and did such things to Mexico‚ why were they the ones to declare war on Mexico? The Mexican War began in 1846 after Mexico opened fire on Americans north of the Rio Grande‚ which happened to be the Texas-Mexico border. As a result of this event‚ President Polk declared war between the two countries‚ although‚ due to prior events‚ it seemed more reasonable for Mexico to be doing so. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because they robbed land from them‚ brought slaves into
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The Cold War was a shocking and controversial event‚ which is still being discussed today. It is necessary to search the many reasons why it started and how. While the ’why’ or ‘what happened’ is still being argued out over time the ’what’ is very clear. One of the main reasons of the Cold War was that there were huge differences in the way that the East and West were led and as many know disagreements usually lead to conflict. The Truman Doctrine of 1947 is believed to be the start of the Cold
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Name: Institution: Course: Date: American History-Civil War 1. Write a brief history of the Civil War that centers around history of slavery and emancipation. How did slavery play a role in both the causes and the course of the war? In the mid 19th Century‚ when the economy of the United States grew tremendously‚ there was a critical economic disparity between the Southern and Northern regions. The southern part had a growing economy based on large scale farming‚ which depended on free labor
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The War on Terror was a declaration by President George W. Bush in response to the September 11 attacks to eliminate terror events around the world. The initial targets of this declaration was Al Qaeda and the ‘axis of evil’ that included Iran‚ Iraq and North Korea. This action led to full blown wars in Afghanistan‚ Iraq and recently the Syria crisis. When the Taliban government didn’t cooperate with America to discover Osama Bin Laden‚ the US prepared to invade. The invasion started a month after
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The Reconstruction Era was a period of time dedicated to rebuilding the nation after the Civil War. The South’s economy became devastated after the war. Southerners sought out to rebuild their territory and lives. President Lincoln was in charge of deciding under what terms and conditions the former Confederate states would need to follow to rejoin the Union. Radical Republicans saw Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction as too lenient.When President Johnson took office after Lincoln’s assassination‚
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of Jews was taken away‚ Jews were no longer able to own businesses‚ it was illegal for a Jew to marry a non-Jew and Jews were no longer able to practice medicine. 31. Some activities that began as Canada prepared for war were Nova Scotia women volunteering for service‚ the War Measures Act of 1914 was proclaimed in Ottawa and people began constructing air raid shelters on the east coast. 32. Canadians prepared for attack by sea by raising national defenses‚ setting troops from the American
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A Comparison of the Lincoln‚ Johnson‚ and Congressional Plans for Civil War Reconstruction After the Civil War‚ a great question arose. That question was what was to be done with the former Confederate States of Americas (CSA). Although there were a number of ways to address this critical issue‚ there were three major attempts: Lincoln’s‚ Johnson’s‚ and Congress’s. All three of them wanted to politically restore the USA‚ but did not pay much attention to the economic and social stability of the
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cold war on apartheid in South Africa or on another specified issue and region or country. Note: Initially‚ my plan was to cover the whole period of the cold war and its effects on Angola. While researching for this topic though‚ I came across a vast body of works and therefore decided to focus on a more specific theme: Soviet-American competition in the region between 1974 and 1976. What role did competition between the superpowers have in the early stages of the Angolan Civil War (1974-76)
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During the Vietnam War era‚ the United States and other democratic and free nations were fearful of communism spreading to more parts of the world. They fought two world wars to protect freedom‚ and to contain the communist movements. The foreign policy of the United States evolved to that of a pre-emptive type strike on the possibility of communism surfacing and threatening free countries. Harry S. Truman began to theorize that if a communist nation took over a non-communist state‚ then neighboring
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the “american dream.” A conflict‚ that all american’s commemorate is the Civil War. The Civil War took place during the time 1861-1865 where the United States of America was divided into two nations: the Union and the Confederates. During these harsh times‚ President Lincoln wanted America to be united again and also the Civil War had the most casualties than in any other war our country has fought in. After the long‚ Civil War our country
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