Eric Foner's "Reconstruction" - 1
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1. Chapter 1 claims that Southern yeomen supplied most of the soldiers to the Confederate Army. They supplied many more soldiers than the Southern gentry did. Chapter 1 also claims that the Confederate government instituted an ordinance of conscription, which the young men of the gentry were able to avoid.
- Who were the yeomen?
- Who were the gentry?
- What is conscription?
- By what means were the gentry able to avoid conscription?
2. Chapter 1 also claims that in the South, there was a “civil war within the Civil War.” What does that mean, and what caused the war within the war?
3. Foner writes that “War is the midwife of Revolution.” In other words, the Civil War delivered a “Revolution” to the United States. Please provide a succinct definition of the word “revolution” as opposed to “rebellion”. And in your opinion, what was the revolution that the Civil War delivered?
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- The Yeomen might be defined as either a free man that owns a small land estate, a small landowner or a prosperous farmer.
ReplyDelete- Gentry are generally people of high class and nobility.
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1.-The yeomen's are small land owners (farmers).
ReplyDelete-The Gentry are those of a high level of class and grandeur.
-Conscriptions are compulsory contributions of money to a government during a time of war.
2."It was a civil war within a Civil war" because even though americans were fighting against other americans in th first place, one side was fight its own war which was getting blacks the proper and equal necessities to fight the other side.
3.According to dictionary.com a revolution is an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. So in relation to "rebellion" and the quote, the civil war was the start of part of america finally fighting for their rights. No longer wanting to face the crual life of slavery, they rebelled against those who wanted slavery.