War just messes up everything. You're got the bombs, the guns, all the weapons. Fighting in the Civil War was very different than what we do today. The army had muskets, rifles, cannons (smoothbore and riffle), long-barrelled shoulder arms; rifles, shoulder guns; carbines, short-barrelled rifles; and handguns, including pistols and revolvers The armies got their smoothbore muskets, lined up and shot the other line. Usually the muskets had bayonets on the end of them so that they could run up on the opposite army and stab them.
Many people died during the Civil War. There were about 618,222 deaths were recorded. The Union had about 2,500,000-2,750,000 men. Recorded battle deaths for the Union reached 110,070 deaths. Disease death went as high as 250,152. The Confederate forces had about 750,000-1,250,000 men. The battle deaths reached about 94,000 and the disease deaths reached about 164,000.
Not only after the war did we have to reconstruct property and debt damages, but there were major racial issues to reconstruct also. The South is and always has been a major agricultural dependant and during the war the North burned a lot of their crops. This set the South at a major disadvantage, especially since the North also cut off their biggest seaport for trade. The South couldn't grow many things and they couldn't buy imported goods.
The Civil War split the country into two. The South was all about states rights and slavery. The North, not so much. Still today, the nation is divided. People are racist and aren't afraid to express how they feel. There are racist groups like the KKK, the White Supremacists, and the Pagans. Groups like this have the freedom to do what they want as long as they don't interfere with other people's rights. And you can also see this divide in the polls. The North is pretty much Democratic, while the South is Republican. It's been this way pretty much the whole time we've had elections.
People viewed the Reconstruction period as a corruption and misgovernment, letting blacks vote and to have equal rights as whites. This view helped justify the South's system of racial segregation. After extensive research and changes in American race relations, people now view the Reconstruction period as a far more favorable time. This was a big step for former slaves and the South as a whole. They totally changed their view on slavery, although some people still feel some way about it. The South has improved so much.
The North took the South in, helped the South recover; while they also recovered. They helped racial relationships to get better and helped somewhat with the economy. The Reconstruction was viewed as a positive and negative event, but the important question is, How do you view the Reconstruction era?
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Hey, it's Jaime Piatt! Hi Jaime Piatt! The blog was coolio. One problem. You forgot to compare the past and present! Gotta remember that, it's important. Liked all the information though.
JAIMEEE! <3
Your color coded blog was awesome. :D I love how you listed the weapons in the beginning. What's a carbine? Haha.
I also agree that the Reconstruction Era was a positive and a negative event. It really helped with equality and making racial issues a little less intense. Unfortunately, it was also negative because of how long it took and that fact that it was never truly equal.
I alos liked how you compared inequality to today. It's still a nation divided, and there's lots more work to do.
Great blog Jamie, probably the best I've read so far. I enjoyed that you gave a list of the common weapons used in the civil war. Th civil war had a huge effect on the United States, 94,000 people is just crazy. Not to mention the 164,000 people from disease. I really liked that you gave a breakdown on the aftermath of the civil war on the country, such as social groups that were formed because of the civil war
Great job on the different colors on your paragraphs. Anyway, good job on your blog. It tells us how the Civil War had a major effect then and still has one now. Very excellent essay.
I like this blog! I loved how you compared the weapons of today with the weapons they used during the Civil War. I also like the different colors. Nice job!
Let me just say, I liked the colors. You listed a lot of information about the statistics (guns and death) and I kind of got to see what life would've been like during the Reconstruction, thanks to your descriptions. And you are right, war today is far different from war then, plus it does mess up everything. Perhaps you could've linked that to today's Iraq war, and compared the two? Anyway, yay Jaime!!
First of all, I agree 100% with you when you said "War messes up everything" because it really does. Not only do people die, but racial threats are considered, money is lost, diseases are distributed and many dependents are lost. The War in Iraq even demonstrated alot of these characteristics. Maybe you could have included some details about something currently happening and compare it to the Civil War. Overall, great job I understood exactly where you were coming from.
Warfare today is in fact very different compared to how it was during the Civil War time period. I liked how you listed various types of weapons that the Union and Confederate soldiers used; I can tell you put a lot of thought into your post. Although war is awful in terms of casualties, injuries, and destruction, it sometimes is the only option left. However, I don't think President Bush had legitimate reasons to 'fuel' the current war between the United States and Iraq. I really hope that whoever becomes the next president will process his decisions more clearly than George W. Bush.
This was a very interesting blog about how war is bad. I learned that about 27% of the deaths of the civil war were caused by diseases. But I don’t completely agree that war messes everything up. Some wars have helped many people to be able to live in peace. In World War 2 America destroyed the Nazi forces, even though many Americans died. We were able to destroy the threat of having Nazi reign on American soil, thus protecting Americans from their enemies.
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