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    THE WAR BETWEEN SOUTH AND WEST The middle of the XIX century was a period of worsening economic and political conflict of Northern and Southern States. For a long time two dissimilar type of economy existed and developed in the framework of a single state‚ of course‚ competing among them‚ but not bringing the situation to tensions. However‚ in this period it became increasingly clear the inevitability that contradictions of the two systems will turn in the armed struggle for power‚ for the victory

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    Why did parliament win the English Civil War? When Charles raised his Standard in Nottingham 1642 it was unclear who‚ or how‚ the war would be won‚ but Parliament’s Victory in The Civil War 1646‚ can be explained by a Multitude of reasons‚ most notably; a Royalist lack of finance [or more generally resources]‚ and Parliamentary revolutionary Reform and Organisation. Firstly the areas that Parliament held over the course of the civil war were more populous‚ wealthy and fertile than that of the

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    In 1642‚ war broke out between two armies led by the King and Parliament. There were several causes of this conflict‚ some of which were to do with power‚ some concerning money and others connected to religion. This essay will explain how all these causes combined led to the outbreak of the Civil War. The most important cause of the Civil War in my opinion was one concerning money and Parliament because this was the basis of the argument. Charles I and Parliament argued about money‚ this was down

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    The Civil War The time period in history that I am most interested in learning more about is The Civil War. I would like to learn more about this time period because it was one of the most defining moments in American history. This time period is interesting to me because of all the implications that the Civil War would have on the future of America. This was a moment when our nation was divided between the North and the South and led to a war. The way our nations leaders responded to the division

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    comes down to who’s fault it was and what really sealed the deal and ultimately caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time when it is asked ‘Why did the soviet union collapse?’ the answer is always ‘there were many factors’. Well what does that mean? That is not very specific at all. Some say it had to do with the numbers of different cultures combined into one union and others may argue that the economy was too stagnant and that no one could have prevented it‚ however in most

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    The Civil War Begins a. Confederates Fire on Fort Sumter i. Fort Sumter was a southern fort that remained in unions control ii. Lincoln declared her would neither reinforce Fort Sumter nor abandon it. 1. Next Jefferson Davis chose to attack Sumter which started the war a. Fort Sumter fell b. Virginia seceded b. Americans Expect a Short War iii. Union and confederate Strategies 2. The Union had enormous

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    the civil war was necessary. Without it we may have never taken the necessary steps to achieve freedom for the slaves. The southerns would never have given up there ways of life peacefully. There are many events of the time period that support my claim. The first example is the caning of Charles Summner. This is when Preston Brooks‚ a pro-slavery southern senator‚ attacked and beat Charles Sumner on the senate floor. This was after Brooks gave an Anti-slavery speech. The speech did attack

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    The Civil War was a fight for African American freedom. They are just like us‚ but because of their skin tone we took advantage of them. The Civil War was trying to put an end to this to finally get freedom and equality for everyone in our nation. The Civil War succeeded in its purpose to make everyone free. African Americans could now live and work where they wanted to. Fredrick Douglas was born into slavery having to of worked when he was about only three or four years old. He was also separated

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    Beginning at Fort Sumter‚ South Carolina‚ the Civil War‚ lasting from 1861 to 1865‚ was fought between Union and the Confederacy. This war was caused by a series of disagreements between the North and the South leading to secular division and conflict. The social‚ political and economic differences dividing the Union and the Confederacy ultimately led to the eruption of the war. As a nation the South depended on an agrarian economy in order to prosper. The southern economy in itself relied purely

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    creation of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ better known as the Soviet Union‚ is created. First lead by Vladimir Lenin‚ the Soviet Union was found to be the first country to be considered socialist with plans to become a communist party in the future. The Soviet Union was made up of 15 republics and at the time was the largest country in the world. After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ Joseph Stalin came to power that had control throughout World War II until his death in 1953. After the war the Soviet

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