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    Several factors played in to the American Civil War that made it have the outcome that it did. Although the South had better trained officials due to their military school‚ the North was far more advanced than they. The North had the advantage over the South in several ways. However‚ the outcome of the Civil War was not inevitable: it was determined as much by human decisions and human willpower as by physical resources‚ although the North’s resources gave them an edge over the South. The South

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    Was Magellan Worth Saving? Magellan was not worth saving because his men did not respect him as a leader‚ he did not care for nor show a decent level of respect to his men‚ and he lost sight of the task of bringing spices back to Spain. In the late Middle Ages the craving for foreign spices grew in Europeans. The ‘spice islands’ where all of the desired spices were cultivated was in distant Asia‚ making them hard to get for the eastern continent of Europe (BE). Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480

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    The Causes of the Civil War Was Slavery really the main cause? By Tina Harvin Times Staff Writer The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ the War of Rebellion‚ or the War for the Southern Independence‚ began on April 12‚ 1861. The first shot ringed through the air in Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor‚ South Carolina. General P.G.T. Beauregard from the Congederacy lead the attack on Charleston Harbor. The Civil War lasted until the last Confederate Army

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    During his active role in the Civil War‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ who was associated with the Republican party‚ was born in 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky. He was one of the most intellectual and reasonable of the American presidents‚ coupled with the hardships he confronted during his teen years and early childhood‚ this served as a springboard that enabled him to accomplish his goals and bring an end to slavery. The story of American success cannot be complete without Lincoln. He shot his way from the

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    2) I think the Civil War was inevitable because of the federal government’s treatment and sometimes babying of the South. As stated earlier‚ every time the South wanted something (increased federal protection of slavery‚ expansion of slavery. etc.) or were against a law passed (Tariff – Nullification Crisis of 1832) their go-to method of getting their way was to threaten secession from the union. I think the fact that the federal government sometimes entertained them was what made the South so bold

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    nearly 20 years‚ starting in 1642 and ended in 1660. At the time it was treated as‚ and is still called‚ a civil war because there was no better way to describe the circumstances occurring in England at the time. The very distinct characteristic of this war was that the motivations were not between classes but rather within them. Religion was the fulcrum of this war with parliament and the crown as the counterweights. England was divided into two groups: the roundheads and the cavaliers. Roundheads

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    The Civil War had many causes‚ some of them were long term causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would

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    Why was there a civil war in England in 1642? In 1642‚ an English Civil War broke out. This was a battle between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists. This will be an essay giving information on the long term and short term causes for the English Civil War. I will be dividing the long term causes into the economic‚ religious and political causes and I will also include short terms causes towards the end of the essay. From 1625-1649 Charles I believed that kings got their power from God

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    Civil War(s) A. The First (1642-46) and Second Civil War (1648-49) We can notice that people talk about English Civil WarS in the plural. It is due to the fact that the war was composed of several war periods separated by relative peace ones. Although these wars had globally the same causes‚ they did not involve every time the same belligerents and the purposes could change‚ so did the endings‚ one of which would be unexpected. Causes of Civil Wars: Petition of Rights (February 1628): Parliament

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    Civil War Paper Darrell Jones HIS/110 August 22‚ 2012 Adolph Woodard Civil War Paper The Civil War was fought between Americans from the North and the South. Many factors led to the eventual conflict‚ but none was more important than the issue of slavery. While Northerners felt slavery was essentially against what America stood for‚ Southerners depended on slavery to maintain their economy. The conflict resulted in the South wanting to secede from the Union and exist as a collection of Confederate

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