Overcoming Tragedy: A Stronger America

The United States of America would not be the country it is today, or even exist if it wasn’t for the will power of its citizens and the way they recover from their wounds, and move on. There have been many struggles for the people of the U.S. throughout history. The Civil War, World War 1, The Great Depression, World War 2, The Vietnam War, and most recently, September 11th all are prime examples of cataclysmic events the U.S., and its people, had to endure.
The Civil War was one of the worst events in American history. The war pitted the Confederates and the Union against each other (both of which were American). 498,333 people are thought to have died in that war. More than half of them were self-enlisted citizens, not true soldiers. America got through this struggle, but only by violence, and bloodshed. After the war there was a period of reconstruction, where America would heal the damage it did to itself. The first thing that people did was to find and bury the bodies tha...