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    was spent foolishly and battled were led incorrectly. However‚ it wasn’t all for nothing. The war of 1812 had its impact‚ maybe not so largely visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even called America’s Second War for Independence. Before this war‚ most nations

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    In order to win the war‚ the Union had to think smart and play it to their advantage. In the book The Civil War: A Visual History‚ author John E. Stanchak declared‚ “During the 19th century‚ the new era of rail and steam that marked the Industrial Revolution was centered in the Northern states‚ and a summary of economics and human resources shows their advantages” (Stanchak 54). The North had a lot of railroads which helped them travel faster. They also had more money and organizations than the South

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    from William Shakespeare’s Richard III‚ Richard ingeniously portrays himself as a transparent man through creative wordplay and deceitful actions. As such he is able to effortlessly manipulate Hastings into initiating his own death. Throughout the passage‚ Hastings continuously misreads Richards’s true character and as a result‚ foolishly ignores the many warnings given to him. He was ignorant to the fact that he is but another stepping stone towards Richards’s journey to the crown. Hastings believes

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    Woodrow Wilson helped to win the First World War; he lost the peace back in America. Wilson claimed that he was a pacifist and that America would not fight the war that raged with a bloody vengeance in Europe. Wilson insisted that America must stay neutral publicly‚ but behind closed doors‚ he sought out ways to support Great Britain and France through the means of financial support. While the majority of Americans were pleased with being neutral‚ many immigrants from German and Europe were wanted

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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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    The election of 1932 was one of the biggest landslide wins in presidential elections. Held on November 8‚ 1932‚ in which Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican President Herbert Hoover. The election was held during the Great Depression‚ which is a main influence of the severity of Hoover’s loss. This was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world‚ sparking changes in economic institutions‚ policy‚ and economic theory. The fundamental cause

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    face one another in the battle field‚ you can hear the wind howling in agony. This war has gone on for centuries and nobody knows when it will end. For as long as the truth isn’t revealed‚ no one is willing to back out. This is the scene that comes into my mind as I try to personify the two opposing sides of the Shakespeare controversy. For years now‚ the Stratfordians and Anti-Stratfordians fought. And their reason of fighting‚ the identity of William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare‚ also known

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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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    ‘The Conservatives’ inability to economically modernise Britain was the main reason why Labour won the 1964 election.’ Assess the validity of this statement (45) The 1964 election changed the British political landscape forever as a thirteen-year Conservative dominance crumbled at the hands of Harold Wilson and his youthful Labour Party. Historians‚ such as Rowe‚ postulate that there are a plethora of reasons to why Labour won the 1964 election‚ most prominently because of the Conservatives’ inability

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    【Abstract】 This study focuses on the reason why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. To search for the reason‚ I analyze this topic from three aspects‚ the Vietnam‚ the US and the international. This paper shows that the US fail to win the war both have the subjective reasons and objective reason‚ internal reasons and external reasons. There still some deficiencies in this research‚ and there may be without analysis in some aspects. 【Key Words】international environment; resources; experience; aid

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