American Civil War Research Papers Samples For Students

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The American Civil War stood out as perhaps the most catastrophic historical event in the history of the United States (US). The sheer propensity of the armed conflict between Union and Confederate forces resulted to more than 600,000 deaths of soldiers from both sides – a number that rendered en masse military recruitment and conscription. The pressure to reach victory was strongly felt among the ranks of Union and Confederate forces that both sides did not hesitate to advertise their need to reinforce their respective regiments. Posters, perhaps the most sophisticated and effective advertising means at the time when the ...

The American civil war in the West: Grant’s River War

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The American Civil War is among the majorly discussed wars in the history of the United States. Ideally, Civil War is considered a central event in the U.S historical civilisation. While it is evident that the revolution that occurred in 1776-1783 facilitated the establishment of the United States, the American Civil War of 1861-1865 provided a suitable platform for the determination of the future of the United States (Doyle, 2014). Fundamentally, it offered the solutions to two major questions initially created by the revolution, and these included whether the United States was going to be transformed into a ...

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The shared history between America and Mexico can be dated back during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836, and the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. As a result, several treaties had been signed in culminating differences between the two nations. For example, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Gadsden Purchase comprise some of the agreements made between the two nations. In the 19th century, America claimed Louisiana as part of its territory and was rightfully acquired during the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. These confrontations resulted into conflict as Spain opposed to the America's claim, stipulating that the western boundaries ...

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The recent threats by North Korea to launch a nuclear assault on the US and other friendly nations’ has led to conceited discussions on the possible impact of such an action on world peace. Analysts believe that the opposition by the US and south Korea of the launch is based on the need for world peace, while others believe that the US has taken the role of supervising other nations on their nuclear activities. The common thread on all these discussions is the impact of war on world peace and the human society. This paper seeks to discuss this issue, ...

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Although the United States is a young nation, she has had a background that is full of conflict. Because the birth of the United States was born from a bloody conflict with Britain, it seems unsurprising that much of the early days of the nation was also full of conflict. Some of these conflicts were necessary conflicts, while others, looking back with perfect hindsight, were more avoidable. Regardless of how avoidable or unavoidable the conflicts in the United States of America were during the early years of the colony, however, they were very important for the development of wartime ...

Annotated Bibliography: African American History

Mayer, R. (2000). "Africa As an Alien Future": The Middle Passage, Afrofuturism, and Postcolonial Waterworlds. Amerikastudien / American Studies, 45(4), 555-566.
Palmer, C. A. (1995). From Africa to the Americas: Ethnicity in the Early Black Communities of the Americas. Journal of World History, 6(2), 223-236.
According to Ruth Mayer’s Africa as an Alien Future (2000), there remains a connection between the African Diaspora community and the motherland. In the author’s words, African culture remains evident even in contemporary works such as “literature, installation art, [and] pop music” in which the passages between Africa and ...

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Civil wars usually impose substantial costs on the involved countries economy. The wars are destructive to both human lives and the economic infrastructure. They also undermine the legitimacy of the state by threatening its institutions, the security of property rights, and the rule of law. Still, internal wars bringing tremendous uncertainty into the economic environment, making both public and private investments riskier. The U.S civil war was caused by several issues including regional conflicts between the North and the South, economics forces, and humanitarian concerns for the welfare of enslaved people. This war pitted both sides of the country ...

There are many significant points throughout history that many regard as pivotal, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution are some. For Americans it is often the founding of the first colonies in the east and the fight for independence in the 1700s, however, the most significant event for many Americans today is the American Civil War, beginning in 1861 and ending in 1865. For the two sides of the War, the Union North and the Confederate South, the goals were rather different. For the Union army it was about quelling rebellion and preventing the succession ...

Artistic pieces from the past and present times impact the community positively in many ways as most of the artistic products produced relays and display information and themes that happen in the society. The broad categories that constitute artistic features such as sculptures, paintings, drawings, photography, music, sketches among others have made it possible for artists to relay and convey the intended messages with ease. Each artistic feature it is noted suits well in conveying certain themes and messages to its audience even though a variety of styles and techniques available can make many artistic products display the same messages ...

Civil War history often exists in terms of the white Northern soldiers and white Southern soldiers, fighting with each other. The African Americans are shown waiting on either side to awaiting their fate. However, this is far from the truth, and no one can deny the influence of Negro American on the emergence of African Nationalism. Before the Civil War started in 1862, there were a projected four million slaves in the United States and only about 500,000 free African Americans. Only one percent of all African Americans resided in the North. White soldiers often saw the African Americans ...

