The Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 1–July 3, 1863), was the largest battle of the American Civil War as well as the largest battle ever fought in North America, involving around 85,000 men in the Union’s Army of the Potomac under Major General George Gordon Meade and approximately 75,000 in the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert Edward Lee. Casualties at Gettysburg totaled 23,049 for the Union (3,155 dead, 14,529 wounded, 5,365 missing). Confederate casualties were 28,063 (3,903 dead, 18,735 injured, and 5,425 missing), more than a third of Lee’s army.
MTV became a symbol and “defined culture” in the mid-eighties. As a result, “popular music became more visual while dancing and clothing styles became more important.” The market was profitable and trendy and the videos in turn helped to boost album sales exponentially
The company towns reinforced it by having special wages for people of different ethnicity or by racially profiling and segregating those that they didn't want to be equal with Caucasian workers. This caused an even bigger drift between people and distrust to arise.
