What was the opinion of most Americans as the Civil War started

The answer is that they thought that it would be a short yet glourious victory.

Explanation:

The emotions among the people when the Civil War started was mixed. People were overwhlemed with the amount of killing, yet didn't want to stop it until they got their way. The Battle of Antietam is the deadliest one day battle in US history. So you can imagine how much that shook up the people back at home. Photography was also very new and for the first time their were pictures available of the battlefield. It was traumatizing, yes, but the main mind set during the Civil War was to kill as many people who didn't approve with you as you could to protect your lifestyle. (Sorry it's so long :P hope you understand now)

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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