Civil War. Until it was abolished‚ slavery was an extremely controversial topic. It got to the point when the South wanted to secede or break away. The South would want to secede because Lincoln went against their views‚ they would lose to the North in a war‚ and popular sovereignty could prove dangerous. First‚ the South would want to secede because Abraham Lincoln was about to be president. According to Document 5‚ President Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 poster said that the Republican party supported
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Many of the great empires we have seen over the past thousands of years have fallen. For instance; Russian Empire‚ British Empire‚ Mongol Empire-but most importantly the Roman Empire. Why do they fall‚ and how did they collapse? An empire can collapse in various of ways. For example‚ poor militaries‚ politics‚ a weak economy‚ or even because of the religion. For instance‚ militaries can cause a huge roll in why a union is dying. They can be inexperienced‚ or simply they do not have the loyalty
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Why Did Texas Almost Fail as a Spanish Colony? Why do the ventures of man fail? The ventures of men fail primarily due to a lack of planning. In the case of Spanish colonies in Texas this holds true. The Spanish first set eyes on the Texas coast in 1519 and in 1821 they lowered their flag for the final time in Texas. The Spanish had about 300 years to try and colonize Texas and the attempt to colonize and settle Texas was not very successful. The initial boats that came to Texas were shipwrecked
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how Pizzaro conquered the Inca Empire is when he first journeyed to the Isthmus of Panama with a Spanish conquistador‚ Vasco Nunez De Balboa‚ and how Balboa was the first European to see the Pacific. Then Pizzaro heard a rumor about an Empire in the South that had a lot of gold like large amounts of gold and how they had sculptures of solid gold of Inca riches. Then‚ in 1531 Pizzaro then left 180 men in Panama in an attempt of the conquest to conquer the Inca Empire and take advantage of the Incan
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Tiberius Gracchus had several motivations to reform. The first one was that the Tiberius’s energy and ambition on political because Tiberius wanted to recover public land for poor people‚ this assumption was based on some writing was posted on house-walls‚ porticoes‚ and monuments. The second motivation could be coming from Tiberius wanted to avenge his humiliation‚ since Tiberius rejected the 137 surrender terms‚ this behavior assumed that Tiberius wanted to against the senate on purpose in public;
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fearless‚ war-minded‚ young man. Death in war did not scare him because he was raised knowing that war was in his blood. Being the prideful man that he is‚ Achilles chose to go to war. He could not pass up his opportunity to receive eternal glory. But the honest question is‚ was it the fates that chose his destiny‚ or Achilles? Achilles decision to fight for his own selfish benefits proves that he is personally responsible for how things ended. He did not try to escape his fate. The idea of becoming
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Why were certain groups for secession? Would you like to live in the south where you are mainly an agricultural state? Where the Confederate comes into your house and took food and your children’s clothing. Where the people who ruled your country where into factories‚ and tax your goods? I think not‚ these are some of the few reasons the south wanted to secede. So now this can explain‚ why were certain groups were for secession? The people who were for secession were mainly the slave owners and
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Hundreds of years went by‚ countless mistakes were made‚ yet the Spanish never seemed to learn from their failure‚ but the question is‚ why did they fail. Since France began to snake their way into texas‚ The Spanish thought it would be a good idea to colonize Texas with missions. Though they were able to create missions‚ the missions were of no use. The three main reasons the missions failed are‚ the missions were unsuccessful in completing the task they were to perform‚ the missions were often
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period 2. long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids 3. the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter a. in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam b. in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly
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the first king of Rome. Rome’s geography played a key role in it becoming a huge and powerful empire. Mountain ranges in the north kept the Huns and other invaders from coming into the empire. If your house was on a hill‚ it was less apt to get robbed and you were much safer. The Mediterranean Sea was the center for commerce and trade. Trade was a key part in how Rome became a dominant and powerful empire. Wealth brought power and influence. A monarchy is a governmental system in which the head of
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