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Finlay Miller's Project

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Understanding The Civil War
Important Questions
1. How did the motivation to win the war differ between people from the Union and people from the confederacy?
2. Why, after so much war and bloodshed could people of the confederacy not see that the cruel institution which they were trying to keep alive was not worth the death of their own people?

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Emily Reynolds

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Outlining Questions: Questions
How were minorities treated during the war,(women, children, blacks) by each side?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness." But who can these rights apply to? At the time when the

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Who really won the Civil War, (economically, war tacits, etc)?
The South at the time of the Civil War had many slaves, but few men who would be fighting in the war. Many occasions, Robert E. Lee lead his troups to battle where they were greatly outnumbered, such as at the Second Bull Run and Antietam, showing Robert E. Lee's brilliant tactics. While Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were the main generals for the Confederacy, the North went through a great succession of generals, such as McDowell, McClellen, Fremont, Scott, Grant twice, Sherman and many others, none of the generals lasting very long, and up until Gettysburg despite inreconcilable odds of losing, the South was winning, though their army was one fourth the size and filled with unskilled workers. At the Battle of Bull Run, the Northerners are forced to retreat and Lincoln realizes its going to be a long war, stating, "It's damned bad." Lincoln relieved many of his generals from their duties, becoming angry at the time it was takin

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Before, during, and through out the Civil War, the South was largely more rural than the industrialized North, with the main product being produced cotton. The largest city, New Orleans only had 169,000 people
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/studyguide/chap7.htm compared to the nearly 3 million people in New York city. The ruralness of the South resulted in the spread out neighborhoods, in Georgia there was 18 people/ square mile, while in Massachussetts this number was closer to 153 people/square miles. In these rural areas, as the people were further spread apart news travelled slower than in a big city like New York City or Boston.
supported. At the time of the civil war, the Confederacy only had 1 million in its bank. All and all, the North out numbered the South in all aspects of the necessities in war,

Emily Reynolds

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Before, during, and through out the Civil War, the South was largely more rural than the industrialized North, with the main product being produced cotton. The largest city, New Orleans only had 169,000 people
http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/departments/espm/env-hist/studyguide/chap7.htm compared to the nearly 3 million people in New York city. The ruralness of the South resulted in the spread out neighborhoods, in Georgia there was 18 people/ square mile, while in Massachussetts this number was closer to 153 people/square miles. In these rural areas, as the people were further spread apart news travelled slower than in a big city like New York City or Boston.
The South had 1/4 of the population but 10% of the money in the United States. 90% of skilled workers lived in the North, so when the Civil War came around, there were very few skilled workers and the majority of the men were at war anyways, with the women and slaves left running the farms. Also, perhaps one of the greatest forces in the South th

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Three Outlining Questions:
Who really won the Civil War, (economically, war tacits, etc)?
How were minorities treated during the war,(women, children, blacks) by each side?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness." But who can these rights apply to? At the time when the Constitution was written, slaves were still being held under their white owners, some even to the writers of the Constitution. So, what did these men mean when they wrote all in the United States are entitled to all? This came to become the breaking point for our counmtry leading to outright Civil War, pitting brother against brother, in the bloodiest battle on United States soil.
As early as 1820, the path to Civil War was beginning to emerge during the Missouri Compromise. This deal, considered unfair by many, was considered an attack on States Right

Emily Reynolds

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How did the agricultural/economic forces of the North and South affect the war?
Only a week after Fort Sumptner had been attacked, President Lincoln issues a blockage of the Southern ports (at this point president Licoln had only been in office for a month and a half) so South would find it harder to have the supplies that are so desperately needed at war time. The North had already been industrialized, and were mainly relying on their own work to sustain themselves, while the South was indefinitely tied to their farms and their slaves. Also, at this time, the South was made up of a great slave population that obviously would not be helping in war effort.
State
Free Population
Slave Population
New Jersey
672,017
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New York
3,880,735
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Pennsylvania
2,906,215
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As early as 1820, the path to Civil War was beginning to emerge during the Missouri Compromise. This deal, considered unfair by many, was considered an attack on States Rights to own slaves, as the Constitution allowed for the States to hold domestic powers which the Federal System did not have under the Constitution, and as slavery was not illegal, the South argued that the states had the right to choose if they were to be slave states or freed states, not to be just divided by the Mason Dickson line. Anger began to bubble in the South, and finally when Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, the country had reached it's tipping point. His words in the Douglas debate, "A Government can not endure permanently half slave, half free," were finally to be realized. On April 12, 1861, General Pierre Beauregard shot open fire 50 canons at Fort Sumptner in South Carolina. Only two days after open fire began, Fort Sumptner had been captured by the Rebels, and the Confederate flag began to fly in the background

