...under the name “Henry Louis” in hopes to serve the country that she loved. Not telling her parents where she was going, Suzanne stole her brothers clothes and fled to join the army even though it was unlawful for a women to join. If any anyone discovered her true identity, punishment and even death might happen to Suzanne. However, she decided that it was a risk she was willing to take. The Civil War Years introduced devastation and internal conflict to the United States....
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...The women that enlisted in the army to take up arms in the Civil War deserve to be recognized and remembered for their service, just as the men are today. It is estimated that four hundred to six hundred women enlisted in the war. However it is not for sure just how many women enlisted and served in the war since they went to such lengths to keep their identity a secret. Mary Livermore worked for the U.S Sanitary Commission and wrote, “Someone has stated the number of women soldiers known to the service as little less than four hundred. I cannot vouch for the correctness of this estimate, but I am convinced that a larger number of women disguised themselves and enlisted in the service, for one cause or other, than was dreamed of.” While...
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...Women, Slaves, and Free Blacks in the Civil War History/110 25 Feb 2015 1. What roles did Northern women play in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War? What roles did Southern women play in the war effort on the Confederate side during the Civil War? How did the war affect each group? Northern women contributed greatly to the Civil War effort for the north. As the north was more industrialized, women took on jobs that were traditionally done by men. They worked in manufacturing, worked in retail, and took care of more things around their homes. Northern women took care of the homes and children and often did things around the house that the men mainly use to do. Some women decided to take a more serious support of the war effort by becoming nurses and tending to the wounded men as they returned from the front lines. Some women attached themselves to various units and took on support roles for the units. These support roles included cooking, laundering, clothing repair and nursing. All of these duties were in an effort to alleviate extra efforts on the men’s part. A few women even volunteered to take on intelligence gathering roles and conducting clandestine operations to gather information from confederate units. These would infiltrate confederate units and create rapport with influential members of a unit in order to solicite and gather intelligence that could be used against them. Information such as troop movements, troop strength, current operations...
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...African Americans time and time again have been the target of oppression and racial injustice. Even so, during time of need, they were there to protect and serve their nation. In World War II over 2.5 million Black men registered for the draft, and one million served throughout all branches of the Armed Forces during the conflict. Within that one million, over 12,000 black men were forced to stay in segregated combat support groups. By the 1940s there was 145,000 black men serving in the US Army Air Force. This included the 99th Fighter Squadron, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were African American bomber and fighter pilots who were awarded for their heroic service during World War II. The Navy put up a lot of resistance when it came to letting blacks serve and only allowed them to serve as mess attendants. But, with pressure from President Franklin D. Roosevelt and civil...
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...as the Civil War began. As Clara Barton, a pioneer nurse in the Civil War said, “The conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young -- young enough to go to the front. If I cannot be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.” Prior to the war, woman held submissive jobs such as a humble, loving, obedient wife, a farmer, or a factory worker. Even though women began to reform their rights in the beginning of 1800s, it was not until 1860s, when the Civil War broke out, women’s roles began to make an impact in the society and they were viewed as an important part of the society. Women were seen as the invisible army during the American Civil War. Women such as Clara Barton,...
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...women in the miliWomen In the Military Historical Contributions Revolutionary war: During the American Revolutionary War thousands of women took an active role in both American and British armies. Most were wives or daughters of officers or soldiers. These women were known as “camp followers” because they maintained a constant presence in military camps. Their duties consisted primarily of cooking, sewing, laundry, childcare, and nursing the sick. Many women also disguised themselves as men in order to serve in the military. Civil War: During the Civil War thousands of women volunteered and signed up to work as nurses. Others helped supply food, sewed clothes and blankets, and did laundry. More than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Union and Confederate armies. Some worked as spies and messengers. W.W.I/W.W.II: Some of the more known roles of women in W.W.I/W.W.II include nurses, munitions factory workers, sewing bandages, selling war bonds, shipyards and spies. Some also worked on planes as mechanics and pilots. Korean Conflict: During the Korean Conflict most women were restricted to clerical and nursing duties. Vietnam: During Vietnam women served as nurses and were close behind fighting troops and were exposed to combat conditions and fighting forces. They were trained on how to fire the M-16 but were not allowed to fire them. Desert Storm/OIF: During Desert Storm over 40,000 US military women served in key combat‐support positions...
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...letter, Thompson is telling her story of how she spied for the Union. Before the war, Thompson was just an ordinary stay at home mom. During the war, she rose to fame as a significant spy. However, after the war, Thompson’s life dove downhill because of money issues. Thompson had a dangerous and important role in the civil war, spying for the Union, despite living in the South. By spying for the Union, Sarah E. Thompson shaped how women are looked at. Before the war broke out, Sarah Thompson led an ordinary life. Just a regular every-day stay at...
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...Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in 1818 of February in Talbot, Maryland. He was named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey but changed it when he became a free man. He started to call himself Douglass to throw off slave hunters. He tried to escape slavery twice before he actually got away. On his successful escape he had help from a women name Anna Murray she would later become his wife. Douglass escaped slavery at the age of twenty. He is one of the most productive abolitionist speakers and he strongly affected American social policies by writing biographies of his life as a slave also by helping women’s rights, and convincing colored people to become soldiers in the Union Army. Frederick learned how to read and write at a high level...
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...her. So she ran. Although she successfully escaped, she went back, only to really escape the second time. Along with a third, and a fourth. In total, this woman would save around 70 of her friends and family, along with being a nurse, and spy for the Union during the Civil War. After the war, she would go on to become a women’s rights activist. Also, she...
