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    The Civil War was a war between the South and the North. In the South they wanted slavery, and if they were in the North they did not. The conflict arose when the North wanted to abolish slavery, and the South wanted to continue. The Civil War was a 4 year battle, in the United States. The Union and the Confederate soldiers fought from 1861 to 1865 in the Civil War. Slaves were a big part of history, and later causing the Civil War. The Portuguese began the enslavements of Africans in the fifteenth

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    Hannah Daigle Dale Bailey English 131/03 23 September 2017 An Age Old Southern Controversy The Civil War began in the 1860’s and was one of the most important events in southern and U.S. history. In the south one of the major symbols of the war was the confederate flag. For me personally since I am from South Carolina I have found that there are two separate views on the flag which would be the supporting and opposing sides. The supporting side is said to be majority of white southerners and the

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    Orleans. Viguerie was paroled to New Iberia, Louisiana on June 6, 1865. He was released shortly after. Louisiana was the only region deep within the Confederacy where Union authorities implemented experimental Reconstruction policies during the Civil War. Louisiana responded to President Abraham Lincoln 's plan to readmit southern states into the Union by selecting delegates to write a new constitution. The Constitution of 1864 abolished slavery and disposed of Louisiana 's old order of rule by planters

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    push the rights we have today, woman starting to get jobs, slaves getting freed, Native Americans sharing land, segregation, equal rights to all and passing the law for gay marriage. While the United States was learning to become peaceful after our Civil War, about 30 years go by and things start to change. Women were starting to become more progressive along with other groups, this became known as the progressive era. “Women were starting to get more involved into the workforce and get more clerical

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    continued traveling south. After an agonizingly long, cold journey they reached America and were the first settlers to ever call her home. Although they were the first settlers, they definitely were not the last. After King James I consent a group of English men,women, and children left for America on December 6th 1606. After brutal storms and sickness they finally reached there destination on May 13th 1607. The group

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    A. which claims that the comforts of the slaves are “greatly superior to those of the English factory operatives”. The southern economy could not function without its slaves, so to justify slavery to the religious the south proclaimed it as a necessary evil, and even went as far as belittling the slaves to being devil worshipers (doc. G)

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    believe this perfect union is in favor for everyone in this country because of the unjust events that have taken places within this country such as slavery. I believe the U.S. Constitution purpose only applies to those who are in higher power. The Civil War started because of unbending

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    bloodiest war in history. One of the reasons for the war was the election of Abraham Lincoln. South Caroline issued the “ Declaration of the Causes of Secession” because they believed Lincoln was anti-slaver (Bartels). However during the most consequential period in American history, on November 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth president of the United States and the first Republican President. As the commander in chief the union army, Lincoln needed to bring an end to the war and reunite

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