May 8‚ 1864 is when the battle started and ended on May 21‚ 1864. The battle was located at Spotsylvania County‚ Virginia. This battle began after the battle of Wilderness. After the 2 weeks of battle there was no clear winner. The generals who led the battle were General Ulysses S. Grant
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a primarily literate society with a massive reading public. * Advances in Primary Education * Implementation of elementary schools by nation * Hungary 1868 * Britain 1870 * Switzerland 1874 * Italy 1877 * France 1878-1881 * By 1900‚ nearly 85% of the inhabitants of Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ the Netherlands‚ Scandinavia‚ and Germany were literate; Italy‚ Spain‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and the Balkans still had literacy rates between 30 and
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Prussian domination. Bismarck achieved this using the Prussia‚ which was the economically and by army the strongest area part of the German Confederation. German unification was the immediate result of three short wars; against Denmark in 1864‚ against Austria in 1864 and France in 1870 – 1871. The Prussian army played a large role in these three wars which brought German unification. The power in the German Confederation lay in the middle classes and nobility‚ and a strong liberal idea was increasing
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The American Civil War‚ also known as the War Between the States‚ was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 in the United States of America after seven Southern slave states declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America (the "Confederacy" or the "South"). The states that remained in the Union were known as the "Union" or the "North". The war had its origin in the fractious issue of slavery‚ especially the extension of slavery into the western territories. Foreign powers did
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CHAPTER 5 Medical Studies at the University of Santo Tomas (1877 - 1882) * April 1877 * Rizal was 16 years old‚ matriculated in the University of Santo Tomas‚ taking the course on Philosophy and Letters. * 1877 – 1878 * During his first year term in the University of Santo Tomas ‚ Rizal studied Cosmology‚ Metaphysics‚ Theodicy and History of Philosophy. * 1878 – 1879 * It was during the following term that Rizal that having received the Ateneo Rectors advice to study
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Origins During the 16th century up to 1655‚ the area of present day Mumbai was under Portuguese control. The Portuguese established a basic law enforcement structure in this area‚ with the establishment of a Police out-post in 1661. In 1669 East India Company was given Bombay Island from king Charles II. who had acquired it when marrying a Portuguese princess a few years before. The origins of the present day Mumbai police can be traced back to a militia organised by Gerald Aungier‚ the then
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a republican political machine‚ headed by James G. Blaine c1869. The half-breeds pushed republican ideals and were almost a separate group that existed within the party. 38. Compromise of 1877 – During the electoral standoff in 1876 between Hayes (Republican) and Tilde (Democrat). The Compromise of 1877 meant that the Democrats reluctantly agreed that Hayes might take office if he ended reconstruction in the South. 39. Pendleton Act – This was what some people called the Magna Carta of civil-service
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| John Clare(1793 - 1864)Short Biography | | | | | | Birth John Clare (1793 - 1864) was born on July 13 at Helpstone‚ a village in Northamptonshire‚ close to the Lincolnshire fens. His father‚ Parker Clare‚ worked as a farm labourer. In his spare time his father was also a rustic wrestler and ballad singer.Education Clare attended a dame school in his native village between 1798 (5) and 1800 (7)‚ then went to Glinton school in the next village.First poems His first poems were imitations
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Walkowitz illustrates the plight of women who are in the prostitution field and that are working the streets throughout England. She starts with the background of most of the prostitutes in Victorian England then talks about the Contagious Disease Act in 1864 that attempted to curb the venereal diseases being spread by prostitutes. Walkowitz also discusses two specific cities in England that prostitution was a ‘social evil’‚ Southampton and Plymouth‚ where the repeal campaigns were successful. Most of
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The Thirteenth Amendment had a major role in our history and was one of the most influential Amendments to have ever been passed in our country. “It put slavery to an end in the United States and was passed by Congress on January 31‚ 1865‚ which gave a formal consent on December 6‚ 1865 (“Thirteenth Amendment”). Anti Slavery Acts and speeches led to the Thirteenth Amendment‚ resulting in the Great abolishment of Slavery (“Thirteenth Amendment”). Abraham Lincoln disliked slavery and thought it was
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