which our nation was founded. Lincolns words “government of the people‚ by the people‚ for the people” continues to speak for many today. At this time in the middle of the Civil War people were discouraged. Citizens needed something to believe in. In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the wonderful things the nation was fighting for. It was a new interpterion of American government and society. It was about preserving self-government. Before the Gettysburg Address the war was manly about state
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The Dawes Act was also known as the General Allotment Act of 1887. The purpose of the act was to treat the Native Americans as individuals rather than members of their tribes. The Dawes act was created to encourage the Native American tribes to split up. The Native Americans would be given the land and tools they needed if they became farmers. The Act would teach the Native Americans to be equal like the rest of the American population. For example‚ children of the Native American ethnicity were
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of the Peloponnesian War‚ Athens was the strongest city-state in Greece. Thucydides claimed that Spartans initially engaged in war in 431 BC as a result of Sparta’s fear of Athenian’s further growth of power (Cartwright‚ 2013). Fought between Athens and Sparta along with their respective allies‚ the Peloponnesian War resulted in the weakening of Greek city-states‚ which created vulnerability to foreign invasions (Cartwright‚ 2013). Following the war‚ Athens was reduced to a state of near complete
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World War Two was one of the biggest wars in known history with over 60 million deaths or three percent of the world’s population at the time. A major cause of this massive war was the Treaty of Versailles. I’m going to tell you about how the Treaty of Versailles impacted the war economically‚ geographically‚ and politically. We can stop ourselves from making by looking what people in the past did wrong like the gun laws in japan. The treaty of versailles caused a lot of economical issues that
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The 20th century of Tyne and Wear region was the time period of gold. It was famous because of the coal making‚ shipbuilding‚ and iron industry. Those heavy industries brought a fast economic growth and urbanization. The boom period of the 1950s saw unemployment levels as low as three percent (Robinson‚ 1988). However‚ this golden period came to an end due to the globalization‚ cheaper imports of oil and competition from foreign companies. Between 1950 and 1970 over one hundred coal mines were closed
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advance government structure and philosophy at the time. In a way‚ this revival also introduced an interest in the human capacity and marvel – also known as the humanist movement. The true Renaissance man – a prime example being Leonardo da Vinci – was able to perform well in an array of academic and human pursuits which facilitated a unanimous drive throughout Europe to observe and study as much of the world as they are able – to live life to the fullest – a goal also derived from life during The
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The Kalmar Union existed from 1397 until 1521 and was named after the Swedish city Kalmar in which the union was founded by the kingdoms Sweden‚ Denmark‚ and Norway. In June 1397 67 men from the clerical and secular nobility signed a draft agreement‚ that unified the countries under one king. The state structure was left unimpaired and important positions were not to be given to foreigners. Queen Margret from Denmark strictly led the union until her death in 1412. The Hanse at first supported the
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The American Revolution was an important part of world history. There was a conflict between the patriots and loyalists. The patriots wanted independence from Great Britain; however‚ loyalists wanted to remain loyal to the British government. The American Revolution was revolutionary because the patriots fought for independence from Great Britain and they succeeded. Also‚ the Declaration of Independence was written. Many leaders helped make the fight for independence possible and helped shape the
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of the American Revolution because Ben Franklin was referring that we either all stand together or as a country all stand as nobody. Throughout the American Revolution; political‚ social‚ and intellectual transformations changed the daily lives of the colonist. The American Revolution was the foundation for the United States. The Boston Massacre took place in 1770. Nobody knows the “real” story behind the Boston Massacre or who the instigator was at the time. Things read off the internet or in books
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which one of their political ideals‚ capitalism and democracy‚ or communism‚ would reign supreme. Both countries fought to be the dominant power‚ creating a cold war‚ or a war where neither side is directly fighting the other in combat. While there was some aggravation between the two superpowers over things such as the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War‚ during the early 1960s tensions between the two rose even higher. President Kennedy put in a policy of being more flexible when it came to discussions
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