Chapter 13: A House Divided (1840-1861) Thomas Crawford designed the capitol building with lady liberty on top. This was an issue for many ppl: showed how nearly everything was in question now. Fruits of Manifest Destiny Continental Expansion Ppl started moving west The Mormons’ Trek Went to modern-day Utah: founded by Joseph Smith (polygamy) National boundaries meant little to those who moved West The Mexican Frontier: New Mexico and California Mexico achieved independence from Spain in
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On July 21‚ 1861 a four year war between the Northern and Southern United States began when the Confederate army invaded Fort Sumpter. However‚ this was not the beginning of Political differences between the Northern and Southern territories of the United States in a country doomed for Civil War. The election of 1860 was the first year the Republican Party ran against the Democratic Party for President. This was significant because the Republican Party was against slavery‚ and the Republican representative
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slavery was to send the blacks to colonize in Africa or Central America. It was believed that since there was tension‚ it is
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Although the three million Confederate and Union soldiers who participated in the war may have been standing for conflicting causes‚ at their core‚ both groups were driven by some of the same basic principles. It seems almost impossible that men were able to endure the carnage of the war‚ and kept fighting even in the face of insurmountable danger. Soldiers were motivated by a combination of many complex contributing factors‚ including religion‚ brotherly bonds‚ and patriotism. Many soldiers clung
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lucrative crop‚ that the need for slaves increased dramatically. America was disagreed on slavery into 2 parts: The North and the South. The north was against slavery‚ and the south was for it. The United States of America split into two parts when the south states broke off: The United States of America‚ the north‚ and The Confederate States of America‚ the south. Abraham Lincoln‚ who was president of the United States of America at the time‚ tried to have a peace conference which failed. Those
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A Life in Brief When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860‚ seven slave states left the Union to form the Confederate States of America‚ and four more joined when hostilities began between the North and South. A bloody civil war then engulfed the nation as Lincoln vowed to preserve the Union‚ enforce the laws of the United States‚ and end the secession. The war lasted for more than four years with a staggering loss of more than 600‚000 Americans dead. Midway through the war‚ Lincoln issued
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Union or the Confederates. There were many uncertainties steming from this war but one thing was for sure‚ these militia men were scared. "I had got part of it learned‚ I knew more about retreating than the man that invented retreating" (Clemens 307). A majority of these make-shift soldiers did in fact have experience in the army‚ but not of that remotely close to the Civil War. When all hell started breaking loose‚ men were left to choose either the side of the Union‚ or Confederates‚ there was no
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the Civil War‚ America was in the era of Reconstruction‚ which was to bring the eleven seceding states back to a self-government and to be reseated in Congress‚ civil status of the former leaders of the Confederacy‚ and the Constitutional and legal status of freedmen. As people focused to attack on these issues‚ there was also people who thought the opposite was better for America such as‚ the South did not like some of the ideas that was to come with Reconstruction of America‚ and also the Klu
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Chickamauga‚ Seven Days Battles‚ Antietam‚ Battle of the Wilderness‚ and the most controversial at Gettysburg. Often referred to as Lee’s “old war horse”‚ Longstreet played a major role in the outcome of the Civil War. Longstreet is blamed for the Confederate loss of the Civil War primarily because of his performance at Gettysburg and his role during reconstruction as well as his friendship with Ulysses S. Grant. After the first day of fighting at Gettysburg Longstreet did not want to reengage and warned
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Naval battles in the trans-Mississippian theatre during the Civil War achieved victory in the West for the Union. Control of the Mississippi River stood crucial for both sides as it was the lifeline for materials and reinforcements for both the Confederate and Union armies. These confrontations‚ on and around trans-Mississippian waterways‚ by large forces and small guerrilla forces led to ships being ambushed and supply lines being cut. Steamers harassed along the Arkansas shores of the Mississippi
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