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- 4601: Civil War - The Battle Of Vicksburg
- ... the Confederate’s moral was very low while the Union’s confidence was increasing. Union forces almost seemed invincible. Grant’s success was defiantly having an impact. On May 18th, the federal army crossed the Big Black River and pushed towards Vicksburg. The first Union forces arrived in this direction was the 15th Army Corps under the command of Major General William T. Sherman, Grant’s most trusted and experienced subordinate ...
- 4602: Civil War - Radical Reconstruction
- ... not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color or previous conditions of servitude." -15th Amendment. The right of Blacks being able to vote was a big deal in the South. At the start of Reconstruction, nearly 90% of Blacks lived in the South. In many places, Blacks were the majority. As a result of the 15th Amendment, many Blacks were elected ...
- 4603: Civil War - Causes
- ... and was forgotten when the Civil War began. The existence of slavery was the central element of the conflict between the North and South. Other problems existed that led to succession but none were as big as the slavery issue. The only way to avoid the war was to abolish slavery but this was not able to be done because slavery is what kept the South running. But when the South ...
- 4604: Chinese Americans
- ... generation Chinese claimed that he had regretted his early idea of excluding himself to his own ethic identity of being Chinese as a youngster is Eddie Tang: "… When I was younger - all I wanted was Big Macs and G.I. Joe figurines. I distinctly remember saying that I hated Chinese food. I just wanted to eat the good stuff - French-fries, burgers, and apple pie. But as college neared I realized ...
- 4605: Changes To The Bill Of Rights
- ... state had was confessions. To obtain these confessions, the police questioned a 15-year old without a parent present -- which is illegal under New York state law. Police also refused to let the subject's Big Brother, an attorney for the Federal government, see him during questioning. Police screamed "You better tell us what we want to hear and cooperate or you are going to jail," at 14-year-old Antron ...
- 4606: Bunker Hill , Battle Of
- The Battle of Bunker Hill Boom, Bang, Crack! The sounds of muskets being fired, its ammunition ricocheting off rocks and splintering trees are heard all around. The pungent smell of gun powder stings the nose, and its taste makes the mouth dry ...
- 4607: American Labor Movement: Development Of Unions
- ... the country’s labor problems. They disagreed with and were disturbed with the growing use of court rulings to halt strikes. In 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Anti-trust Act which purpose was to punish big business corporations that combined to prevent competition. However, it seemed to be used more as a weapon against unions. Progressives also were irritated by the use of federal troops and state militia against strikers. (3 ...
- 4608: African-Americans In The Civil War
- ... War that as a result of their fighting along side white soldiers a new attitude developed towards the blacks. Many northern soldiers had grown up knowing only the black as portrayed on the stage - grinning, big-mouthed, carefree 8 loving possum and watermelons and eating fried chicken. What they found was a real human - struggling to be in control of his destiny. He describes a Wisconsin soldier’s feelings by saying ...
- 4609: Western Expansion
- ... settled by people looking for wider opportunities. Even the safety valve theory has an element of truth when applied to ambitious young men of the professional class who had a better chance of making it big much quicker in the West than in the East. Without the open frontier, moreover, there would have been a much larger migration of young people from the farms to the cities; thus the frontier helped ...
- 4610: Vietnam War - Vietnam Soldiers - "They Carried Ghosts"
- ... this dreadful real life nightmare would be over soon and to make the best of it as much as you can. Animal Lover turned his life into Vietnam. War turned the soldiers' emotions into one big roller coaster. They were not sure how they should feel or how they should react to other soldiers who were going through the same predicament. In The Things They Carry, by Tim O'Brien, showed ...
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