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This battle is considered the turning point of the war. It was wethered people started to realize that the Union would come out with a  win.This battle was extremely gruesome with around 50,000 casualties between both sides. Just like how political parties are such a hot topic now back then slavery was the hot topic. When Trump supporters invaded the congress building I kept thinking oh no we are about to have another civil war. It would devastating and would really hurt the economy  but it is a good thing that Gettysburg happened because who knows what would of went done if the Union did not win.

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Women serving asbattlefield nurses in the war would commonly act asnurces and help the wounded either in their hometown or near the battle field. Now some would pick up a gun themselves as men to fight for their side. That is how much people believed or did not believe in slavery. There were around 1000 womenserving aroundd 1000 women were serving look through a modern more equal rights view and see how only white men were allowedwomen some to do stuff. But this gave womensome power.

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The ironclad was one of the confederate’s greatest weapons at their disposal. it was a fully iron ship that you could compare to the modern warship of today. It was a marvel of an intention. It had 10 heavy guns on it. When the North got word that this was being made they decided to make their own to try and fight back against the south's naval forces. It was a battle that change history and leads to countries making strong naval forces too. What comes to mind when I hear strong navy i think of China’s navy and naval strength. Which is quite impressive!

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The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History

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This battle a battle full of death but not as much as the Antietam. The battle was fought between the Union and the Confederates. It was the first war that the union had fought in about 10 years. Well, soilers were being enlisted they would take their families along for the ride too. This lead to people setting up picnics for them selfs to watch the war happen. For the Union had mass casualties with around 3000 dead and the Confederates had around 2000 dead. The Confederates won that battle but the Union would go on to win the war on slavery.

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mr lytles class  first battle of bull run north and south

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I have done a post about the pre civil war weapons but the weapons that the union had durning the civil war was leaps and bound better. One of the biggest improvments was in the musket. They made it easier to use and reload. The gun got more consistant with its accurace. It could now shot up to 500 yard which is quite far. As well as bing able to shoot 3 shot a minuite instead of 1. What this meant is there would be a direct corilation of casualties to shots fired. In the end guns have gotten very good over the past yearsand we think of 3 shots per minuite as super slow but you have to remember what they had to do just to shoot one time.

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In the American civil war, it was quite clear who was better off to fight this war. It was the Union. The Union gave each of the soldiers issued muskets and uniforms. The Union was ready to make items like cannons and guns because 94% of the iron manufacturing was done in the north well the south only accounted for 6%. Iron is very important in making items of war. Also, you can see in the image below the uniforms were very different. The south wore their farm clothes and most did not have an issued gun to use. Some just used their pitch folks from their farm to fight.

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This swamp was a place of refuge for slaves. Going to the swamp  meant freedom. The reason is because the white slave owners were to wimpy to go into the swamp. It was not asuper great placeto live out your life because of all the snakes and bugs. Once more and more former slaves reached the swamp small towns starte to pop up. It did not happen often but some whites tryed to retriev their slavesbackby using speicillay trained dogs. But this normally never happened. This was an option for the slaves to get free along wiht the underground rail road.

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Modern Weapons V.S. Pre Civil War Weapons 

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Modern Weapons V.S. Pre Civil War Weapons 

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During the American Civil War weapons that most soldiers got a gun called a musket. It weighed 10 pounds and it would fire at a rate of one shot every 30 seconds. Now at the time of the Civil War that is a fine rate of fire. Now by today’s gun standards that is a terrible gun. Today you can get a gun that could shot about 1000 rounds per minute. The musket was said to be shot so hard that your shoulder where the stock touches would be bruised and battered. In modern days where the stock touches your shoulder that type of injury just would not happen at all.

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She is a very recognizable figure in history. She did many great things in her life but her claim to fame was her huge help in the underground railroad. She helped around 300 slaves escape to freedom. She had a huge bounty on her head so huge that she lived in Canada for a bit. But the main reason for the huge bounty was that she was a woman. Back then women were seen to stay at home and clean not help hundreds of slaves get to freedom.

