The Causes of the Spanish Civil War What were the causes of the Spanish Civil War? Between 1936 and 1939 over 500‚000 people were killed in the Spanish Civil War so this cannot be considered a ’little’ war that was overshadowed by the problems that were occurring in Europe during these years. In 1920‚ Spain was a constitutional monarchy. The king was Alfonso XIII. However‚ the government was inefficient and corrupt. In 1921‚ an army was sent to Spanish Morocco to put down a rebellion. It
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The civil war is not one sided. Both sides had their reasons to go to war. One of the main causes and most known was slavery. The Union said it was unjust and immoral‚ while the south believed it was okay to have slaves. An effect of this was the Emancipation Proclamation document. This document said that slavery was wrong and against god’s will. This document alone was a huge statement to the south and foreign countries alike. This document helped keep foreign countries from aiding the south because
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ruled all land and resources‚ all they wanted was more‚ and in turn‚ the medieval era was an age of war and bloodshed. At this time war was not only accepted as a part of everyday life‚ but embraced as a noble cause. Truly medieval was not as glorious as it was made out to be‚ it was brutal‚ uneven‚ and unsanitary‚ and no event represents this better than the hundred years war. The hundred years war was a land struggle‚ mostly taking place in France‚ that lasted roughly from 1337 to 1453.
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The Civil War has many causes and with those causes they have effects. One cause is the election of lincoln and the slavery issue that had divided the North and South finally split the nation in two. And the effect of that is from April 1861 to April 1865 the USA and the Confederate States of America faced each other in bloody Civil War. But even though there are many causes and effects the main cause was a man named Dred Scott. Dred Scott was a slave who sought citizenship through the American
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Causes of the Boer War 1. What does ‘empire’ mean? 2. In what part of the world did the Boer wars take place? 3. What does the Dutch word ‘Boer’ mean? 4. In what years did the First Boer War take place? 5. Explain how the Dutch had come to settle in South Africa. 6. Explain how the British had come to settle in South Africa. 7. What does the Dutch word ‘voortrekkers’ mean? 8. The voortrekkers established 2 states beyond the frontiers of the British empire – what were they called? 9. In the
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Causes of World War I can widely vary. The most known cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife on June 28‚ 1914 during his visitation in Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princip‚ a Serbian nationalist and Bosnian-Serb member of Young Bosnia‚ was the individual who committed this act. Because of this‚ Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia‚ effectively starting World War I. Major events that occured in World War I include the official beginning event when Germany
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1848‚ the United States of America has been the most powerful presence in Northern America. This power allowed the states a lot of freedom to expand their borders‚ which naturally caused them to have issues with their neighbors. The Mexican American war the very first‚ which was actually fought on foreign soil. Something they were not used to. After settling a good portion of the United States‚ they looked to the Mexican territory for conquering. Mexico and America have been neighbors for a while and
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The Spanish-American war was the war between Spain and America‚ From April- August‚ 1898. The fight occurred Caribbean (Cuba) and Asia (Philippines). The causes of the war was the De Lome letter‚ Yellow Journalism‚ and USS Maine. The US won the war. The us gained the Philippines‚ Cuba‚ Guam‚ and Puerto Rico (Cuba was not added to the USA). The USA got involved in the Cuba war in 1899‚ Philippines war 1899‚ and the Hawaii war in the early 18th century. Local people had self determination
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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War can often occur with diminutive warning and result in vast destruction and excessive mortality. There are a variety causes for wars such as greed‚ power‚ and to improve the standard of living. Another cause of war is to protect the boundary of the country. In some countries such as Korea and Vietnam these boundaries define the different political views of the territories. Korea and Vietnam were divided between the Communist North and the Democratic South. This division of the countries led
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