The civil war was a war that redefined America and reaffirmed that freedom was not limited solely by a person’s race. The results of the war echoed long past the final battle and forever changed what being an American means today. Many of the stories and accounts from this period helped establish the meaning of freedom and the struggles to understand how freedom applied to all people such as The Gettysburg address (Abraham Lincoln) and The narrative of Fredrick douglass. Both pieces discuss American
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Union victory. Battle of Carthage - July 5 - Missouri - Confederate victory. (First full-scale battle of the war.) Battle of Rich Mountain - July 11 - West Virginia (then Virginia) - Union victory. Battle of Blackburn’s Ford - July 18 - Virginia - Confederate victory. First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) - July 21 - Virginia - Confederate victory. (First major battle of the Civil War.) Battle of Wilson’s Creek - August 10 - Missouri - Confederate victory. (First major battle west of the Mississippi
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Did you know that in the Civil War‚ America lost the most men ever? After four years and over 600‚000 American lives‚ the Union (North) prevailed in wearing down and forcing the Confederacy (South) to surrender. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin‚ the Missouri Compromise‚ and the Dred Scott case contributed greatly to the Civil War. After the Civil War‚ the Southern economy was devastated with millions of homeless‚ while the northern economy boomed. Eli Whitney created one of the first causes of the Civil
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American Civil War was a gruesome conflict which resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties. While the war effort was pushed by technology to end the war sooner‚ the fatality rate showed a direct relationship to the increase in technology. New killing machines were produced‚ unique forms for scouting‚ and an overall increase in tactics. Inventors developed weapons such as the repeating rifle‚ the submarine‚ and balloons. Even the telegraph stemmed from this powerful era. The Civil War sprouted
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1860‚ seven more states seceded for the union . They were After the inaugural address‚ President was told that Fort Sumter was under siege. Abraham made a unilateral decision to prepare for with the south. He Ordered : 75‚000 troops ‚Suspended habeas corpus President Lincoln was a very capable war time leader. As always‚ he began to self-educate himself about war. He read military history. He learned about strategy and tactics. He read military history. He understood what was needed actions
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through your head when you hear Greek Civil War? The language‚ Destruction‚ Athens or ancient artifacts. Greece is a country in southern eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands that lie along the seas. It was the birthplace of the Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown both
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The Civil War had been building for an extremely long time and the violent tensions had only grown from the conflict in Bleeding Kansas and the assault on Charles Sumner one of America’s bloodiest wars. The strain between the North and South flourished over the issues of slavery‚ state rights‚ and the overall Southern need of independence. Various constitutional and social changes heavily amounted to revolution in America through changes to politics‚ race‚ and the economy. In 1860 Republican Abraham
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As of right now‚ colonists and the British army are at war‚ fighting over the ownership of the colonies. We all have questions. How did we get to this point? What has gone so wrong that we have broken out into a civil war? And most importantly‚ why is this war so necessary? I can already hear the cries of the loyalists‚ “Necessary? There is nothing necessary about the mindless violence that created this problem in the first place!” I agree that it should never have gotten to this point‚ however here
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Was World War One a total war? Why? Why not? The First World War of 1914-1918‚ also known as the Great War‚ was the first total war in history. What began as a European struggle over the balance of power between the triple alliance of France‚ Britain and Russia on one side and the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other‚ soon became a global conflict that involved the imperial powers of Europe‚ their colonies and lands such as the Ottoman Empire‚ Japan and the United States
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The Vietnam war was a long‚ deadly and costly war that was fought to stop the spread of communism by the North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh. The War lasted around 20 years. The United states Participated in the war 17.4 years making it the one of the longest U.S war participations. To Begin With‚ Why did the Vietnam war start and why Did the United States get involved? In the early 1880s France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos to create a colony
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