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...World War II through the 1970s Professor Stephen Hudson History 105 March 2, 2013 World War II through the 1970s United States was determined to stay out of European conflicts that would eventually lead to World War II. The period before Second World War, most European countries and the US was characterized by major tensions due to provocations of the countries allied to the German Nazis. The major turning point in the United States decision to join the Second World War against the Nazis was after a brutal attack by the Japanese in 1941. The Japanese forces on 7th December 1941 attacked and bombed the United States pacific fleet killing 2,403 Americans and injuring many others (Schultz, 2012). The Japanese at the same time attack major American positions in Philippines, Midway Islands and Guam as well as Malaysia and Hong Kong. These offensives are responsible for President Roosevelt declaration of war against Nazis with Hitler declaring the same against US making it a world war. The other turning point after the World War II was what was referred to as the Cuban crisis. This was a serious thirteen day confrontation between the United States’ administrations under J F Kennedy regime and the Cuban communist regime under Castro in October 1962. Cuba’s leader, Castro had given permission to the Soviet Union to have a few of its dangerous nuclear missiles in Cuba (Renn, 2012). This was a potential trigger to a nuclear war between...
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...On December 3, 2015, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, announced the full integration of women into all combat military occupational specialties (MOS’s). Gender equality across military positions and occupations did not happen overnight, in fact, women have been vying for their right to participate in combat since the American Revolution and the Civil War. Pioneers like Deborah Samson, Sarah Emma Edmonds, and Frances Clayton hid their gender identity to bear arms and fight alongside their male counterparts in defense of their country and their freedom. Women’s modern day participation in combat is built on the initiative and gumption of those who hid their gender identity and went to war dressed as men. During the American Revolution, there were limited ways women could fight for America’s freedom from Britain. Deborah Samson, in October of 1778, dressed in men’s clothing and enlisted in the Army under the name Robert Shirtliffe. She was wounded twice during her three-year service; but, could preserve her sexual identity until medical treatment for a brain fever revealed it. Discharged from the military, she later...
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...Running head ASSIGNMENT 1.2 INDUSTRIALIZATION AFTER THE CIVIL WAR 1 Assignment 1.2: Industrialization after the Civil War Final Paper Annette L. Belton-Amponsah History 105 Dr. Van Vleck May 31, 2014 After the end of the Civil War the United States set on a new course which was called the industrialized Revolution during 1865 through the 1920. There were many different type of innovations and new opportunities for growth after the Civil War that changed the country forever. Many of these innovations led to vast amount of new jobs for minorities and other Americans. The first major change was the vast expansion of the railroads. With the full weight of the Federal Government the railroads leapt from approximately 30,000 miles of track to more than 350,000. Railroads spanned the nation, making the movement of goods, products, reasonable and reliable. Also, many people moved north to live near cities where the rail roads were being run. The United States changed to the better after the Civil War and during the industrialization revolution era families sold their farms to move closer to city life. After the Civil War the use and breakthrough of petroleum was established in 1853, Professor Schulman of Yale University discovered Kerosene, was considered a “useless” by product of crude oil, a powerful illuminate. (Schultz, P294) They needed a leader in marketing...
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...for the North, the Civil War, also known as the Second American Revolution, took a large toll on both the North and the South. There was a large affect on the population, work, women, government, and the economy. With both sides having generals with two different viewpoints on how to win the war, many different tactics were used, some more hostile than others. Overall, the South took a bigger loss on almost everything, and the North had life a bit easier. The South took more losses then just losing the war. Paying for war had became the most difficult task, and they suffered from many shortages and major inflation. The mass production of paper money caused inflation to get so bad that at one point a soldiers pay couldn’t even buy him a pair of socks. The South took such a downhill toll that in April of 1862, the Confederate Congress passed a law that all white males who were able-bodied and between the ages of seventeen and fifty were liable to serve for the rebel army. The government even adopted a policy of...
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...If you do not remember anything of my speech, remember this one word, we. As a nation we are the youngest amongst all the others. But, we have the most heart amongst all other nations. We have a direction, a vision, a heartbeat. Many nations cannot say that. In 1770 Nathaniel Jay Right said, "It is not the strengths of a hero that defines who he is; it is his enemy". We as a nation have united and broke away from our oppressing fathers of the British. Our triumph as a nation defined who we were, better yet, who we are. Ladies and gentlemen of the United States, I am not interested in leading you or being your leader of any sort. Let me serve you. Let me serve you the same way I served you when we fought against the British. Let me grow with you, learn with you, bleed with you and tear with you. I stood with you through the French and Indian war. I stood with you through the American Revolution. Ladies and Gentlemen, I am George Washington. Personally when I was told to run for the highest place in office I was strongly against it. I just wanted to go back to my humdrum, but, predictable life of being a planter. But, my friends from the House of Burgesses, especially Edward Braddock, convinced me that my nation and my people need me. When I asked Edward why I should run for president, he said the United States needed a leader with my kind of political standpoints. I knew he was referring to my strong belief of equality and the abolishment of slavery. I strongly believe we should...
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...mothers, mothers who have returned to the workforce, dual-career families, minorities, older workers, persons with disabilities, immigrants, and young persons with limited education or skills (text). How the workforce has become diverse has been a long process of people fighting for their rights. This paper will discuss three laws that had an impact on creating a diverse workforce. The main features of each law will be identified. This paper will also explain how these laws are critical to the success of the army. Three laws that have had an impact on creating a diverse workforce include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978, and the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. There was a great social unrest in the 1960’s. Ever since then, the federal government has had an active involvement in preventing racial discrimination in the workplace. The Civil Rights Act of 1964, specifically Title VII, prohibits all forms of discrimination in the workplace. This includes a person’s race, religion or gender. This law has helped to change the workplace because this law states that it is unlawful for an employer to “fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin,” (USlegal.com, 2013, ¶ 4). Included in this law is the hiring and firing of...
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