death. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry received polarized comments. While he was hailed as a martyr by Chicago’s Republican press‚ Democratic newspaper in South Carolina and Illinois condemned him as a criminal. At the same time‚ the Northern press did not ask for the execration of Brown’s penalty in hopes of preserving the Union‚ but the South viewed this event as another strong reason for seceding. John Brown’s raid has a profound effect on deepening sectional and partisan divide between North and
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Spanish Armada‚ or great fleet‚ as “the greatest naval force they had ever seen on the open seas.” But the expedition the Armada was on proved to be a tragic mistake—especially for the many thousands who lost their lives. What was its objective‚ and why did it
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1. Why did Reconstruction end? Reconstruction is where the government try to reunite the Union states and Confederate states as one and help rebuild the Southern states. Lincoln proposed the ten percent plan where only ten percent of the population in the Southern states only had to take the oath to the Union‚ but the government rejected the plan and went the Congress’s plan. Their plans was over fifty percent of the population to take the oath‚ but Lincoln vetoed it. After Lincoln’s assassination
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There are many theories on how dinosaurs became extinct but scientists have not yet found a proven reason why. About sixty-five million years ago Dinosauriformes‚ or as we call them Dinosaurs‚ walked and roamed planet Earth. These massive carnivores‚ herbivores‚ and omnivores lived many years on earth before humans appeared. There were several variations of dinosaurs such as land‚ sea‚ and air dinosaurs. For a millions of years the dinosaurs thrived in their environment. They had an abundant food
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find ways to induce multiple births‚ so that they could proliferate the weakened German Army. Although researchers know of his experiments‚ this was not always so. Mengele had a very firm veil of confidentiality within Auschwitz‚ on experiments he did. No one at Auschwitz- not the detainees‚ SS watchmen‚ or even other doctors- knew precisely what Mengele was doing with twins. Twins who went through the most gruesome experiments‚ took their secrets to their grave. It was not until the Bolsheviks
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the history of the world. The tactics used and the heroes involved in the Trojan War are probably the two biggest reasons why the war will always be remembered and studied. Achilles is at the center of the heroes that fought in the war‚ with the Trojan Horse being the controversial war tactic. However‚ the following few paragraphs will give some background information on why the war happened and what these two groups of people were fighting over for so long. Also‚ the beginning will give some background
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One of the biggest reason why Jamestown really sufferd was when john smith had to go back to england and they had no good substainable water source nor did they have any idea of how to farm with this new land. John smith got injured in a gunpowder explosion and had to go back to england. Also most of their water supply was not good and would give them diseases like disentary. When they came over they had no idea of how to farm in the new soil. The soil was alot different than the soil in england
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Why did Britain establish an empire? The British established an empire for many different reasons‚ most of which were to benefit England itself and few to help other countries. The five main reasons that will be discussed in this essay are: power‚ economy‚ trade‚ religion and development of other countries. One of the first reasons that Britain established an empire was because of religion. Matthew 28:19 states: ‘Go ye therefore and teach all nations’. Some christians took this literally and took
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Hitler is well known for being the reason why millions of Jews died‚ but there are some other things that people may not know about him. For instance‚ did you know that he was one of the reasons why World War II started? Did you also know that his last name was originally Schicklgruber‚ until he changed it to the last name we know now? Because Hitler invaded a particular country‚ he was a part of the reason for why World War II started in the first place. Once he invaded the country‚ 2 other countries
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The Ancient Roman civilisation is known for their vast empire‚ spreading across Europe and parts of Africa. With so many people in this vast empire‚ many tactics and factors came into play to keep them happy and safe. These factors enabled emperors to do both of these things‚ and continue to expand their empire. Arguably the best way to keep the barbarians out were the borders‚ both natural and manmade. When barbarians tried to attack Rome‚ the mountains stood in their way. Even if they made it
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