Question: Describe the causes of the American Civil War. How, if at all, could the war been avoided? If not, is there anything that could have been done to lessen the violence, and/or the amount of time it was fought? Answer: The causes of the American Civil War include the economical and social differences between the North and the South, State versus Federal rights, the fight between non-slave and slave states, growth of the abolishment movement, and finally the election of President Abraham Lincoln. The American Civil War could have been avoided if the United States of American followed suit with its own Declaration of Independence which stated all men are created equal and every man has unalienable rights. Instead of following this motto the United States of America continued to sweep it under the rug until the people standing on top of the rug had enough. Now in regards to the duration of the war and the violence that was suffered between the two sides of the Civil War both could has been significantly reduced if the leaders from each side put there iron fists down and came together to settle this problem like true men. Question: Explain, in full detail, how Reconstruction from 1865-1890 either succeeded or failed to rebuild the nation after the devastation of the American Civil War. Consider political, social, and economic issues and events in your answer. Answer: Reconstruction from 1865-1890 after the devastation of the American Civil War was considered a failure due to its inability to execute what many people wanted which was to integrate the colored people and white people back into society both equally and fairly. Politically, the government did convince southern states to rejoin the Union in a fairly simple process. They also managed to pass the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment. Past that, not much went well. The Freedmen's Bureau was underfunded which caused the vast majority of free slaves to stay uneducated and still in the South. There was no land reform, meaning slaves were forced into a sharecropping system and did not own their own farms, which might have made them more independent, equal and successful. The Black Codes and other laws restricting former slaves, though clearly unconstitutional, were not challenged in court or struck down by local military authorities, leaving African-Americans virtually unprotected and subject once again to working for whites involuntarily. And finally, the effort of Reconstruction was cut off after only 12 years, leaving the economy of the South still in ruins and its population largely in poverty. Question: How progressive were the progressives? Explain your answer. Consider three of the following: (a) Women (b) prohibition (c) labor rights (d) war (e) politics Answer: Progressivism is the political orientation of those who favor progress toward better conditions in government and society. The Progressive Era took place throughout the United States from 1890-1920. By 1907, the General Assembly passed a statewide prohibition law in Georgia, the first in the South, which made the manufacture and sale of intoxicating beverages a crime. Over the next several years prohibition forces fought over the exceptions in the legislation, which permitted "near beer," the storage of alcohol in lockers in private clubs, and the importation of alcohol from outside the state. In 1916 the legislature made possession of alcohol a crime. Prohibition became national law when the states ratified the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919. The law took effect in 1920.Progressivism is mainly focused on a wide range of economic, political, social, and moral reforms; including efforts to outlaw the sale of alcohol; regulate child labor and sweatshops, scientifically manage natural resources, insure pure and wholesome water and milk; Americanize immigrants or restrict immigration altogether, and bust or regulate trusts