Monday, November 30, 2009

My Brothers' Keepers #1


Let's discuss the Civil War this week. Even though this war took place almost 150 years ago, it is still a hot topic. Many of the issues that led to the war continue to effect our political life: states' rights, human rights, racism, etc. Describe one of these issues. Tell what it means to you and how it relates to the Civil War.

As always, be sure to proofread! Make sure your ideas are clearly expressed, including correct punctuation and capitalization.

43 comments:

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  2. In Social Studies we are learning about the Civil War.In the Civil War many people were hurt and I do not really like that. But also in Soical Studies we have been learning about the slavery during the war. If I was there then I would not do slavery nor have to do salvery. Most of the state's rights were fair many people wanted to go by the stats's rights. In the south people would grow cash crops and sell then and get iported goods from England(I think.) The north tried to stop the cash crops and imports and stuff so they would not have any wepons to fight. I did not like it.

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  3. During the Civil War slavery was a imporant issues in the United States. The South wanted slaves ,but the North did not want slaves. When Lincoln became presindent the South susseeded from the North. War broke out this was called the Civil War. Afer many battles,Lincoln wrote a docoment called the Emancipation Proclamation wich ment to to frtee some of the South Enslaved people. It help the Union to get a little closer to end slavery. That is my issues on slavery.

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  4. Slavery was very important issue. And if I am correct ounce Abraham Lincoln became president the war started. And if slaves were free there would be more soliders to fight.

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  5. One of the most important issues in the Cival War is slavery. The whole reson the cival war began is because of slavery. The south wanted slavery and the north did not want slavery. That caused a lot of caose wich led to the cival war.

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  6. Slavery was a important issue if there was no slaverythe civil war would not have started and thats the way the civil war started

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  7. The main issue in the Civil War was slavery.Slavery was important because the North wanted it and the South did not.People in the North did not like slavery because they thaught it was unconstitutional and mean.The South liked it because they had big plantations and needed more help. After the Civil War slavery was abolished from th U.S. forever.

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  8. slavery was important during the Civil War.The North wanted slavery and the South did not want slavery.The union side had a great plan to win but the Confederate side did not have such a great side plan.But after the first battle the Confederate side won!The next battle the Union won so they were even is wins.But after the last battle the Union won and it was all over!

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  9. Racism is a act of putting people down, becouse they have darkerskin tone or mentaly handy-cap.It is what started the civil war some people thought it was rong for slavery so do I. (fact:free blacks fought in most major battles after 1863)

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  10. One of the main issues was slavery. Slavery, South wanted North didn't want it. North thought the act of enslaving was wrong; however, the South thought salvery was right. The South also needed slaves to work on large plantations they had. Soon Civil War broke out. A Civil War if you don't know is a war between the same country. After the South surrendered the war ended!!! So after the Civil War salvery abolished from the United States of America.

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  11. I'm picking slavery because it means alot to me. The way it means to me is that they made people work without pay and they could not talk or interact with other slaves. The way it relates to the Civil War is it was going on still during the Civil War.

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  12. One of the issues of the Cival War is that the North and the South were fight against eachother until one of them took over. Also the South and the North had this weird plan to keep on fighting until one of the gives up, but eventualy one of them would get tired. I think the Cival War is special and not special. One special thing about it was that at the end was that we became a nation. The bad thing about it is that it tore our nation apart.

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  13. Human right are things like... freedom of speech, propety, and librty. This relates to the civil war because didn't they have to buy all their equipment and didn't someone have to call war. This is why human rights relate to the civil war.

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  14. I think a vary cool part of the war was how most of the wars were fought at Virginia and Tennessee. It is cool thinging that some of the houses here in Tennessee are locaitions of camp sites for the people in the war. I whish my house was on Civil War land.

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  15. I think the war was unfair because so many people were killed. Slavery was one reason the war started. I think slavery is wrong. At least the war brought an end to slavery.

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  16. I didn't liked the civil war [the fighting].My favorite battle was Gettysburg.Preserving the Union is geting the nation back together.I think it is an intresting topic.

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  17. I like the cival war, I think it is an interesting topic. I like to read about the battles. I wonder what our nation would be like if the South had won.

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  18. Slavery was a big issue in the Civil War because alot of Northerners were trying to abolish slavery while most Southerners were trying to preserve slavery. To me slavery means a crule practice of forceing people to work without pay.

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  19. Slavery was a very important issue during the Civil War. I dont like Slavery at all. The Confederates wanted slavery and the Union did not. Even though I live in the Confederacy I do not like salvery. The first fight went to the Confederacy and the second fight went to the Union and that was it.

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  20. Human Rights' for me is the slavery that people did. It means to me is keeping you as your maid or servant, but without pay. I'm so glad it ended. Now I have friends that are black and white skin people. If we still had slavery, I wouldn't want to have one. But if they forced us, I would pay them. Now the slavery, IS a hot topic.

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  21. Human rights is something I would like to talk about. I always thought that slavery was wrong becuase it took away the rights of humans. I never understood how humans could treat other humans so badly. The Civil War ended slavery and gave African Americans back their rights.

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  22. Slavery is really bad. It was one of the reasons the Cival War started not the main reason. We should not judge people by the color of thier skin. Every person is created equal. It says in the Bible not to judge people that is God's job.

