...The American Civil War is said to be “the last ancient war and the first modern war.” One of the last wars with mass cavalry units and the first war which railroads placed a major part. This was a difficult time for the North and South, not only were they fighting a Civil War, they were adjusting to new inventions. They have gone from horse-drawn carriages to railroads, medical practices that had barely changed in a hundred years; were now treating wounds caused by new inventions. This would be a new kind of war for both the North and South. Prior to the Civil War each side had its advantages and disadvantages. If you were to compare them you would find differences in economic, social to cultural even transportation then any similarities. With so many difference and beliefs it’s no wonder they tore the nation apart, fought against family members and destroyed property. The South was in all aspects following behind the North and did not except or want changes imposed by the North. Regardless of the differences perhaps at the beginning of the war the South was ready to defend its way of life. Their over all differences lead to the Civil War and it was not solely because of slavery, but the right to live as they had for years. Before the war you had the upper and lower South who did not agree to secession at the same time. This caused a dividing line not only was the North and South divided the South was divided between its self. These eight states, Kentucky, Tennessee...
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...April 20th 2009 The Confederacy entered the Civil War with several disadvantages which resulted in the Union predicted a short and easily combated war. Yet despite all their shortcomings the South shocked everyone by turning the Civil War into a four year skirmish resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and the destruction of much of the country. Though the Confederacy did hold off the Union for a longer period of time then expected their lack of industry, the confederate army’s tendency to only fight on the offensive combined with the failure of the Confederacy to be recognized as a nation by a foreign power led to the South’s demise. The economies of the North and the South differed drastically during the antebellum period leading up to secession. The South came to be known as a mostly agrarian society based mostly on the work of the farm and plantation. The North became a champion of industrialization, holding most of factories and the work force to man those factories. During the Civil War creation of new supplies became a constant need for both sides of the conflict. The Union found advantage in that the Northern factories produced the majority of the ammunition. Not only did the Union army have the majority of the fire power they also possessed access to more ways of transportation through railroads, ships and wagons. Being able to transport supplies and soldiers over great distances gave the North great advantage. The Confederacy who lacked the same level of...
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...Dr. Garrison March 3, 2008 Civil War One of the main reasons that made the Civil War happen was the “gap” between the North and South. They diverge about many things, including slavery and foreign policy, and have different customs and values. In instance, the North and South diverge deeply in almost everything. North’s economy was based on commercial industry, with trade and commerce being the main source of economic growth, they were pro abolition and their trade was concentrated in the internal market. On the other hand, the South was expanding its agrarian economy, using slaves, and not changing its character. Besides that, most goods that came from South’s plantations were sold to European countries, ignoring sometimes the internal market. In addition to the differences between North and South, the failure of the Crittenden Compromise came to be what people was waiting to the war begins. The Civil War began on April 14, 1861, with the Confederates (South) bombarding the Fort Sumter. After take control of the Fort, four more slave states (Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy. The advantages of the North were: advanced industrial system, which made them able to manufacture almost all their war material, better transportation system (more and better railroads than the South). Their disadvantages were: fight in hostile ground, divided opinion about the war, and unstable support until...
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...Describe the advantages and disadvantages of living in a world such as GATTACA and Unwind. Use examples from the book and movie. Unwind In the book Unwind there are many advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that when you are severely injured you can have affected body parts replaced with body parts from an unwind, In chapter 1, the trucker that gave Connor a ride had an arm from an unwound because his original arm was severely damaged in an accident . However a disadvantage in the world of Unwind is that if you are between the ages of 13 to 18, your parents can abort you which means you will be transported to a harvest camp where you will be unwound. After you are unwound your body parts are donated to people in need of new body parts. In the book,...
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...Civil War was one of the bloodiest wars in the American history that sacrificed tremendous amount of people from 1861 to 1865. It was also known as the War Between the States due to the war was based on the conflicts between the Confederacy and the Union. Both of the Confederacy and the Union enjoyed advantages from themselves and encountered obstacles in the major events during the war. Before the war, one of the biggest advantages of the Union was that they had a much larger population than the South, which is about 22 million, and 3.5 million of them were slaves. In this case, the larger population means the larger possibility to win the war. For the industry, the North also had more factories production than South, which the North had 92.6% and the South had only 7.4%. The reason lied on nature sources in their lands. The resources in the North were mostly iron and coal. However, for the South, they had many sources of gold and silver, which cannot produce equipments for a war. This led to the production of the equipments that were required to use during the war decreased. The amount of factories in the North produced much more than South; 98% of the United States firearms and 96% of the United States rail equipment were produced by the North. Thus, in this case, the Union had more advantages than Confederacy. For the North, they had almost as much as twice of the mileage compared to the South. Additionally, the Northern rails were integrated and very efficient. The...
