French monk known as “Peter the Hermit”‚ used it intense and fiery sermons to unite a group of disorganized peasants and soldiers. The group quickly went eastward for Constatinople in what is now being referred to as the People’s Crusade. The Crusade did not turn out very well however‚ because nearly all of the crusaders were killed by Turkish soldiers. 3. European lords have reportedly organized a proper military force which consisted of four armies. The first army‚ led by the
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north had abolished slavery‚ the south continued to use slaves which lead to a sectional division between them. It was not possible for slavery to be abolished without leading to the war. Slavery was the basis of the southern economy which would make it hard to be abolished. The north benefited from slavery while they had used it. The division between the north and south was way too strong therefore slavery couldn’t have been abolished easily. To begin with‚ the south had invested too much money on
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If the South seceded‚ the North and South would both be benefited. The North would have changed into a country with social and economic policies similar the ones in Canada or European countries. The South would have half an economy based on slave labor or an economy based on free labor. If Lincoln had let the 11 Southern states away‚ Southern blacks eventually would have won their freedom. They may have had to switch arms‚ but only a few could argue. Lincoln freed the slaves in 1863 but it wasn’t
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In 1651‚ Dutch settlers first arrived in South Africa looking for slaves and goods‚ at the time they were known as Afrikaners. The Berlin Conference controlled the European colonization and trade in Africa by dividing the country into sections. The African efforts to resist European imperialism failed because they were unable to withstand the advanced weapons and other technology possessed by the Europeans. In 1948‚ a new system of racial segregation called Apartheid was founded‚ which caused
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The New South Page Numbers – Textbook (p. 317-373) Coach (p. 110-121) CRCT Prep (94-107) I. Economics of the New South 1. Bourbon Triumvirate Group of three wealthy men (Joseph E. Brown‚ Alfred H. Colquitt‚ John B. Gordon) that led the Georgia Democrats and tried to help the wealthy‚ white citizens of Georgia during the New South. 2. Populist New political party that was formed during the New South; supported farmers and African Americans in the South.
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future. America will take action upon the Soviets attempt to expand and create containment. Containment meant that the Soviet Union Communists should not expand. The U.S. contained the communist by providing aid to Berlin by aircraft‚ sending troops to South Korea‚ and establishing a quarantine against the Soviets in Cuba. America and the Allies decided to support Berlin by flying in supplies for over 2 million people within a year. The Soviets decided to create a blockade on June 27‚ 1948‚ even blocking
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North’s economic advantages proved too much for the South‚ others that Southern strategy was faulty‚ offensive when it should have been defensive‚ and vice-versa. Internal division in the South is often referred to‚ and complaints made against Davis’ somewhat makeshift‚ inexperienced‚ government. Doubts are sometimes raised over the commitment of Southerners to a cause many of them were half-hearted about. Many historians have argued that the South lost the will to fight long before defeat was inevitable
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not okay for the South to leave the Union. I believe that the South had the constitutional right to leave the union and the North should have let them leave peacefully because they felt that their rights were being violated. Leaving the Union‚ they became the Confederate States of America. Both the North and South focused on their own political interests. The South believed that their rights were being violated with tariffs that helped the North but hindered the South. The South felt that as long
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Why did the South Lose the Civil War? Beginning as a battle of army versus army‚ the war became a conflict of society against society. In this kind of war‚ the ability to mobilize economic resources‚ the effectiveness of political leadership‚ and a society’s willingness to keep up the fight despite setbacks‚ are as crucial to the outcome as success or failure on the battlefields. Unfortunately for the Southern planters‚ by the spring of 1865‚ the South was exhausted‚ and on April 9‚ Lee surrendered
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French and Indian war the Americans were used to being neglected because the british needed all the troops they could get to fight the seven years. The Americans had experienced salutary neglect for so long that when the British came back the Americans did not like it. The British taxed the Americans with the sugar act and the intolerable acts without the representation deserved. This marked the beginning of the American Revolution. When the British came back to the colonies they had to have a way
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