The Civil war started in 1861 because of conflict between the North and the South. The Southern states broke away from the United States of America and made the Confederate States of America because they wanted to have slaves and have more freedom. The war lasted for four years between the Union and the Confederacy. Many different people were affected by this war. Some people that were affected include women‚ children‚ and African-Americans. Before the war‚ women didn’t have a lot of rights. During
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Introduction In the years that followed the end of the American Civil War‚ and more than a hundred years after the first industrial revolution which was centered around textiles‚ the economy of the United States grew considerably as the country entered in its second phase of Industrial Revolution. The visual map of the United States has therefor been transformed by unprecedented urbanization as more and more people started to emigrated from the countryside to the cities. Also the new territories
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marked the beginning of the Crimean Crisis. The Crimea‚ a small Peninsula near the Black sea‚ chose to succeed from the Ukraine and was annexed by Russia. The Crimean parliament displayed a near total support for joining the Federation of Russia‚ with approximately 97% of voters backing the motion.1 The Crimea has been apart of the Ukraine since 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ yet the population continues to display strong loyalist ideals towards Russia. The current Russian-loyalist
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The American Civil War was the result of economic and social differences of the North and South. It ended with the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent the thirteenth‚ fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution. The Civil War provided the Northern Union opportunities by introducing war supplement businesses such as railroads‚ weapons and machines‚ and crashed the Southern economy and its market. Some lasting effects of the Civil War including abolishment of the institution
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The Crimean war played a huge factor in the selling of Alaska to the US. First of all‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ an empire that controlled many parts of the middle east except for Persia‚ gradually disintegrated after a largely prosperous and cultural time. Egypt and parts of the Balkans were slowly declaring independence from the Ottomans. Russia saw this disintegration time as an opportunity to advance its territory southward. However‚ the British saw this expansion as a threat‚ and if Russia took over
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The War of the Roses affected England’s throne for many years‚ thereby changing the outlook of the country. The War of the Roses was a civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster. This civil war impacted the whole country of England from its economy to the rule of that the English government had over England. The War of the Roses had such a big impact on England and lasted for thirty-three years from 1455 until the last battle in 1487. Throughout this period of time‚ both houses
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The Cold War‚ one of the most scariest times in America’s‚ or even the world’s history. The threat of nuclear war was real‚ very real. At any moment America or the U.S.S.R. could destroy the entire world with their assault of nuclear weapons‚ just at a call and a click of a button. This is one of many important times in history‚ and still affects us today. Not only did the North Atlantic Treaty Operation come from the tensions‚ but the bay of pigs‚ the cuban missile crisis‚ the berlin wall (the construction
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Before World War II‚ the United States was experiencing a Great Depression. The economy was down and there was a high rate of unemployment. World War II helped America get out of that depression‚ it helped the economy go back up. The Cold War was the one to encourage industrial production. Because of it more military weapons were manufactured. Weapons like tanks‚ aircrafts‚ and missiles. All of the war productions helped the economy because of the high demand on military supplies. There were less
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soveirgnty‚ as well as the varying interpretations of the constitution‚ especially on the subject of slavery‚ there was great discord and sectionalism in the United States. This ultimately had a major impact on Southern Succession and the start of the civil war. The nation began rapidly expanding throughout the 19th century and many new states such as Utah‚
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Mongol Influences in China and Russia The Mongolian Empire was one of the largest empires to exist. It stretched and conquered Russia‚ China‚ parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Two cultures impacted by Mongolian Rule were Russia and China. Both of these were large countries prior to the Mongolian invasions. The Mongolian invasion ended up influencing the political and economic traditions in several ways. The Mongolian expansion opened trade routes. China was able to export large
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