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...Many would argue that, the statement ‘generals win battles, logistics win wars’, is true to some extent. Throughout the Napoleonic era, Napoleon had won countless of battles that were against set the odds. To win a battle, it is prominently down to the leaders, and Napoleon is identified as being a very good leader, with his charisma, ruthlessness as well as his ability to motivate his men. Napoleon had used Guibertian warfare to his advantage, Austerlitz is one of the most significant battle for Napoleon, as it highlights him as a great leader. Although Napoleon was never innovative, he was great at implementing them, at the Battle of Austerlitz, the French were heavily outnumbered and were at a major disadvantage seeing as the Russians were on the high ground. However, despite this the French army had trust in Napoleon, and believed that he would find a way to defeat the Russians. The French skillfully tricked the Russians to abandon their high ground, and when they did they had seized the opportunity and attacked from the rear, and the point of contact was led by Davout, who had been following Napoleons plan. Leadership plays a prominent role in motivating men, even when the chances of victory seem unlikely. Napoleon maintained this position within his army, and inspired his soldiers to not see defeat as an option. This had help in many of their battles, having the morale high had maintained their goal and had won several battles against the odds. However, although Napoleon...
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...When people think of the Civil War many think to the outcome of the war and what resulted in the victory of the North, freeing the slave population and unifying the country as it had once been. We tend to look at the aftermath; however, many do not take a chance to look to how the Civil War started or the significant events and figures during the Civil War. Many people have heard of Fort Sumter, but do they really know the significance of Fort Sumter? This fort holds a true significance in what we call the Civil War. This paper will cover the importance of Fort Sumter and why it is so important to the Civil War and the fate of the United States of America. Fort Sumter was the official start of the Civil War; this battle was located near Charleston, South Carolina on April 12th, 1861 and lasted officially until April 14th, 1861 (CivilWarTrust). This...
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...The Advantages and Disadvantages of Mass Media Mass media is one of the fastest medium of exchange of information which capture audience attention and interest, for example, television and radio is said to be the best Mass Media. A Mass Media to be effective must be accessible to the target audience and able to hold audience attention and interest. Therefore, this essay will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Mass Media. The first advantage of mass media is peace and reconciliation. In the Northern Uganda there has been a civil war and FM radios contributed towards bringing peace after 20 years of crisis which was emphasized by both the respondent interviewees and focus groups. One of the focus group participants said that “when we finally see an end to this war, which might come soon, we should not forget the impact of the local radios.” For the past two years the FM stations have been running peace and reconciliation programmes in the northern Uganda to make a group of army surrender and come out of the bush. The rebels were mostly from Lira and other neighboring districts from where they were forcefully abducted or conscripted into rebel ranks. The radio stations, in collaboration with church leaders and peace non-governmental organizations, have been stressing the spirit of reconciliation and forgiveness of the rebels, who have killed, abducted or maimed many people, as well as destroying or looting people’s property. Peace and reconciliation programmes in FM radios...
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...American Civil War through enticing the European powers to intervene in the civil war. Although Britain and France had abolished slavery in their own perspective countries, as a rising industrial country, sustaining the textile industry through the cotton industry of the confederate states was as important as freeing the slaves (Mattstodayinhistory.blogspot.com). If the slaves were freed, then the southern plantations, who depended on the hands of the slaves to produce and collect the cotton, would go out of business, therefore affecting European textile markets. Great Britain and France would have to find other means to replenish that source, which would take up time, money and resources. Britain and France realized the Confederates were at a less advantage to the Union in the civil war. The confederates only had military prowess since most of the military schools are located in south such as West Point. The Confederates only had knowledge about military strategies and an agriculture based economy, particularly in cotton. The Union, on the other hand, had become an industrial based economy and had huge population. Although the war was fought...
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...The Navy Of The Civil War The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the idea of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Neither the North nor the South was prepared for Naval activities at the beginning of the war. To better prepare the Navy for war, three new designs were put into action for future ships. The most successful of these designs was the Monitor. The South was at a disadvantage to the North throughout the war. The South was lacking manpower during the war, since most of the seamen in the US Navy were from the North and therefore stayed with the Union when the southern states seceded. The South was also found disadvantaged for iron plates for ship armor, since there was only one establishment in the South capable of producing them. The South, knowing their disadvantage in numbers, made the call for commerce raiding of northern ships. The southern government encouraged privateering of northern ships. This privateering would help take the burden of building up the Navy off the government, since privately owned ships and sailors would be assisting the Confederate war goals. The response of the North was the blockade on the southern states. This dealt a similar blow to the South...
