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    Why Did The Civil War Happen? Bang! Why did the Civil War start? The main reason of the Civil War was John Brown‚Bleeding Kansas and Abraham Lincoln they all have a lot to do with the Civil War and how it started. It was about freeing slaves and making all states free states for slaves. It was a Civil War because the South was fighting The North because they wanted too free states and other people wanted to keep slaves because they didn’t have to pay them. John Brown was a crazy man basically he

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    The Civil war‚ which began in 1861‚ came to an end on May 13th‚1865‚ and the Union claimed the victory. But the South were victorious in many of the earlier battles of the war‚ but at first they had a strong military leadership. The South’s defeat was due to poor strategy in the military and the appointment of weak generals‚ many people also believe that political leadership‚ foreign support‚ the supply of the army and war economics were reasons they didn’t win. The North also had mountains and

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    the Union in the Civil War The American Civil War‚ was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was caused by the disagreement over the future of slavery between the industrialized North and the agrarian South. That dispute led to secession. The North’s initial political objective was clear: to restore the Union. Later‚ emancipation‚ or freeing the slaves‚ became another objective. The Confederacy (South) wanted its independence. The Secession led to the Civil War. The victory of Union in the Civil War was

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    Cold war was a state of political and military tension after world WW2 between powers in western bloc and eastern bloc. The westerns bloc’s military is so much weaker than the new rising eastern bloc country because of the serious wound from ww2. It seems the western bloc country got no chance to win. But the cold war ends with the instantaneous collapse of Soviet Union. I think there is three reasons that caused Soviet Union lost this war. Frist of all it’s the awful foreign policy of Soviet Union

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    freedom in northern territories and they fought for their freedom during the War for Independence. But no time in history was the fight more organized‚ more determined‚ and more sacrificial than their fight for freedom during and after the Civil War. Since the time of the Declaration of Independence when African Americans realized that if all men were created equal‚ then if applied to them as well‚ their fight for freedom was a part of every waking moment. African Americans took the

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    from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/senecafalls.asp Grolier. (2011). History of Women ’s Suffrage. Retrieved from http://teacher.scholastic.com/ activities/suffrage/history.htm History.com. (2011). The Fight for Women ’s Suffrage. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/ topics/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage Tindall‚ G.B.‚ & Shi‚ D.E. (2010). America A Narrative History (8th ed.). New York‚ NY: W.W.. Norton & Company.

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    Question: How did technology give an advantage to the Union in the Civil War?   1.    Battery D‚ 2nd U.S. Artillery‚ at Fredericksburg‚ VA    2.      Battle in action at Fredericksburg‚ Va  3.         A company of the 6th Maine Infantry on parade after the battle of Fredericksbu​ rg                                                  4.    Aquia Creek and the Fredericksburg Railroad‚ with a construction corps at work              5. 

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    While the Civil War between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party can be traced back to1927‚ the Civil War refers to the struggle and conflict for China between 1945-1950. Several well-planned actions helped the CCP became victorious in the Chinese Civil War: leadership‚ support of the people and support from outside help. This paper will give a slight history of the situation‚ and describe the main reasons why the CCP became victorious over the Nationalist Party. As per

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    Needless to say this infuriated Booth to the bone. Booth decided to throw himself into theatre to quell his rage. But when the Civil War broke out amongst slavery rights Lincoln once again called on Booth. Lincoln promised him that if he just wrote him one more speech he would cease the war and allow slavery in the South. Booth‚ hating to see his fellow Americans die at the hands of other fellow Americans‚ complied with the president’s request. Booth penned

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    shown resilience and determination‚ starting with the Revolutionary war. As years passed and national division became evident there was discussion on who would win the fight between the free and enslaved states. Over time it has become apparent that the colonies and the confederacy have shared many qualities‚ which makes one wonder how is it that the colonies won‚ but the confederacy did not? The reason the South didn’t win the Civil War was because they were outgunned‚ out supplied‚ received no international

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