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    The Civil War was fought to ensure the freedom and equality for all citizens. After the Civil War had come to an end our nation had approximately four million newly freed slaves. The Union was faced with the challenges of protecting the new freedmen’s rights of citizenship. This turbulent era in American History was Called Reconstruction. The Southern states were not pleased with the changes being made to make African

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    History Term PaperThe Civil War‚ also known as‚ "The War Between the States" ‚ was necessary‚ made many positive steps for the great nation to unify again and to incorporate slaves as citizens of that nation. The South refused to compromise about slavery and they decided to create their own establishment‚ The Confederate States of America. President Abraham Lincoln ’s goal coming into the war was to unify all the states and to relieve African-Americans (World Book). I agree with both of those statements

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    of the 1960’s he announced in his speech his goal to send Americans to the moon one of the reasons he wanted to send Americans to the moon was because he wanted the United States to catch up the Soviet Union. Kennedy announced that the United States had a strong chance at achieving to go to the moon before the Soviet Union. In my point of view Kennedy’s motivation is the Soviet Union he wanted to accomplish better things than the Soviet Union. Kennedy stated that they made 45 satellites that were circling

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    going to help this country reunion again‚ we are going to face a totally new and strong country. I could not change my mind that it is unmoral for south to push slavery in their lands. Our country was build by our belief on everyone’s property‚ liberty and the purist of happiness. I believe that blacks share the same right as us. I could not support that if the slavery is vanished then south is vanished and north has the victory. For me‚

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    of one civil war in Africa. The term civil war focuses on the armed conflicts of groups of individuals living in the same country. The civil war which I have chosen to base this essay upon will be the first civil war in Sudan from the years 1955- 1972. This civil war bears a high level of significance in terms of Sudan gaining independence in 1956 but also the fact it lasted two decades and later triggered a further civil war and genocide in the years to come. The root causes of this civil war involve

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    The American Civil War was a grave turning point in the history of North America. It was a conflict that pitted the Northern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years‚ from 1861 to 1865‚ and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. The civil war was a terrible rift in our nation‚ fought between the northern states‚ known as the union‚ and the southern states‚ known as the Confederate States of America. The people’s opinions

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    The American Civil War lasted from the year 1860 to 1865 and was the bloodiest conflict in American history‚ yet in several ways helped to form the United States as it is today. As the events in the mid 19th century unfolded it was becoming more obvious of a great divide the country created on the basis of culture and industry that encouraged southern states out of the United States‚ and into forming The Confederate States of America. The Southern States of America Seceded from the union because

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    Are Unions Positive?

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    I think unions are positive because workers benefit from unions‚ as unions set pay standards and workplace protections. Union members like workers benefit most from the union’s collective bargaining power to negotiate with employers on their behalf. This basic right gives workers as a union member more power than if you tried to negotiate as an individual. Unions help protect employees from unjust dismissal through collective bargaining agreements (all this para from source 1). Unions bring many

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    Benefit of Unions

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    B Unions are designed to protects the rights of the workers. People have been coming together since the 1800s to improve employees working conditions and rights. The first labor unions was put together in 1820s due to grueling working conditions. It was expected by the people to work 12 hour days. People banded together to reduce the hours from 12 to a more manageable 10. It is evident the unions were put together for the people to benefit and will continue to strive for their rights. Workers

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    The two events in American history that I believe shaped America the most are the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. They both were periods of history in which there was a lot of turmoil‚ and for good reason. They both were bloody wars‚ but they showed how willing American’s were to fight for what they thought was truly right. The Revolutionary War showed how much Americans were willing to fight for their freedom against an oppressive and controlling government. American people were ready

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