Title: Highly off-topic, But I really could use some help!
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 06:54:32 PM
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 06:54:32 PM
Right, I've had two essays to do over the weekend, one was easy, but the other is literally starting to give me a headache.
The topic is 'Why was there a Civil War in the USA between 1861-1864', I have the really basic information and I know the basic catalysts (Federal/Central Gov./Western Expansion/Slavery/Taxes & Tariffs/Which all led to the secession of the Deep South) but I'm having trouble fleshing them out.
I've trawled a few sites, looked in the text books but they all seem to overcomplicate things, so does anybody know anywhere where one can get simple information on the causes of the war? It would be a great help!
The topic is 'Why was there a Civil War in the USA between 1861-1864', I have the really basic information and I know the basic catalysts (Federal/Central Gov./Western Expansion/Slavery/Taxes & Tariffs/Which all led to the secession of the Deep South) but I'm having trouble fleshing them out.
I've trawled a few sites, looked in the text books but they all seem to overcomplicate things, so does anybody know anywhere where one can get simple information on the causes of the war? It would be a great help!
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 07:48:58 PM
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 07:48:58 PM
If you add + .ppt to any google searches then you'll often get PowerPoint presentations of the subject you're searching for. These are usually lecture materials, and due to the format are often concise and to the point.
That's:
+ .ppt
As in:
the cause of the american civil war + .ppt
Which returned this as first hit:
http://homepages.ius.edu/nisjohns/background.htm
That's:
+ .ppt
As in:
the cause of the american civil war + .ppt
Which returned this as first hit:
http://homepages.ius.edu/nisjohns/background.htm
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: longmanshort on 13 November, 2005, 08:09:19 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 13 November, 2005, 08:09:19 PM
Proctor: All right, here?s your last question. What was the cause of the Civil War?
Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter?
Proctor: Wait, wait ? just say slavery.
Apu: Slavery it is, sir!
;-)
Apu: Actually, there were numerous causes. Aside from the obvious schism between the abolitionists and the anti-abolitionists, there were economic factors, both domestic and inter?
Proctor: Wait, wait ? just say slavery.
Apu: Slavery it is, sir!
;-)
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 13 November, 2005, 08:15:58 PM
Post by: Quirkafleeg on 13 November, 2005, 08:15:58 PM
We I was a kid you had to go down the library and physically take books off the shelf and copy great stretches out by hand... we didnt have any of this newfangled copy and pasting great stretches from google searches. And I remember when all this was fields too...
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Wils on 13 November, 2005, 08:16:47 PM
Post by: Wils on 13 November, 2005, 08:16:47 PM
In case of *extreme* emergency...
[cough]paraphrase[/cough]
;)
[cough]paraphrase[/cough]
;)
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 08:20:09 PM
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 08:20:09 PM
Cheers for that Fate, I'll just have to move to my brothers laptop, as this one doesn't have powerpoint.
Ah, LMS, you don't know how tempting that is... ;)
Ah, LMS, you don't know how tempting that is... ;)
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 09:04:31 PM
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 09:04:31 PM
Oh, and I presume that an Encyclopedia (or Wikipedia) would have a concise description.
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: philt on 13 November, 2005, 09:06:05 PM
Post by: philt on 13 November, 2005, 09:06:05 PM
Funny my brother had a few people submit coursework for their finals which was plagerised from the web.
Guess how much they scored? Put it like this it it was less than 1%
Guess how much they scored? Put it like this it it was less than 1%
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 09:25:29 PM
Post by: Funt Solo on 13 November, 2005, 09:25:29 PM
Aye, I have students occasionally who plagiarise from the web.
I also have students who use the web as a resource, correctly reference any material used and get on fine as a result.
Apparently there are also things called books and journals that they keep in a special building called a library. Some kind of old-tech system that's supposedly quite handy.
I also have students who use the web as a resource, correctly reference any material used and get on fine as a result.
Apparently there are also things called books and journals that they keep in a special building called a library. Some kind of old-tech system that's supposedly quite handy.
Title: Re: Highly off-topic, But I really...
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 09:33:04 PM
Post by: Artificial Idiot on 13 November, 2005, 09:33:04 PM
I always think that gathering facts is only one part of essay writing, and that injecting your own opinions on things is just as, if not even more, important. So I always try to get the basic facts laid out, and then say (in my opinion) how that effecting things and what was most important as the whole.
I wouldn't really be so web-reliant in writing, but I literally have no notes on this subject and the text book that comes with the course isn't helping.
I wouldn't really be so web-reliant in writing, but I literally have no notes on this subject and the text book that comes with the course isn't helping.