April 12‚ 1861 the once unified United States of America broke into war between the Confederate South and Union North with the aim for a short war over in a matter of months. Not a soul anticipated the nearly 4 year war that seemed everlasting. The foundational hope for the North to reunite the Union soon changed as the war moved at a tedious pace. They realized the abolition of slavery needed to be fought for. The Civil War changed Americans viewpoint toward the black population‚ political parties
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The Revolutionary War began April 19‚ 1775 and lasted until September 3‚ 1783. During this war there were smaller battles fought throughout the colonies between the Colonial and British forces for the 13 Colonies’ liberation from Great Britain. These battles helped to steer the course of the war and eventually end the war in our favor. One of these pivotal battles was the Battle of Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill during the Siege of Boston. The battle took place in Charlestown a neighborhood of Boston
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The Cold war was essentially between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold war was represented by non-fightin political tension between democracy regimes and communist regimes. During President Kennedy’s tenure in the White House he endured imminent threats and tough decisions. It is events like the Bay of Pigs and others that shaped and affected his foreign policy agenda. With all options in mind‚ it seemed that negotiations were at the top of Kennedy’s policy list‚ where he could meet
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Leading up to the First World War‚ there were significant political changes happening. Industrialization‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism once promised great things for the people now only produced weapons‚ conflict‚ and hate. The Industrial Revolution brought forth many great things that improved the quality of life for many folks. Economic and social life were seeing many changes as a result of this new way of doing things. The nation saw increase in wealth as products were beginning to be manufactured
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The Pequot war‚ a war that was imposing that it impacted history. It was a grave war as it had lasted for 38 years and ended in 1675. Some say that this battle between the Native Americans and the Europeans in 1636 ended in the Pequot suffering due to a mysterious death of John Oldham changed America and is now what it is today. After battling over clash of trade‚ land‚ and how the puritans were living‚ they have decided to take action.. This dreadful action was what led to the almost complete devastation
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Looking back at Revolutionary War‚ you might question how America successfully defeated the British considering the British army was the best trained and equipped‚ and possibly the most professional army in the world. In contrast‚ America was in a state of disorganization when it came to economics and politics. The national government as a whole was greatly powerless. Unlike the British army‚ the American army was inadequately trained‚ had little supplies‚ and was not paid very well. Practically
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board‚ but the sports weren’t the only thing that was happening in the 60s the Vietnam war and the Civil war was going on also racism was going on at the time to. Sports were a popular thing during the 60s there was baseball‚ football‚ and track was going on but there was other things going on with 1960 through 1969. The Vietnam War and Civil Rights were going on in the 1960s. The Vietnam War was the longest war in United States history. Promises and
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spinning out of control. He also expressed that he had a plan for ending the war in Vietnam. In the end‚ Nixon’s promises to end the war and restore the nation won him the presidency. On Election Day‚ Nixon defeated Humphrey by more than 100 electoral votes however‚ he won the popular voice by a slim margin of 43% to 42%. After taking office‚ President Nixon is striving to end the nation’s involvement in the Vietnam War. However‚ the final years will yield more bloodshed and turmoil‚ as well as a
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In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the
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Focus Task on P.274 “Why did war break out in Europe in 1939?” When Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933; he had a lot of frustration against the Treaty which he thought was unfair. For example the enormous amount of reparation‚ it literally got Germany bankrupt. The restriction of army had also caused a lot of anger; Hitler and the Germans felt humiliated as the army used to be Germany’s pride and symbol before the First World War. Moreover‚ Germany was not
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