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    Doubleday. Not only was he the creator of baseball‚ he also played a major role in the United States by freeing of slaves. (Kirsh 4) Abner Doubleday changed American Society forever‚ with the invention of America’s game‚ and his role in the Battle of Gettysburg. The world changed forever when the first game was played in 1839 in Cooperstown‚ New York. (Kirsh 7) Abner laid in a cow pasture with his good friend Elihu Phinney on a sunny summer day. They had one problem; they didn’t know what to

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    instigate significant positive change within the society which they looked over. The individuals who all used their distinctive Presidential‚ Egalitarian‚ and Nationalist voices to impact the environment around them are Abraham Lincoln‚ through his Gettysburg address‚ presented on the 19th of November 1863. John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s

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    for Southern Independence is a major turning point in American History. Sparked by political unrest and economic struggles in the South‚ its four years of fighting were the bloodiest of which America had ever seen. Its tumultuous years saw numerous battles‚ as well as the ruthless assassination of the nation’s president. The American Civil War brought the United States into a new era‚ one of both tension and freedom. In the years leading up to the war‚ a large economic rift began to form between the

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    AP Language‚ period 1 Kaitlyn Vallance SOAPSTONE CHART -The Gettysburg Address 30 August 2010 SPEAKER | Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States of America and he help office during the Civil War. During the Civil War‚ the North and South split into two sides – the Union in the north led by president Lincoln and the Confederacy in the south led by president Davis. Originally‚ the Civil War was not an attempt by Lincoln to abolish slavery and emancipate the slaves

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    mentioned in the slogan ‘REMEMBER DEC. 7th!’‚ refers to the Japanese attack on military targets at Pearl Harbor. It signalled the start of U.S. involvement in the Second World War. The Gettysburg Address The quote “… we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain …” is taken from the Gettysburg Address‚ a famous speech in U.S. history made by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. In it‚ Lincoln emphasized that the goal of the war was not necessarily to preserve the Union‚ but

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    about two of our country’s presidential speeches. Both Wood and Safire have distinctive opinions and different viewpoints; however‚ they do have resembling writing techniques. In A Spirit Reborn‚ Safire discusses the Gettysburg Address in comparison to 9/11 and analyzes the Gettysburg Address in great detail. Wood’s “Victory Speech” demonstrates how President Obama flowed through different ideas and analyzes specific details of President Obama’s speech offering his personal critique. Both Wood and

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    The Seven Days Battle resulted in a major loss for McCullen because conducted an ineffective charge at the Battle of Gaines Mill (civilwarcalvary.com). At the Battle of Chancellorsville Hooker sent Stoneman’s corps on a raid. The raid was designed to cut lines of communication between Lee’s army and the confederate capital Richmond. The raid

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    Abraham Lincoln’s 1863CE speech “The Gettysburg Address” and Socrate’s 399BCE speech “No Evil can happen to a good man” have withstood the test of time and has given the present and future generations with a speech worth studying. Although both speeches were given at different times‚ in different contexts and to different audiences‚ it has both been momentously delivered and the studies carried out on these speeches help the modern generations to understand the morals‚ values and historical contexts

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    Vicksburg This battle occurred in May and June on 1863. This battle was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. Once Pemberton’s army was lost‚ the Confederacy war nearly split in half. Ulysses Grant’s success boosted his reputation and lead to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union army Battles of Fort Wagner These battles were fought on July 11th and 18th‚ 1863. General Quincy Gillmore sought to capture the Confederate fortifications on James

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    his imagination seems so real‚ in the end you find out that he was actually dead and didn’t survive or escape to see his wife and children. “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln “The Gettysburg Address‚” is Abraham Lincoln’s speech that he gave in dedication to the military cemetery on the battlefield in Gettysburg after the Battle of Gettysburg. He gave the speech because he wanted the people who had lost their lives to not be forgotten. “The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”

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