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The American Civil War (1861-1865) was mainly caused by different views on the issue of slavery among the Southern and Northern States. Democracy has four institutions that seek to influence outcomes that dictate democracy. They all revolve around freedom and citizenship of an identified people. Before the war, America was not a democratic state as slaves were considered property and not citizens of America. The Dred Scott vs. Sanford decision dictates these factors regarding slaves. When the pro-slavery states are defeated, America sees the start of a democracy in the country. The Emancipation Proclamation was the first step towards a ...

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The development of medicine and medical care during the American civil war were significant due to its watershed impact on social and military evolution. The Civil War was the bloodiest war in the history of America, and had the war that had the most impact in the field of medicine. Civil war medical care providers such as surgeons had to learn fast and develop new techniques as the number of injured people were too high. The high number of the injured fighters included top officers and commanders in the military, which intensified and prompted the need for new developments. ...

Silent Cries: A Look at the Influences on Art that impacted the United States Before, During, and After the War Aras Through Four Pictorial Portholes
History: it really is his-story. What better way to tell a story than to make sure there are pictures in it? After all, a “picture is worth a thousand words” as the adage goes. Paintings, statues, photos, even architecture, from a given time periods such as the early American Colonial days give new meaning to an event in history. On the flip side, knowing the historical background of a piece of art creates deeper meaning for it and ...

There were many books and articles written on the Civil War. Nowadays, people have access to many achievements, where they can find a world of useful information about the Civil War and find answers to their questions. But somehow the questions remain, and we still cannot say for sure that we understand all of the reasons behind the Civil War. Today, a lot of controversy behind this historical event was revealed. This war was supposedly quite different from how we used to view it. It’s still a question why the two sides of one of the strongest countries ...

Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davies led Americans in the Civil War. The titanic struggle remained the most divisive war in American history. The American Civil war started on 2nd, April 1861 and lasted for four years. The secession of South Carolina from the Union prompted Confederacy to command the US government to relinquish its fort in Charleston Harbor. Lincoln strongly condemned the attempt, and this provoked a Confederate attack. The Confederacy surrounded the fort and fought the Union forces with dangerous weapons. After two days, the Union forces were forced to surrender Charleston Harbor after the bombardment. After the outbreak, ...

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Leadership is very important in military in order to win battles. Leadership is the ability to influence people by providing purpose in a course of action, direction and motivation and at the same time operating to achieve the intended mission in order to improve the society.
In military, leadership is a decisive element to achieve battle field success. A good military leader should assist an army in overcoming adversary since leadership is the driving force behind the structural factors that a nation can provide to its military commanders that necessitates the winning battles. A good army leader prepares his ...

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Before the American Civil War of 1861-1865, tensions were high between the Northern and Southern states. Said tension found basis on the issue of slavery with the Southerners being pro-slavery and Northerners anti-slavery. Consequently, an abolitionist movement rose from the North and led to the development of the “Underground Railroad”. Despite its name, the “Underground Railroad” encompassed hidden houses, paths, and code words that the anti-slavery forces utilized in helping blacks escape to Free states and Canada where there was no slavery. Expectedly, such actions led to the retaliation of the ...

This paper is aimed to give a brief outline of Edgar Poe’s life and a short analysis of one of his famous poems ‘Annabel Lee’ to trace the main peculiarities of the author’s style.
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prominent figures in the American romantic literature of the second half of the 19th century. Apart from being a critic, an editor and a poet, he is considered to be a founder of the short story in its modern form. Edgar Poe came from the family of professional actors, who died three years after the poet’s birth, and ...

Harriet Tubman is most famously known for being an African-American abolitionist during the Civil War. She was a slave who escaped to freedom, spending the rest of her life helping others escape as she did. Tubman risked her life innumerable times for a cause she believed would make the world a better, more equal place. She was considered a civil rights activist and was even a spy for the Union during the American Civil War. Though her activism during slavery and the Civil War were an important part of Tubman’s life and America’s history, the rest of her life is generally overlooked. ...

