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evening in South Charleston at the LaBelle Theatre. Neither town hall was hosted by Manchin's office; the Martinsburg forum was organized by West Virginians for Affordable Health Care, while the South Charleston event

During the Civil War, the population in each region of the nation was extremely different and as the North and the South mobilized for war, the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy became clear. To win the war, both regions has to be capable of supporting and sustaining a war and the North was able to achieve that with the help of the number of people in the Union. Throughout the Civil War, the number of soldiers and supplies was a very important aspect because at each

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free…but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become the all the one thing or all the other.” We have all heard this quote, in some form or another. However, are you really able to comprehend the meaning behind what Abraham Lincoln was really talking about? The American Civil War was a time in the formation of the United States where states fought out against each

How were the North and South different prior to the Civil War? The North and the South prior to the Civil War was different in many ways. For one example, there was slaves in the South, but there were no slaves in the North. Also, many women in the North were viewed differently than in the South. Lastly, The economies in the North and South were very diverse. In the South, African Americans were used as property and made to work all the time. On the contrary, in the North there were 1% of free

Brother against Brother, Father against son, why were they even still fighting. War is an appalling place, weapons of ruination, taking lives of ones we love. The civil war was a place of Technological advancements in the field of weapons, medicines, and many other types of technology. These advancements in technology changed the tides of war. The new weapons able to shred apart the human body, medicine to help your sick brothers, and conveyance of getting around. Throughout the time of war, people

“Tell me about the olden days,” Lydia Kennell was often asked by her grandchildren. Born as Lydia Kauffman on August 30, 1932, she was born and raised as a Mennonite in Belleville, Pennsylvania on a dairy farm. After marrying Marvin Kennell on October 22, 1961, Lydia moved with Marvin to his hometown of Roanoke, Illinois where they lived for fifty-six years until recently moving to the Eureka AC Home. Lydia and Marvin had two children, Betty and Bryant, while accumulating seven grandchildren and

After the long battles that made up the infamous, Civil War, the North ended up taking the victory after the South surrendered. The North won the civil war with the help of having an advanced industrial economy rather than an environmental economy. The industrial economy brought in people because of the job opportunities and because of this the population of the North sky rocketed. Also, the agricultural or environmental economy in the south limited the army and were less advanced with technology

The civil war was a battle between the union and the confederacy to preserve the union. The war took 4 years for the north to win, and near the end of the war, the north was also fighting to end slavery. The north won the war because they had more resources, better strategies, and better transportation. First off, the north had more resources. This can easily be seen when looking at the North versus South chart. The chart shows different types of resources, such as workers, factories, railroads

Appalachian Literature provides a way to gain insight about the common stereotypes that are applied to specific gender. In literature, Appalachia men are shown to be valued less than outsiders as a result of the stereotypes applied to them. They are perceived as lazy drunks and incompetent males, resulting in outsiders viewing themselves as superior and Appalachian males as untrustworthy. Appalachian men attempt to prove their worth, while maintaining their pride. In Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Many think that the north could have helped more in the reconstruction of these nation but I would have to disagree due to these facts. After the Civil war, many things were changing. Things such as souths power, slavery, and all white superiority but after a war like that something is bound to change. Who killed reconstruction (time of comeback for south after the civil war) easy, the South. The south killed reconstruction by having very exact plans for the reconstruction and for allowing terror