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  23. During the war slavery was a big issue. Slavery is the practice of holding blacks agianst threir will and making the work without pay.I am very glad slavery ended. If it had not, african americans would still be enslaved today. the North didn't want slavery but the South allowed it. There were some whites that thought slavery was wrong. So they tried their hardest to free some slaves through the underground railroad. President lincoln was not an abbolishonist but he thought slavery should eventuly end. We should never judge people by their skin color. That is wrong.

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  24. During the war humans rights was a big issue. People in the south had many slaves to do all the work in their plantations. But in the north things were different,they paid people to do the work on the farms. If slavery hadn't ended then where would we be now. There would be no President Obama because he'd probally be a slave somewhere. African Americans are a big part of our society without them America would be the way it was back then.

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  25. During the civil war one of the most main toppics was slavery. Slavery happend bacause white people thought they were better than black people. This is a example of racism. I think this has gotten better over time but it still exists today. I hate the thought of slavery and I can't think of how someone could be so cruel to the slaves back then.

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  26. During the war I think one of the most important topics was slavery. They made slaves work on the farms for them and they treated them poorly. Even thogh they made the " three fifths clause", it still wasn't enough. I am so glad that they abolished slavery because I would not like it to go on right now. All though I have said all these things about slavery in the Civil War, I do like to learn about these things. It is a very intresting topic to talk about even though it makes me wonder how they could be so mean to those human beings because we are all the same.

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  27. One of the most important issues about the Civil War is slavery. I don't think people had the right to control colored people. Slavery is one of reasons why the Civil War started. I think everyone is equal because it says in the Bible that everyone should be created equally. When the Civil War ended some slaves got to be free.

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  28. Racism is when you think one race is better than another or one is worse than your own. This is what happened with slavery, where African Americans were thought to be property. The Civil War started because of this issue of racism and slavery. Today is much better than it was during the time of the Civil War but racism still exists today. Maybe it is not so much against African Americans but against either Hispanics or Muslims.

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  29. Slavery was a very important thing in the civil war. The South wanted slavery but the North did not. They came up with a lot of differant compromises that lasted a little while. But finally it lead to fighting. The Civil War is a very sad thing in American history. Although I think we needed it.

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  30. The Civil War was a very sad time in history. Some people thought they could just treat African-Americans any way they wanted. Even though it was sad, I think the Civil War was needed. It was time for someone to stand up to the South, and that man was Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln wasn't against slavery, but he he wasn't for it either. President Lincoln helped the Union because he didn't want slavery to spread. All he wanted was that we could be a united nation.

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  31. Racism was one of the worst ishues in the Civil War.Slavery was chaos.It was when white people owned slaves and made them work in the fields and if you work hard enough you would get to work inside (sometimes).Slave soldiers were given equipment that was not as good as white soldiers equipment.President Linclon created the Emancipation Proclamation whitch freed some slaves.

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  32. Racism is when white people treat black people poorly. During the Civil War blacks were treated as not important because they were slaves. Lincoln thought slavery was wrong. Lincoln tried to make a difference about slavery. People are still racist today especially to people of different countries like Iraq, China and Brazil.

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  33. I think state's rights is very important beacause state's should be able to make their own laws and make decisions that they think would be good for the state.

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  34. States Rights is when people can live freely but have some laws to follow.Also I think it's a good thing because I can live the way I want to.This relatesto the war because the people have to follow the generals commands.

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  35. The reason the civil war started was because of slavery. I think it is wrong to own peaple and make them work without a pay.

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  36. I think human rights was big thing during the Civil War,because the south wantedthe people to have all the sayand the north wanted to have all the say .So i think that was a big part of the Civil War.

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  37. Racism is an evil thing.I think racism is bad because people are letting other people against their own will.Everyone has the same rights as each other.Racism relates to the Civil War by slaves's masters going to war and the slaves have to take care of everything that the owner posseses.

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  38. I think that human rights are most important to me. The civil war started because of human right's.Our country was founded to protect human rights. The civil war was a terrible thing but it let all humans that live in Ameracia black or white have equal rights. I'm thankful that the civil war happend it helped my goverment do what it was made to do.

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  39. One of the issues that led to the Civil War is slavery. My opinion about slavery is that people should not own other people. Slaves were made by God ,just like us, and just because they had a different color skin, or they were from a different country doesn't mean that they should be treated differently.,One of the ways slavery ties into the Civil War is that when President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation some slaves were set free and they went to help the Union win the war.

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  40. I think the most important issue is slavery. I think it's an important issue because you have to work for your owner without pay. God created all people; it shouldn't matter about the color of someone's skin. We should all be treated equally. It relates to Civil War when President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It let some slaves free to join the Union.

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  41. I think the most important issue is that its brother agenst brother father agenst son. I dont want to have to fight my sisters or my brother over slavery, lots of people must of killed there brother or father or SON!! Just one issue caused this father agenst son, if I killed my brother (witch I would not) I would feel so guilty. It was an issue that was horrible but I'm glad the civil war ended.

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  42. Social studies we are learning and i think the war is good because its sees if one side is even.

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  43. The Civil War changed many things like being equal or states'rights being equal is a big deal.The civil War freed black enslaved people.

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