Essays on Civil War

William Jennings Bryan and the Political Battle William Jennings Bryan, who was running for president at the time in the United States elections, said during a political address, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of...

President Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. The emancipation had a significant effect on the war because it altered its course. The emancipation proclamation changed the focus of the war, which had originally been about "states rights," to slavery. A...

Before the Civil War started, both the North and the South as a whole and the people living there had very different views on the subject of slavery. The U.S. Constitution, which was established in 1789, gave rise to numerous groups that were vying for control of the Union's future....

The Peculiar Institution of Slavery during the American Civil War The "peculiar institution" of slavery during the American Civil War has been extensively discussed in writing over the years. We now have a clear understanding of what life was like during the Antebellum Period thanks to this abundance of information. The...

Between 1789 and 1859, the American Civil War officially began Between 1789 and 1859, the American Civil War officially began. Over 600,000 people died as a result of this conflict between 1861 and 1865, though its effects were very noticeable. Numerous historians concur that the political history of the United States...

Battle Lines: A Graphic Book on the Civil War Battle Lines, a graphic book, is a more effective historical education tool than traditional Civil War literature. The book, which was written by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm and Ari Kelman, uses a variety of techniques to depict the actual events that led up to...

To put it mildly, black people's lives in the South after the Civil War were complicated. On paper, Africans were then allowed to act and live however they wished. But that independence was elusive because of the part they had played ever since coming to America. The majority of people...

Land conflicts between people who engaged in sedentary agriculture and semi-nomad lifestyles were the root cause of the Darfur genocide. Access to water was also a major factor in the massacre. Another war in the south of Sudan is also blamed for the genocide in Darfur. Between animist black southerners...

Reconstruction Phase (1965 - 1877) Reconstruction took place between 1965 and 1877. The reconstruction phase has been judged to have been successful. Reuniting North and South Following the Civil War's division of the South's 11 states, the North and South were brought back together during the rebuilding era. The United States' peace was...

Jack Deng was born in a small village near Juba, Southern Sudan, to a household of five. His mother Jessy worked as a housewife, and his father Odek was a local instructor. Deng, the oldest son, desired the best for his siblings, even putting his high school diploma on the...

The United States Underwent Rebuilding Following the Civil War The United States underwent rebuilding following the Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, the entire history of the United States was covered during this time, as was the change of the southern portion of the nation between 1866 and 1877. The remembrance...

Divorce Reconstruction in the United States Divorce Reconstruction in the United States refers to the time following the Civil War, when white people freed African Americans from slavery in 1865. Due to white people's perception of them as an inferior race, the recently freed slaves confronted many difficulties. The whites worked...