Sierra Martin-Styles

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As a result of the differences, following the secession of the Southern states, the Confederate States of America were declared an enemy to the Union, and the industrial powerhouse of the north resolved to face the South with force so that they would rejoin the Union. The outcome of the war was in general determined by economic interests and economic principles, sparked by the fact that the South had something that was critical to the economy and it would not be allowed to separate itself, and finished by the fact that the superior industrial might of the North enabled its victory.
Conclusion:
Lincoln remained in power throughout the entire war, running against George McClellan in 1864. During the inauguration ceremony for President Lincon in Washington, he says, "With malice toward none; with charity for all...let us strive on to finish the work we are in...to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” (Lincoln, March 4th,1865)

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2. There isn't just one answer to say why the Civil War started but there's some reasons that people have led to think about. The reasons and causes of the Civil War are not cut and dry. There would be more than one reason, and more then one cause to we lost 620,000 soldiers
The Civil War was fought over new states rights, to bring an end to slavery, preservation of the Union, the new territories which were part slave and part free.This was a war of passion, a war of principles, a war that would tear away at the heart and soul of this county, and of the individual.
to breathe. breath. They took their freedom by asserting their independence from white control, and whites seeking to retain as much as possible. Freedom was a point of conflict in the "Reconstruction South". Former slaves took their freedom and flaunted it, along with their liberation from the innumerable regulations of slavery. Immediately after the Civil War, the freed slaves sought to give meaning to freed

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3. After the war a lot of things happened not only to the slaves, but also to the people who owned and traded the slaves because they all lost money. But the destruction of slavery led to conflict between blacks seeking to breathe. They took their freedom by asserting their independence from white control, and whites seeking to retain as much as possible. Freedom was a point of conflict in the "Reconstruction South". Former slaves took their freedom and flaunted it, along with their liberation from the innumerable regulations of slavery. Immediately after the Civil War, the freed slaves sought to give meaning to freedom by reuniting families separated under slavery, establishing thier own churches and schools, seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights.
Introduction:
From the beginning of America’s history, the momentEver since the Mayflower found<

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3. After the war a lot of things happened not only to the slaves, but also to the people who owned and traded the slaves because they all lost money. But the destruction of slavery led to conflict between blacks seeking to breathe. They took their freedom by asserting their independence from white control, and whites seeking to retain as much as possible. Freedom was a point of conflict in the "Reconstruction South". Former slaves took their freedom and flaunted it, along with their liberation from the innumerable regulations of slavery. Immediately after the Civil War, the freed slaves sought to give meaning to freedom by reuniting families separated under slavery, establishing thier own churches and schools, seeking economic autonomy, and demanding equal civil and political rights.
Introduction:
AmericaIndependenceUSAUnionAmerica’s soil. over soil.over the span of only two months. This struggle over the power to rule oneself instead of being ruled upon beg

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email.hidden@example.com (Sierra Martin) — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:09:33 +0000

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In the present moment, decisions are usually made either on whims or with careful planning. Whether or not the action is moral sometimes comes into play, but more often than not (especially in times of war) the morality of the decision is put aside for the expedient choice. After the matter is over and done with, the victor can apologize for their actions, for that is truly when the public cares. After the war, the public can decide whether or not persuading other nations to not join the Confederacy was a moral choice to make. At the time, it’s just a strategic advantage, and nothing more. In the end, it was the leader who was able to make such resolutions that won the war. Yes, strategic battle operations were decidedly important. However, if that was all it took, would the Confederacy not have won, with Robert E. Lee on their side? Did not the Confederacy win several more battles than the Union? While this may be the case, history shows that the skill in battle was not the deciding factor in winning

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Nathan Mullins

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