More than 300,000 American troops had been killed or wounded in the overseas battle ("the claim"). The country had plummeted into debt to cover its own military costs and then, post-war, was forced to forgive other countries their debts to the United States. This unloaded a tremendous burden of debt onto America and thus sent the country into the Great
The aftermath of the war was a complete an utter devastation when it came to casualties. The Civil War was documented as the deadliest in American History it caused about 620,000 soldiers death and an undetermined amount of civilian causalities; it ended slavery, restored the Union, and strengthened the role of the federal government. General Grant and General Lee were both graduates of West Point. General Lee graduated from West Point in 1829 second in his class and General Grant graduated in 1843 twenty-first in his class. While both great generals started, their military careers the same way the rest of their careers were very different.
They no longer thought they were able to go into the North to fight. According to Document B, 20,000-25,000 Confederates were killed during the battle. They had more deaths and wounded men compared to the Union. The Union had approximately 23,040 deaths, but had more men left than the Confederates. This was vicissitude on the Confederacy, and it made them realize they had little prospect for the rest of the war.
April 10, 2012 The Work of Death In This Republic of Suffering, Faust views the Civil War as an instrumental role on death that dealt savagely with both sides of surviving and dying, permanently altering the American psyche. She traces the attitudes of nineteenth-century Americans toward dying and death, funerary rites, grief and mourning, Faust examines how social beliefs reacted when subjected to the enormous destruction that the American Civil War brought. There were an estimated 620,000-plus fatalities resulting from the war. This war transformed how Americans understood death as well as the obligations the living bore the dead. It seems Faust records an increase in government involvement considering the aftermath of the war.
In 1861, the United States entered into the Civil War, one of the bloodiest wars in history where over 500,000 soldiers died fighting to address slavery. The protest against slavery actually began well before this war through the written word. Three novels that had the most impact on the views of the American citizens include The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas by Frederick Douglas, Incidents of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs and Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The first two books were autobiographies of the authors who both were former slaves and they give a detailed description of their difficult and cruel life. Both of these books were well read and discussed.
The result of this was that many Vietnam veterans suffered psychological damage. “Studies have proven that compared with other men of that generation Vietnam veterans have higher rates of psychiatric disorders, heart disease, alcoholism and alcohol-related diseases, as well as a higher suicide rate” this impacted a lot on most of the veterans. Many of the veterans couldn’t sleep at night because they would have nightmares, as Len’s wife said “I would not touch Len when he is sleeping because he would quickly attack me”. One of the most common psychological impact is PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) this affected most of the veterans as they couldn’t settle back into their old life. During this time “divorce rates were higher than average and 38% reported that their marriage failed within 6 months of returning home.
The Draft Affects All Over 58,000 U.S. military personnel died in the Vietnam War. 17,725 of the combat deaths were draftees (“Vietnam” 2). The aftermath of the war left thousands of American citizens homeless, jobless, and without family members. In 1975, an abundant number of citizens protested that the draft was unethical, which eventually led to the removal of the draft. This topic has become important because of our position in the The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War.
Towards the end of the war, Martin becomes very spiteful towards the government’s treatment of him and his former comrades. Overall, Martin does a respectable job of informing the public on how the Revolutionary soldier’s life during the war was and how difficult their life was. Even though Martin was not the most decorated soldier, his efforts should be valued. Martin participated in very prominent battles (the Battle of Bunker Hill, Siege of Yorktown, and the Battle of Red Bank), and describes the Battle of Red Bank. Martin declares, “Five Hundred men defeated two thousand of the enemy, killed and wounded a large number, and mortally wounded and took prisoner their
This began to severley mark and tarnish American relations with European nations, as American soldiers were seen to be careless and vengeful. “There were more than 2,000 casualties [at the Battle of Caen] on the first two days, and in a way it was miraculous that more people weren't killed when you think of the bombing and the shelling which carried on for days afterwards. Eight hundred civilians lost their lives in the 48 hours following the invasion, and 15,000 took refuge for more than a month in the tunnels to the south of the city.” The civilian population drastically fell, immediately following these intense bombings, proving to be living evidence of the mistakes made by Allied forces. “Caen had fallen from 60,000 to 17,000 civilians, causing great resentment” between the two powers, furthering that American-European
The third chapter of the book focuses on coal mining and its dehumanizing effects that take place in Welch, West Virginia. "Disease in the coalfields is rampant... More than half a million acres, or eight hundred square miles, of the Appalachians have been destroyed... Along with an estimated one thousand miles of streams." Rudy Kelly is the main focus of this section; he was diagnosed with black lung cancer and he underwent multiple operations, although the doctors told him he was supposed to have died more than twenty years ago. He says, “I’m breathin’ because the profit margin is higher than the price of a man’s life.