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    What if the Civil War had not happened? The slavery system in the North America will die out slowly later because of the trend of the times or it will continuously spread out its influence to non-slaved states. It is difficult to find the most exact situation in this case. However‚ the human beings know that the slavery had existed for a long time before it was abolished completely. Surprisingly‚ 1981 is the year the last country‚ Mauritania‚ abolished slavery1. The end of Civil War is in 1865‚ meaning

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    There are several things that play into why the Civil War started‚ although the overall burning issue was slavery. Many people argue that the Civil War started over states rights. But when you look at it the states rights were to abolish or protect slavery. This problem seemed to arise as the north became more industrialized and the south stayed predominately agricultural based. As the north began to look towards a city life people began to work together as one. In the south cotton had become a very

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    The civil war was fought for many reasons‚ After Abraham lincoln was elected in 1860 the South feared that he would abolish slavery so the South seceded from the Union.( Civil War Trust 1). The union wanted to stay in tact‚ (Civil War Trust 1). So the North did not see a legitimate reason for secession. (Civil War Trust 1). The two sides had also been drifting apart because of their cultural and economic differences. ( Guelzo 1 ). The North was advancing industrially and the South was growing agriculturally

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    Why did the South Lose the Civil War? Beginning as a battle of army versus army‚ the war became a conflict of society against society. In this kind of war‚ the ability to mobilize economic resources‚ the effectiveness of political leadership‚ and a society’s willingness to keep up the fight despite setbacks‚ are as crucial to the outcome as success or failure on the battlefields. Unfortunately for the Southern planters‚ by the spring of 1865‚ the South was exhausted‚ and on April 9‚ Lee surrendered

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    Why did the U.S enter the Vietnam War? Background: Much of Vietnam was occupied by France before ww2‚ but these French territories were lost during the War as the Japanese set up a puppet regime in this time. The French tried to regain their former territories around the Early 50s‚ but failed in their attempt as they were defeated by the Communist general Vo Nguyen Giap. They left behind them a buffer zone splitting the North and South of Vietnam. After French troops had withdrawn the Vietnamese

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    August Wilson: Poet‚ Playwright‚ and So Much More August Wilson is a man who‚ outside of the theatrical world‚ is not very well known. Yet there are those‚ like Paul Carter Harrison‚ who would rank him in "the same ’artistic continuum’ as Langston Hughes‚ Toni Morrison‚ and Thelonius Monk."1 When I began research on August Wilson I asked myself‚ so what? So what if he’s won awards and recognition? What has he done to merit them? What makes this man important enough to do a research paper

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    trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side would ignite one of the largest and deadliest wars in history. Although the world was at war‚ America tried to remain neutral and stay out of it. What is the point of

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    was slavery. The north side was against slavery while the south was for it. This 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

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    the boys couldn’t really think how they wanted to. He also introduced them to carpe diem. It means seize the day. When he teached them about the different perspective‚ he first had them rip out the introduction to their book because he didn’t fully agree with what they said poetry was. After they ripped out the pages‚he had all of the students stand on his desk. He explained to them how everything looks different when you have a different point of view. Mr. Keating said “I stand upon my desk to

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    Assignment One – Professionalism Submission Date: Monday‚ September 15th 2014 PETROLEUM LAND MANAGEMENT - 2015 SUMMER STUDENTS Requisition Number: 2378 Date Posted: 9/3/2014 Location: Calgary‚ AB PETROLEUM LAND MANAGEMENT - SUMMER STUDENTS Apache Canada Ltd. seeks Petroleum Land Management students for 2015 summer positions in our Calgary office.  The successful candidates will be working in a team environment and responsibilities may include: Provide

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