History of Lynching in America

Lynching was a type of execution practiced by an assembly of vigilantes that aims to instantaneously kill persons who are charged of terrible misdemeanors. However, lynching do not only served as a punishment to criminals and crimes but also served as a type of group communication whose intention was to impose communal conformity concerning social class, sex norms and racial hierarchy.
Lynching comprised violence authorized by the community and the state for which state, local and national governments seldom indicted the persons concerned as well as trials rarely resulted in jail sentences or fines. The mobs in lynching kill accused victims ...

What led the British to occupy Egypt in 1882? Besides the fact that it was the result of colonial expansion, and the spirit of colonialism was fueled by British imperial hegemony, what benefits did Egypt have financially for England? In this paper, the factors that took place before the British occupation, the actual occupation itself, and its aftermath, will be discussed from the point of view of economic history. Cotton, the American Civil War, an overspending khedive, the Suez canal construction, jockeying Europeans countries, and the cosmopolitan makeup of 19th century Egypt all play a part in the story. In ...

Georgia, like several other southern states, played a key role in the civil war. Georgia witnessed some of most brutal battles of the civil war. Georgia was used as a center of transportation for the confederacy during the civil war. A huge number of people fought in the civil war from the Georgian side. This paper intends to discuss the role of Georgia in the American civil war along with discussing major battles, events and major participants of the civil war related to Georgia.
The division between union states and confederate states took place on the issue of slavery. Southern ...

who witnessed the Civil War and their Families

The Psychology behind Father and Son Relationship

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The emergence of any type of chaos is suggestively able to create a distinct adjustment on the behavioral response of human individuals towards stress and pressure. Soldiers, in particular, are faced with the challenge of facing life and death situations and making decisions on how they are likely to embrace their own survival while putting the lives of their enemies in danger (Brewin, et al, 158). Civilians who are likely considered as the indirect target of the wars become the primary victims of the situation. Although they do not want ...

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Humans are peculiar creatures endowed with ability to think, reason, socialize, and make rational and logical decisions. This aspect differentiates human beings from other animal species living in the universe. Unlike animals, human beings have formulated and enacted laws that guide their daily activities. Nations across the globe have formulated and enacted criminal laws through the act of parliament with the aim of maintaining status quo and social order (Engdahl, 2010). Although criminal laws differ across nations, they remain effective in deterring crime; promote coexistence and unity among the people. Under the provisions of the constitution, members of the ...

Much of James Langston Hughes’ work addresses the racial inequality in the United States of America at the beginning of the twentieth century. There are few writers who’s poetry relates this particular subject in such an eloquent and powerful fashion. The work is accessible to most readers, even those who have not experienced racism first-hand. In his three poems, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “I, Too, Sing America,” and “Harlem,” James Langston Hughes explores the struggles through which African-Americans had to endure in the first half of the twentieth century to be considered equal to white American citizens. ...

Causes of the Civil War

The American Civil war is by all means one of the most controversial, less understood and excessively unique wars in the history of America due to a number of reasons that range from it being the most destructive wars as well as being the only war in the history of America that was fought entirely on the American soil. Several years have passed ever since this unique war came to an end, but there has always been a hot debate over its most on-point cause. Glatthaar and Gary note that there is no war in the history of America that has ...

Evolution of Warfare

Since existence, human beings have always waged war. It is claimed that the first action the Homo sapiens engaged in on the global stage was genocide with the complete obliteration of the Neanderthals even though there is no implication of a prearranged war endeavor. The Neanderthals where physically stronger than the Homo sapiens. However, the Homo sapiens could commune and unite to push the Neathadals to areas that were not very favorable for continued existence hence dominating better settlements.

Though many people would think of war as a morally and ethically unacceptably action, it is still a very important form of human ...

The following paper discusses in detail the issue of under participation of the minority population in voting. Minorities in the US do not actively participate in voting and thus hamper the development of the nation. This paper aims in understanding the underlying reasons for such lack of participation and offers some solution to ensure that the minorities exercise their voting rights.

The Minority vote

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Voting has many implications as it can make or break governments and can largely affect the smooth functioning of a government. Economic developments are significantly dependent on the voting turnout. Voting is an ideal weapon granted to ...

In his three poems, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” “I, Too, Sing America,” and “Harlem,” James Langston Hughes explores the struggles through which African-Americans had to endure in the first half of the twentieth century to be considered equal to white American citizens.
James Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902, and died on 22, May, 1967. He was a central figure of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance (Langston). Hughes lived as an African-American, and experienced the racism that existed in America in the early twentieth century. However, despite his suffering, he retained love and compassion for all races ( ...