*Why did the South secede? Would the North have acquiesced in peaceful coexistence if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter? Today everyone says the reason the South left the Union was; Slavery. Slavery was not the only factor that led the South to secede. In fact‚ some of the wealthiest slaveholders opposed secession. They believed‚ for good reason‚ that slavery would actually be safer in the Union than out of it. Most people aren’t aware that‚ even as president‚ Lincoln supported a proposed
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Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1474 and lived to 1521. He was a Spanish explorer and one of the conquerors of many lands in the New World. Very little is recorded and known about Juan Ponce de Leon’s early life. Ponce de Leon grew up in Santervás de Campos‚ a Spanish town located near the town of Placencia. He is reported to have fought in the Spanish campaign is 1492 that drove the the Moors out of Granada. After that‚ many historians agree on the fact that he then accompanied the prestigious explorer
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HST 225- 01-TRACEY MARTIN -042267773 “ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE HELLENISTIC AGE.” Why did Alexander invade the Persian territory? The question on why Alexander invaded the Persian territory has only been guessed at by historians in the past. The true reason why‚ may never be known. What is known however is the fact that Alexander had continued what many before him had done‚ invade the Persian territory
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event was called the civil war and it’s crazy to think that the north side v.s the south side of the same country would be fighting against each other! Texas as well fought in this long battle and was part of the south. But‚ why did Texas fight in the civil war? One of the reasons why Texas fought in the civil war was to protect their state’s rights. At the Texas Secession Convention in Austin‚ Texas it was stated that “ In this free government all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal
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After WW2‚ in South East Asia there was a high risk of spread of communism. In America’s opinion‚ South East Asia countries were like dominoes: if one of them turned communism‚ others would follow its example. This is why in 1954 President Eisenhower decided to support South Vietnam in order to stop the spread of communism. By 1963 there were 17000 US advisors in South Vietnam. At that time the president of Vietnam was Diem‚ disliked by the most of the population‚ especially Buddhists which were
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Why did the US introduce Marshall Aid? The main reason why the US introduced Marshall Aid was to prevent the spread of Communism. In 1946 almost the whole of Eastern Europe was Communist‚ this was due to the actions of Stalin‚ he wanted to build up a line of countries around Russia and use them as a “buffer zone” to protect the USSR from being attacked. Britain had troops in Greece and was fighting a Civil War against the Communists in fear that it too would fall under Stalin’s Communist rule
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Why did Labour win the 1945 election? There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime
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Why did Roosevelt win the 1932 election? – 12 mark question The Republican president‚ Herbert Hoover‚ was personally blamed for failing to deal with the consequences of the Wall Street Crash in October 1929. The Great Depression that followed was the most severe economic depression America had ever seen‚ and the whole world entered a state of poverty and hunger. Following the election in November 1932‚ Hoover was replaced by the Democratic leader‚ Franklin D Roosevelt‚ who aimed to tackle the
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attacker at bay. There were four distinct turning points in the war which led ultimately to Southern defeat. However‚ while a presentation of the war’s events and key points may explain how the South lost the Civil War‚ it fails to explain why they lost. Why did the Southern war effort fail at three key stages? The North’s superiority in manpower and resources must not be omitted in any answer to this question. Lincoln had at his disposal a population of 22‚000‚000‚ compared with a Southern
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Harpers Ferry was a city in Virginia (now West Virginia)‚ and there was a federal armory there. John Brown had the idea that he could lead an armed slave revolt by taking over Harpers Ferry. There was a major reason on why John Brown raided Harpers Ferry.
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