Why the North Won the American Civil War Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman observed to a Southern friend that‚ "In all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail." While Sherman ’s statement proved to be correct‚ its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it took the Union to secure victory. Unquestionably‚ the war was won
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Technology Breeds Narcissism The technology that we invented in order to make our lives easier might in fact turn our lives for the worst. In Pain won’t kill you by Jonathan Franzen‚ he talks about our social life which is revolving around technology rather than the society itself. In every moment of our lives the advance of technology is thriving and expanding exponentially. We humans cannot do anything but get greedy and try to get our hands on everything possible. The act of socializing with
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the South could have won the Civil War with a few adjustments. Notice how the South’s largest production is cotton‚ compared to the North. The North had a balance of different types of production‚ which enabled the soldiers to be easily equipped with materials and accumulate wealth. One of the major reasons why the South lost was that it spent more on cotton production instead of increasing the other types of production. If it spent more on the different types‚ it could have won. The South depended
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Why Obama won the 2012 Election The American elections of 2012 was very competitive between the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama‚ who was the president then‚ and Mitt Romney‚ the Republican candidate. The campaigns and presidential debates were quite heated and as has been earlier mentioned‚ it was tight for each of them as polls clearly indicated that both Obama and Romney had more or less an equally high chance of winning the presidential elections. Demographics played a significant part in
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In this essay I am going to tell you some main points and reasons why William the conqueror won the battle of Hastings that was fought on October 14th 1066. Duke William of Normandy won the battle because was well prepared and had a good army. They prepared carefully for the battle. The Normans had knights on horseback who were skilful fighters. William also was skilful and ambitious‚ and he was determined to be King of England. There were many factors contributing to the victory of William the
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States lowered standards for the Army and shorten the overall training time which in turn brought over move troops to hold the line. The lowering of the standards brought forth unofficial desegregations in ranks allowing black soldiers to fight side by side with white soldier replaces the deaths of the Allied
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that World War II could’ve had a different outcome if we didn’t have the Battle of the Bulge? Maybe the war could’ve ended earlier or maybe Germany won the war. Battle of the Bulge was one of the major battles in World War II. It took place in December 1944‚ in the Ardennes area that involved Belgium‚ France‚ and Luxemburg. Perhaps Germany could’ve won this battle if they had a different strategy. What was the point of this battle in the first place? Well‚ Germany had a reason to have this war. Hitler
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If the south won the Civil War The civil war started when the confederates bombarded Union Soldiers at Fort Sumter‚ South Carolina on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war ended in spring 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9‚ 1965. In addition the last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch‚ which is located in Texas on May 13‚ 1865. The civil was fought in several places from Pennsylvania to Texas‚ from Mexico to Florida coast‚ but
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Grant has won an impressive amount of victories against the beloved Confederacy. At the Battle of Petersburg the Union won and has shocked our leaders. Many of our leaders have fled our glorious capital of Richmond for fear of the upcoming battle for our capital. The general leading this horrendous attack against our independence is Hiram Ulysses Grant. Evacuation of the capital will start soon. Our great army of the Confederacy will keep on fighting for the independence of our nation and stop
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April 2‚1865 Grant continued the siege of Petersburg. Lee and his troops defended the town‚ but sickness‚ casualties and desertion weakened them. Finally the Confederate line broke and Lee withdrew from defending the town. From the beginning of the horrible war‚ the Union’s goal was to capture the Confederate capital in Richmond. Petersburg had been the last roadblock in Grant’s path. After a nine month siege‚ Grant finally drove Lee’s tired army out of that city. Jefferson knew that Richmond was
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