, the Southern States saw the Union as a tyrannical oppressor, and they wanted their freedom. They wanted to become a sovereign nation. They wanted to become the Confederate States of America. This was easier said than

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