That just helps how injust thesouth was at this time.

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Many reasons caused the American Civil War. Personally I think that the biggest reason is Lincoln being elected. That was such a controlversial controversial south seceded to start their own country. The picture shown below is a great depiction of how most of the men were in rags well only the generals got suits to wear for the war. Now I can not tell in this picture whether this is the norht of the souths men. But based on how the men are dressed I would say that it is a depiction of the confederate army. But the American civil war is a great way of showing how much the south depended on slaves. Also shows the deep-rooted racism.

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If you were alive in the time of reform would you getinvolved in these reforms? 

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If you were alive in the time of reform would you getinvolved in these reforms? 

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In that time of reform, I would like to think that I would help the cause and give the world a more modern look at topics such as slavery and school punishments. Now quite a few of these reforms were very controversial at that time and sometimes ended in death and I do not think that anyone wants to be killed but the topic of slavery I think is a topic to die for.

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The dunce hat used in cartoons and media as a joke but at one point it was no laughing matter. In the time of reform for the USA, it was a strange and cruel punishment. If you answered a question wrong in class the teacher might make you go stand in the corner and wear the dunce cap which a paper cone that had the word dunce writen verdicaly on it. If I was in the time where this was a punishment I pretty sure that my advice for myself and everyone would be to stay quite and just ride out the day. I wouldn’t be shocked if that is what was going throuhg other kid’s heads at that time too.

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The telegraph used to communicate over long distances in a very short time. It worked through a series of long and short beeps called morse code. Telegraph offices started popping up a lot during the time of the industrial revolution. This form of language was created by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. many people picked up the skill of translating morse code. The invention of this code brought many jobs to light in the telagraph offices. Overall this was an invention that was really not a double-edged sword and helped us spread info and advance.

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In the time of the industrial revolution, hydropower was very important. It was important because the flowing water was converted into power through a wheel that had groves in it so the water would make it spin and give motion to the machines like the Spinning Jenny. Many big cities were made around flowing bodies of water so the machines could work. Nowadays hydroelectric power is widely used as a renewable energy source. With hydroelectric plants like the Hoover Dam powering Nevada, Arizona, and parts of California.

link to my sources:
https//www.nationalgeographic.org

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Moving west was a very popular idea. It was also heavily promoted by ads such as the one below. Now land is land and people want it. So the idea of good land for housing along with fertile soil to grow crops to possibly make a living or just be self-sustaining would have been something that would convince many on why to go to the west.

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The Alamo is a very well-known place. One for the numerous movies that were made about it but also that it was for texas to have independence. the war lasted just under a week and everyone who fought for Texas in that war was killed or executed by Santa Anna who was the leading general of the Mexican army. Now as we learn more and more we learn that this fight this war for independence was not the idea that was agreed with. But later on, Texas became a state in the US.

link to my sources: https://www.history.com/topics/me

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Now the first people to move west were the fur trappers. But the first people to immigrate over to the west were these Missionaries. Now their views were very one-sided and were not very open-minded and respectful by today’s standards. But their main goal was to turn non-catholic into catholic. The main targeted group was the natives. Now, this is a first amendment violation but that is what the missionaries did.

link to my source:
https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/missionsandmissionaries

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In the 1700s when fur was a hot cometary that in plenty of money/ good/trades it was mainly in the western more areas. But as the USA grow so did its demands. Originally we relied on the natives for the fur trade but by the 1800s we knew that the native could not supply us with enough. So that is when the job of a fur trader hit it big with people looking for some cash flow. The people who took this job as fur trappers and hunters were referred to as mountain men. That is like the  "old-timey" way of saying, outdoorsmen. This job was considered a dangerous job because of how they were living by themself very secluded.

link to my source: https://www.unco.edu/hewit/doing-