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Confederate States? Question: Were the following states all confederate states during the Civil War?: Maryland Delaware I cant seem to decide because I beleive both contained slaves and I beleive both were consider slave states but I never knew if they joined the Confederacy? Please and thank you! Answer: Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri were slave states that stayed in the Union either voluntarily or by force. West Virginia was split off from Virginia in order to remain in the Union but was also a slave state. The slave states that did not join the Confederacy were called "The Border States". Look at a map and you will see why. Of course! They are squeezed in between the non-slave states and the Confederate |
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How was the confederate states of america a nation? Question: Please explain how the confederate states of america was a nation, and at the same time how it wasnt a nation. Answer: The CSA (Confederate States of America) was the collection of all states that seceded from the USA (United States of America) during the middle of the 1800s. It was a nation because it was an official collaboration of the states and their governments. They were all unified against the idea of abolition, some, albeit not significant, were also against the format of the current government, claiming it was too favorable to the North. The problem was, was that the ones who were against the ideals of the US federal government were pro-states-righters. That meant that they wanted the majority of power to be given to the states, leaving the central government with little power to control them (this is known as the "Compact Theory of States"). When the CSA was created, not many citizens supported it, they only cared for their own state, leaving the CSA a very weak nation. |
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What were the intentions of the Confederate States if they won the Civil war ? Question: If the Confederate States of America had beaten the United States of America, what were their intentions? Were they merely fighting for survival as a separate country, or were they going to take over the United States and make it all one country under their rule ? Answer: Being an agricultural society, and having no manufacturing or industrial interests of any note, they would have repealed the tariff laws and allowed the country to be flooded with cheap imports. That would have ruined the North's economy, and the desire to prevent that was the chief reason the Republicans in the North fought the war to preserve the Union (you don't think it was out of solicitude for the slave, do you?). With the economy in ruins, the country would have fractured, and probably, we would have been taken over by Great Britain. |
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Y was the United States able to subdue the Confederate States during the Civil War? Question: Why or how was the United States able to subdue the Confederate States during the Civil War? Answer: A number of contributing factors really. The U.S., under the fascist dictator Abraham Lincoln, had a larger industrial base, a vast amount of railroads and, the telegraph. All of these shortened the time that it took too produce needed military goods, brought troops too where they where need in a shorter amount of time and, shortened communication. Along with a larger population and the enslavement of millions of Americans through the draft process, Abraham Lincoln, famously micromanaged the civil war through the war department and, declared total war on the South. He nationalized the railroad industry and the telegraph industry. Silenced newspapers that opposed the war by not allowing them to be shipped through the USPS and, jailed many people that opposed the civil war. Also, to my knowledge, congress never even declared war on the Confederacy. Lincolns war was illegal. |
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Why do nearly all executions take place in the former Confederate states? How is this fair? Question: Nearly all executions take place in the former Confederate states. I am against the death penalty and I object to this. It shows Americans really aren't equal under the constitution and some are more likely to be tortured to death than others and that the divide between the backward southern states and the rest of the nation is alive and well. You're completely WRONG. Texas most certainly WAS a confederate state. Answer: The states that carry out the death penalty happen to be the states with a history of lynchings. But this is not a good enough reason to end the death penalty. You don't have to sympathize with criminals or want them to avoid terrible punishments for terrible crimes to ask if the death penalty prevents or even reduces crime, to look at alternatives and to think about the risks of executing innocent people. 129 people on death rows have been released with proof that they were wrongfully convicted. DNA, available in less than 10% of all homicides, can’t guarantee we won’t execute innocent people. The death penalty doesn't prevent others from committing murder. No reliable study shows the death penalty deters others. Homicide rates are higher in states and regions that have it than in those that don’t. Life without parole, on the books in 48 states, also prevents reoffending. It means what it says, and spending 23 of 24 hours a day locked in a tiny cell is not a picnic. Life without parole costs less than the death penalty. The death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison, mostly because of the upfront costs of legal process which is supposed to prevent executions of innocent people. (upfront=before and during the initial trial) The death penalty isn't reserved for the worst crimes, but for defendants with the worst lawyers. It doesn't apply to people with money. When is the last time a wealthy person was on death row, let alone executed? The death penalty doesn't necessarily help families of murder victims. Murder victim family members have testified that the drawn-out death penalty process is painful for them and that life without parole is an appropriate alternative. Problems with speeding up the process. Over 50 of the innocent people released from death row had already served over a decade. Speed up the process and we will execute innocent people. Sources: Death Penalty Information Center, www.deathpenaltyinfo.org, for stats on executions, reports on costs, deterrence studies, links to FBI crime stats and links to testimony (at state legislatures) of victims' family members. FBI http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/table_04.html The Innocence Project, www.innocenceproject.org http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/COcos ttestimony.pdf page 3 and 4 on why the death penalty is so expensive http://www.njadp.org/forms/signon-survivor.html for statements of victims’ families Edit: Few states have actually carried out the death penalty in the last few years. In 2006-7, most states carried out no more than 1 execution: Texas 50, Ohio 7, Oklahoma 7, Alabama 4, Florida 4, North Carolina 4, Virginia 4, Tennessee 3, Indiana 3, South Carolina 2. Arizona, California Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada and South Dakota 1 each. The other 33 states carried out no executions at all. |
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Compare and contrast The Constitution of the Confederate States of America and the United States Constitution? Question: I need help with history please... Like the subject said, I need to compare and contrast The Constitution of the Confederate States of America and the United States Constitution. Article 1, section 7 and aricle 2 of the US Constitution. I need 2 ways they're different and 2 ways they're the same. Thank you so much to whoever answers this!! :) Answer: Good question. I had a social studies major and have never really examined the Constitution of the Confederacy. The website below has both of the constitutions. From what I can see they are remarkably similar! Article 2 does have several differences such as the length of term for the President and Vice President and that the President was not eligible to run again. Hope this helps you get started. |
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How much could I get for a copy of the Constitution for the CONFEDERATE States of America? Question: I have a printed bound copy of the constitution of the confederate states of America. Been in my family for generations. Wondering how much it'd be worth? Answer: In my opinion not much but on e-bay probably more than it is worth. |
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What were some problems faced by the newly independent states under the artical, compared to confederate state Question: What could you find out by comparing and contrasting the conditions and problems faced by the newly independent United States under the Articles of Confederation with those faced by the Confederate States of America? Answer: lOOK IN YOUR BOOK, STUPID! |
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Anyone good with American History or the Confederate States? Question: I'm doing a history report due next month and need some help on the Confederate States. I'm not sure what they really are. I know there's 11 and I know which states they are. Just need Help on some interesting facts. Answer: The Confederate states were southern states that seceded from the USA in late 1860 and early 1861 to form their own independent country,which they called the Confederate States of America (CSA). Following the election of Lincoln in 1860,these states (all of them with large slave populations) were afraid that the Lincoln administration would legislate to make slavery illegal in the USA,so they seceded to form the CSA to preserve slavery as a legal institution indefinitely. |
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What would North America be like today if the Confederate States won the war against the United States? Question: What would North America be like today if the Confederate States won the war against the United States? Answer: That's hard to imagine, but I suspect that once secession proved to be a possibility, alot of other states, whenever they didnt like something from the federal government, would simply leave the union, and declare itself independent. Then even individual states would have counties and cities simply declaring themselves independent. Eventually, we might have hundreds of individual kingdoms, ruled by a monarch or whoever happened to be strongest. The powers of Europe would see this as an opportunity to wage war on some of the individual kingdoms and we would revert back to being colonies of some imperial nation. It would be a land of chaos, until some dictator took us over and subject us to his whims. |
