Essays Tagged: "American Civil War"

Emancipation Proclamation

LAMATION'The emancipation proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the American Civil War, declaring all 'slaves within any State, or designated part of a State... then... ...

(1 pages) 96 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Oliver Wendell Holmes

physician. Since he had much intellect, humor, and ability to express himself helped Holmes direct American thought as a member of the United States Supreme Court for over 30 years.At the end of his ... erican Civil War Holmes entered Harvard Law School. Early in his career he became co-editor of the "American Law Review," a commercial legal periodical, and wrote his great work "The Common-Law" in 18 ...

(2 pages) 100 3 3.5 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis and their work

great historical figures: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, steered the Union to victory in the American Civil War and abolished slavery, and the first and only president of the Confederate States ... to lead the Confederacy to independence in the U.S. Civil War. Lincoln was treasured by the African Americans and was considered an earthly incarnation of the Savior of mankind (DeGregorio 20-25). On ...

(6 pages) 129 1 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Gettysburg, A Critical Review

of fighting over 53,000 men were killed or wounded. was the largest battle ever fought on the North American continent. The battle involved about 60,000 Confederate and over 70,000 Federal troops.Most ... r 70,000 Federal troops.Most historians regard the battle of Gettysburg as the turning point in the American Civil War. The battle of Gettysburg marked the change in attitude and morale for the north. ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Mr. Lincoln's "Coffe Mill"

Many inventions and ideas came out of the American Civil War and they helped either side in various ways. These inventions influenced post Civ ... hips were produced. No other war in history produced more new ideas, weapons, and technics then the American Civil War. By the end of the war, in 1865, war technology and strategy, such as trench warf ... e course of wars.During the Civil War both sides drafted limited numbers of men. This was the first American draft. The Federal draft was successful, but there were huge riots and hundreds of people k ...

(9 pages) 47 0 3.5 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

End of a tradgedy. The road to appomattox

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 A ... 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 will speak mainly ar ... pletely.SUMMARYThe Civil War was a completely tragic event. Just think, a war in which thousands of Americans died in their home country over nothing more than a difference in opinion. Yes, slavery wa ...

(9 pages) 52 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that ... ing 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 years, from 1861 to 1865, and was ... the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. In this essay, you will learn the causes of the American Civil war, as well as the after effects of the war.It has been extremely hard for historian ...

(2 pages) 162 1 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

"Chapter the last" p.294-296 (Norton Edition). Excerpt taken fom Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

res of Huckleberry Finn is written after the 1861-65 Civil War, it is about the pre-war period. The American Civil War marks the combat of the Northern States against the Confederacy among other thing ...

(7 pages) 98 1 3.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

"Relationship of Western Film Heroes With The Community"

ole. Humanity portrays "civilization overcoming the hostile country" (Miller 66). In many films the American Civil War is over and people have turned their attention to more constructive pursuits, suc ... t. Hatton's entry to the film is also much grander. He is a "soldier of fortune transplanted to the American frontier" (Abel 18). This alone creates the allusion of Hatton being a much more romantic h ...

(8 pages) 80 1 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A report for Confederate general "StoneWall" Jackson

nia Military Institute in 1851, and the next year he resigned from the army. On the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, he left VMI to enter the Confederate army. He was immediately commission ...

(1 pages) 39 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. By Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil WarThe Red Badge of Courage was written by Stephen Crane, and published by D. Appleto ... 1863.The novel's protagonist, Henry Fleming, a young soldier fighting for the Union army during the American Civil War. Initially, Henry stands untested in battle and questions his own courage. As the ...

(3 pages) 62 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Explore in detail the poem 'Nothings Changed' by Tamatakhulu Afrika and the story 'Desiree's baby' by Kate Chopin, commenting on how the authors have presented the relationship between black and white people.

" is oppression and social inequality"Desiree's Baby" was written by Kate Chopin in 1850 before the American civil war. The story is set in Louisiana, America, and was written at a time when slavery e ...

(5 pages) 82 0 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Civil War Spies

win the First Battle of Manassass (First Bull Run). Throughout history, men have been spies and the American Civil War was no exception. The finest spies are people you would never suspect. Spencer Ke ... of the most important people during the Civil War. Throughout history, men have been spies and the American Civil War was no exception. The supreme spies are people you would never suspect. These spi ...

(8 pages) 242 4 3.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Why the prison camps during the American Civil war were so terrible.

The prison camps of the American Civil War were terrible due to the falling apart of prisoner exchange programs, the decline ...

(4 pages) 52 0 2.3 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Causes of American Civil War.

The American Civil War: Causes and ConsequenceBy ak_69The American Civil War was a combination of four d ... a homestead act, liberal appropriations for internal improvements, and the highest tariff duties in American history to that date.Economically the war encouraged the mechanisation of production and ac ... ower. The South suffered in the post war decades but the industrial North were set to industrialise American life. The nation was expanding westwards and the cities were rapidly growing. Great economi ...

(5 pages) 378 1 4.4 Jul/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

"Gone with the wind".

best novel I have ever read. It is also the greatest love story ever written. It is set during the American civil war (1861) in which the Southern states (the Confederacy) tried to free themselves fr ... nd out it.3. Gone with the wind would not have been such a big success if it weren't set during the American civil war. Don't get me wrong here. I am not trying to imply that the book is a historical ...

(12 pages) 99 1 3.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara.

1, 1863, the Confederate army and the Union army fought the largest and most gruesome battle of the American Civil War. Shaara states that he wrote the book because he wanted to know "what it was like ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The major shifts in American foreign policy between Reconstruction and World War I

Changes in American Foreign Policy between the American Civil War and World War IIn the United States from the ... e, politically and economically. America first began developing foreign interests because after the American Civil War, the country rate of industrialization increased dramatically, resulting in a rap ... the nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific, settlers flocked westward, and the size and numbers of American cities increased rapidly. These developments fueled the early American Industrial Revolutio ...

(5 pages) 136 0 3.5 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate...

American Civil WarThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of theAm ... the end of theAmerican Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. This docum ... nding the war. The Civil war was a completely tragic event. Just think, a war in which thousands of Americans died in their home country over nothing more than a difference in opinion. Yes, slavery wa ...

(8 pages) 120 0 2.1 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Reconstruction of 1862-1914.

ill show how Reconstruction was a period of 1862-1870 in United States history during and after the American Civil War in which attempts were made to solve the political, social, and economic problems ... le of 1900's. The developments of a new modern nation also promote to confrontations between Native Americans and west settlers, between the 1870-1890As early as 1862, Pres. Abraham Lincoln had appoin ...

(5 pages) 110 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature