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…Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began, they wanted to take part in fighting to free all slaves…

…Americans. They were given no pay and often badly whipped and beaten. African Americans fought for their freedom, and up until the Civil War it was never given to them. When the Civil War began, they wanted to take part in fighting to free all slaves…

…and Johnson took his place as president in the White House, the Civil Rights Act came into effect. Because it basically said that newly freed blacks in the south were now US citizens, white southerners began using things like black codes to keep segregation between…

…of race, civil rights, and full equality for the newly-freed population during the Civil War era” (The Civil War). Even though the black soldiers of the Union army still had the title of “slaves”, they fought with a sole purpose of being an aid for their new…

…Blacks in the American Civil War Despite extreme prejudices from the white society, African American soldiers were true heroes in the American Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln called for a recruitment of 75,000 men. Many blacks…

…of the declarations of political and civil rights adopted by European states in the 19th century.…

…Ullysses S. Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant served effectively with Zachary Taylor's army at Monterey during the Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General George McClellan. During the war he showed courage…

…Joseph M. Meagher Prof. M. Rushefsky PLS 101 (16) March 7, 2000 American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union is an interest group that is concerned with limiting governmental influence into areas it feels are part of an individual’s…

…The American Civil War: Causes and Consequence By ak_69 The American Civil War was a combination of four decades of intense social conflict and reflected economic, social and political differences between the Northern and the Southern states…

…Reasons for the Civil War On April 12, 1862 southern troops fired at Fort Sumter, an U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina. Those shot started one of Americas most remembered wars. The Civil war, a war fought between Americans in the north…