The Chinese Civil War‚ which took place from the end of World War I (when the Chinese Communist Party was set up) up to October 1‚ 1949‚ directly led to the creation of the People’s Republic of China‚ the world’s largest communist nation. The communists won the civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass
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As the United states acquired new land‚ there was not a precedent set regarding how the issue of slavery would be handled in these vast new territories. The map explains how much land was acquired and the spread of slavery throughout the years of 1790 to 1860. The Missouri compromise admitting Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had
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Why did Charles I lose the Civil War? The English Civil War was 1642-1651 and was a series of battles and political conspiracies between Oliver Cromwell‚ the leader of Parliament and King Charles I the leader of the Royalists. The civil war set the supporters of King Charles I against the followers of Parliament‚ this resulted in the Parliament’s victory and the King’s execution. Cromwell’s army was lead by Sir Thomas Fairfax who was one of the outstanding military commanders of the English
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Lack of Money One of the reasons why the civil war broke out in England in 1642 was because of Charles ’ lack of money. To discover the source of this‚ we have to go back to the beginning of James ’ reign. James was the first King to reign over both England and Scotland‚ and when he came down from Scotland it is said that he was astonished at how rich England was‚ while James had needed to borrow money for his travelling expenses. When James died in 1625‚ Charles came to the throne‚ and he
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Causes of the Civil War John Brown’s Raid vs. Industrial Revolution John Brown’s Raid was a more influential cause to the civil war than the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused incompability between the North and the South. The North relied on wage laborers with the new machine age economy while the South relied heavily on slaves. So‚ the North did not need slaves for their economy and fought to free the slaves. The South fought
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slavery to die out. He realizes that it will not go away if he just makes it illegal over night so he wants to limit the spread into new territories. 2a. Who does the author of this editorial blame for the tensions between the North and the South? How is this opinion supported? The New Orleans editorial blames the tensions on the North and Abraham Lincoln. They believe that the South was just fine before the North stepped in and created conflict‚ it almost gives it a feel like the north is a bully
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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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Roaring 20s influenced Americans in many ways‚ one of those being “the new woman”‚ another being “the birth of mass culture”‚ ‚third “the jazz age”‚ and lastly‚ prohibition. First‚ the new woman impacted Americans because she represented an image of how women felt inside but never
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government programs to put people back to work. The third phase was the outbreak of The Spanish Civil War. By this time “numbers of jobs multiplied rapidly.” During the recession‚ the stock market prices continued to fall. But as it continued‚ economists made the federal government increase spending‚ in order “to provide employment.” Unemployment is very high during a recession. This is because after the war‚ families became bigger‚ and everyone wanted many products. These people started to buy these
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The United States as a whole was divided before the Civil War‚ over the dispute of whether slavery should be allowed or not after the Mexican American war ended in 1848. After the Mexican American war citizens of the North and the South began to dispute the issue of slavery and tensions started to rise. There were many things proposed that were proposed to help the dispute over slavery such as the Wilmot Provisio which would close off California‚ Utah and New Mexico off from slavery. However it
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