 | A defining Time in Our Nation's History American soldiers as died in all the other wars in which this country has fought combined. The American Civil War was the largest and most destructive conflict in the Western world between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the onset of World War i 7.44 Kb.  1 | read |
| Masaryk university Gone with the Wind: Changes in the Southern Society Brought by the Civil War, especially Changing the Role and Status of Women 3.04 Mb. 6 | read |
 | Cotton and the Civil War If slavery was the corner stone of the Confederacy, cotton was its foundation. At home its social and economic institutions rested upon cotton 25.5 Kb. 1 | read |
| Exercise 1 corresponds to 8A, develop your thesis, in a writer’s resource Instructions: Read each of the sets of three statements below. Then decide which item would make the best central idea (thesis statement) for an essay of between 500 and 750 words. Write or type its letter in the space to the right 0.51 Mb. 5 | read |
| First Battle of Bull Run Union right flank, sending the Federals into a chaotic retreat towards Washington. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North 82.51 Kb. 1 | read |
| Part V the Dawn of the Industrial Age, 1750–1914 Industrialism was not confined to the economic world, but affected art in many ways. Futurism, emerging around 1900, was inspired by industrial change, while Impressionism turned to natural subjects in reaction 81.54 Kb. 1 | read |
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