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- 41: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- ... made him one of the greatest of the nation's Chief Executives. He was an exceptional administrator, and an admirable commander in chief who did a masterful job of articulating the moral goals of the war for he strongly believed in the preservation of one nation indivisible. (The Civil War, pgs. 14-16) Lincoln's primary concern was for the preservation of the union. Abraham Lincoln, "Honest Abe" came to Washington as a newly elected President early in 1861. In an attempt to allay ...
- 42: The Beginning of the Civil War
- The Beginning of the Civil War Part I: The Beginning The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820. It did not end the debate over slavery. Trouble started brewing when Texas wanted to be a state. One problem: there was no free ... and there was to be no slavery west of this line. Not too long after that, slavery came up again. This time, we were questioning whether to turn the territory we seized from the Mexican War into free or slave territory. President Polk suggested stretching the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific. While others stated that Popular Sovereignty should be placed in effect and that the people living in the ...
- 43: Communication Through Pictures
- Communication Through Pictures Photographers often communicate through their pictures. Although the camera lens views the world impartially, the photographer constantly judges, deciding what to photograph and how to photograph it. (Art Encarta). The Civil War was the first time that photographers changed the way we looked at something, including war. Although the photograph was invented twenty-two years earlier, that didnt discourage some photographers of the time from risking their lives in the battle fields and trenches of the Civil War (Sears 1- ...
- 44: The Civil War
- The Civil War The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four ...
- 45: The American Civil War
- The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I ...
- 46: African Americans in the Civil War
- African Americans in the Civil War During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and part of the Nineteenth Century the White people of North America used the Black people of Africa as slaves to gain from their interests. White people created a monarchy of their race over the Black African race that in some places exists today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the Black African race. Through their actions and the political actions of President Lincoln and his administration, Black Africans had an eye out on their freedom ...
- 47: Animal Farm: Animal Satire
- ... 1. CHAPTER THE AUTHOR: GEORGE ORWELL 1 1.1. PRESENTATION 1 1.2. HIS LIFE 1 1.3. HIS TIME: POLITICAL BACKGROUND 4 1.3.1. THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 5 1.3.2. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 7 1.4. ORWELL AND THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR 8 1.5. ANIMAL FARM 9 2. CHAPTER SATIRE 13 2.1. PRESENTATION 13 2.2. WHAT IS SATIRE? 13 2.2.1. DEFINITION 13 2.2.2. CHARACTERISTICS OF SATIRE 14 2. ...
- 48: Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory
- Movie Review: Gone With The Wind and Glory The Civil War, a violent, bloody memory in the history of the United States, and in the minds of the countless number of people that it changed. Civil War, according to Websters Dictionary, is a time when a country, civilization or union-ship break apart due to political or other indifferences; or a time of civil un-arrest. Words seem ...
- 49: Oppressed Slaves To Champion Soldiers
- This is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, these men were true champions of patriotism. The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. The sectional division between the areas began in colonial times, largely resulting from geographical differences. The South was ideal for growing tobacco due to the warm ...
- 50: Abraham Lincoln 3
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Lincoln entered office at a critical period in U. S. history, just before the Civil War, and died from an assassin's bullet at the war's end, but before the greater implications of the conflict could be resolved. He brought to the office personal integrity, intelligence, and humanity, plus the wholesome characteristics of his frontier upbringing. He also had ...
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