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...THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS AND AMERICA’S FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM SECURITY MEASURES [pic] By Latisha Gant Table of Contents I. Introduction A. How has America’s Attitude toward terrorism changed after September 11, 20011 B. What are people and Government reactions to terrorism after 911? C. Why was America’s Protection Agency Homeland Security Formed? II. Balancing American Civil rights and Against Terrorism A. What is American Census and Attitude towards Terrorist Security Measures? B. What is the political thought of American’s civil right attitudes after 911? C. What is the impact of Post 911 terrorist event and Iraq War on civil rights and Terrorism? III. Recent Trends in Americans Excepting New Security Measures as a Way of Life A. What is the impact of terrorism on American and global way of Life? B. What are the disadvantages and advantages of heightened Homeland Security Measures? C. What do people fear terrorist attacks or civil rights infringements the most? V. Conclusion THESIS STATEMENT This research paper will focus on the balancing of the relationship between American civil rights and America’s fight against terrorism. Terrorism has changed the way we use public transportation, travel in airports and train stations, eat in hotels and restaurants see movies, almost everything we do can be attacked by terrorist in America today. Terrorism by terrorist like Bin Laden and Al-Quada have influenced...
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...The Civil War became an impending event after the fallout following the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was meant to solve the United States’ problems, but neither side got exactly what it wanted. Thus, the nation became more divided, and a civil war became increasingly unavoidable. However, the compromise might have worked if either side was less biased and more open to other ideas and settlements. Also, the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe) played a large role in the events leading up to the war. The book inspired antislavery people but angered those who were proslavery. The book horrified many Americans, but southern slave owners denied that the events in the book occurred in real life. This created separation...
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...Civil War Paper Learning Team A HIS/110 Professor Joe Getzlemen Historian Shelby Foote Shelby Foote was a writer and historian that became famous for his three-volume, 3,000-page books about the Civil War. In 1990, an 11-hour series on public television was shown based on his books.. With over 14 million viewers, he was instantly in the spotlight. Although he was not born until some 50 years after the Civil War, his great-grandfather was Confederate Captain Hezekiah William Foot, a slave owner. Shelby himself was born in Mississippi and lived in other southern states such as Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida. He attended the University of North Carolina but left to take a writing job at a Mississippi newspaper. When the United States joined the fight in World War II, Shelby joined the National Guard and reached the rank of captain. After being discharged in 1945 he returned home to Mississippi and began writing again. He published five books in five years, but it wasn’t until 1953 that he would begin his trilogy on the Civil War. During an appearance of the public broadcasting, he was quoted as saying “Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an understanding of the Civil War…The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads...
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...American Civil War The American Civil War is a very misunderstood war. It is known for the war that ended slavery. What most people don’t know is the war was not originally fought for the abolition of slavery. The South, or the Confederate, wanted to exercise their rights as states and split from the north. Well Abraham Lincoln thought that would be the downfall of the United States. The Civil War was fought to between the Union and the Confederacy on the issue of splitting up the United States. The country was divided between two philosophies, either they thought the country could only survive and prosper as a whole, or they believed the south had the right to split from the union. The country was divided between two different philosophies. The North believed if the South seceded from the North the country would crumble. While the South believed they had the right as states to separate themselves from the Union. (Malvasi) Abraham Lincoln was the head of the Unions thinking. He had a great sense of political knowledge. He realized if the south did secede the Union wouldn’t stand a chance against attack because half of the country essentially would have been gone. Lincoln originally had no plans of abolishing slavery all his focus was on keeping the country together in one strong unit. (Malvasi) The South on the other hand felt they had been mistreated by the Union and were being taken advantage of. Soon the idea of secession came around ...
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...University Of Phoenix Civil War Paper By Shane Iverson 12/23/2012 HIS/115 The Civil war was a huge war fought over territories and freedom. Over 600,000 Americans lost their lives in this war, with the North having been more effected. The North had no regrets about the war. They were satisfied that the slaves were free, and the Union was preserved. The South began to glorify what they called “the lost cause”. The generals from the south became mythic heroes. As they looked back at the war they almost regretted surrendering. Historian Shelby Foote left us with this note. “Any understanding of this nation has to be based . . . on an understanding of the Civil War. . . . The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being”. What does this tell us about the United States? What did Foote mean when he spoke these words? We may also think to ourselves. Why didn’t the South win? There leaders were supposedly brilliant and they lost fewer men then the North, right? What did Historian Shelby Foote mean in his quote above? He is saying that it is necessary to learn about this huge catastrophe that happened in...
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