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The north had way more people, this was their major advantage. Also, the north made the supplies. The Union also had railroads, so transportation was decently simple. Plus, they had control over the navy, so they could attack from water. Finally, they had decent leaders in the north. One of their major down sides is that they were fighting an offensive war. Some other downsides they had were that the south was really rich, and had very good leaders too. Also, accountants and factory workers don't fight as well as farmers.

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The south was very farm based, their "uniform" was gray, but many simply wore farm clothing. This is because most of the south were farmers. The north had the traditional US army uniforms, with the basic blue color. Also, many pictures of union soldiers had bags on their backs. This is because many battles took place in the south, so they likely had to sleep in all sorts of places. Meanwhile, both used bayonets.

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Many eagerly signed up. Though, most thought the conflict would end quickly. The south was doing well at the beginning, but later began to weaken to the north. In time the war was less over the slavery and more over keeping the US together. Unfortunately, over the four bloody years, there was much destruction in the south. There were more deaths during the civil war, then the two world wars combined.

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By the time Lincoln was elected southerners started to worry, but in no way were they giving up. The south was trying to take over the northern controlled landmarks in the south and Fort Sumter was one of them. After a long time of arguing, the south finally opened fire on the fort. The north had no choice but to give up the fort. This was one of the last few incidents that provoked the US civil war.

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This man was a slave that once lived in the free states. Though, because of laws that were made in the Fugitive Slave Act, he had no way to defend himself in court. On top of this, at the time slaves were seen as no more than property, and it was illegal to deprive a man of his property. This cenario infuriated the north. Also, it is worth mentioning that most supreme court judges are southerners, so there was definitely some bias to the south in this argument.

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This addressed the undecided area in the US, and whether to make it free or slave land. So, people from all over came to this land to vote for their side. Some of them were just moving here to farm though, most were there to vote. No, the voting wasn't even close to peaceful. One example of this was when some people from the slave states burned down the house of an abolitionist, they also threw his printer into the lake.

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This incident can be compared to the idea of putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. Missouri wants to become a slave state, but this would give the south more power. To even this out, for the time being, Maine was created, to maintain balance. The major problem with this is that it would be difficult to add two state every time one side became stronger. On the bright side, this incident proved that the government could compromise.

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At this point, the north gained oregon territory, and california also joins the free states. While the south there was an undecided area where it wasn't free or slave embracing. So, people come from all over to vote for their side. Unfortunately, this lead to violence and bloodshed and such.

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The parts of this law is as follows. People who helped hide or protect runaway slaves would be fined or arrested. Fugitives could not plead for safety in the north. Also, slaves were returned to their masters, even if they escaped to the north. This was one of the major points that really brought the civil war closer to reality.

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This was a fighter against slavery. Unfortunately, he not only killed people who had slaves, he also killed innocent people. In the end he was sentenced to death, the south saw him as a terrorist and the north saw him as a murderer. He is a very polarizing character, people either think he was a hero for trying to fight against slavery, or a cold blooded murderer. John's last words before execution were that he believed that slavery would not be able to end without violence.  Unfortunately he was right.

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In the South agriculture through slaves was the main way of making money. Except for the states bordering the north, almost every southern state harvested cotton, for this was a high demand in the north. There were a few types of slaves that resisted work. These types consisted of everyday resistance, open defiance, and escapees. The first do small subtle things to rebel, the second do it very obviously, while the third try to escape.

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The South of the US were slave states, this means that slavery was still allowed here. SLavery mostly happened because of demand. In the South farming was a major way of money, this was because the weather, short Winters, and long hot Summers, was great for it. Slavery was already bad as it was but further down in deep south states it was worse. Overall, only six percent of slaves were even close to being free.

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Even with all the great inventions in this era, there were many problems. Human waste management was poor, this lead to an easy spread of disease. Also, as of this point factory workers had horrible, deadly living conditions. Additionally, fires were common, with only volunteers to put them out, these people weren't even well trained. Finally, because of immigration from Ireland and Germany, there was overcrowding in northern states, this could have also helped diseases spread.

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Northern transportation mainly focused on fast river travel and railroads, though, the roads themselves were better too. On a side note, during this time Ireland was having a major food shortage, many came to the US, and found work in railroad construction.

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Because this was the north, farming was limited during the winter, so the north had to rely on things like fishing, to make profits. Also, northern states embraced the industrial advancements. The factory conditions were horrible, including a lack of windows and ventilation, long 12-14 hour shifts, and if you were injured you wouldn't be helped.  Even kids as young as seven would have to work in these factories.

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In this time people were expected to act in a certain way. For example, men were thought to be without strong emotion, it seemed crazy and unusual if one did something like cry or make poetry. Though, during this change many people showed true colors. There were many strong poems made by men now, one being below.

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This is the major flop of the reforms. This tried to end alcohol abuse. This basically tried to evilaffy alcohol in all sorts of ways. This even lead to the 18th amendment. Unfortunately, this raised crime rate through the roof. So, years later, the 22nd amendment repealed the 18th.

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This is the removal of slavery. This united all sorts of people. They tried to abolish slavery, though as a plan B, they tried to start the underground railroad. Along with this, they also tried to get people to help fight for their cause.

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This is the fight to have women equal to men. Unlike slavery, this ended waaaaay later. They couldn't vote, they couldn't do jobs involving medicine or law, attend college, and could not own land.

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Massachusetts was the first state to try to improve schools. This allowed the poor to also attend schools. There wasn't much regulation or rules for the school to go by. This lead to teachers hitting students for misbehaving or shaming students.    Even though this is mostly gone, in some states it still happens.

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The US starts to look back into its problems, realizing there is mistreatment. Schools, prisons, and equal rights were the main things to be improved. These reforms happened because people wanted to please god.

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Prisons had many problems. They were poorly heated, very cramped, they lacked food, the people imprisoned were commonly beaten, there was mostly no water, and it was also filled with debtors and mentally ill. Dorothea Dix was a main fighter to get prisons fixed. Eventually, people in debt were gotten out, and asylums were built for the mentally ill.

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Due to this attempt for better, artists were intrigued, things like books, poems, and paintings were made to describe their opinion. Many of these paintings gave a new view into the circumstances helping reveal new details.

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This was the main fighter for the reformations. It was because of her that people simply in debt were gotten out of prison, and that asylums were built. Mainly, she helped with the asylums for the mentally ill. Before she helped with the reformation, she was a teacher and an author. Also, she was born in 1802 in Maine.