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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greeted us and asked “Want to learn about the cherry trees?”. “Sure‚” we answered. I was so fascinated by them. When the park ranger was done speaking‚ we decided to go to the World war 2 Memorial. We arrived at the World War 2 Memorial and was heartbroken when the ranger told us “405‚000 people lost their lives in this war and the wall of gold pays tributes to them.” He also told us that theres a rainbow pool framed by 56 granite columns representing unity. “Look at that!” my friend told. With the
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H.G Wells said‚ the Great War was supposed to be “the war to end all wars”; ironically enough a few years later a second world war broke out due to Germany feeling like the Treaty of Versailles treated them unfairly and the League of Nations having little to no power. World War II started on September 1. 1939 and ended nearly six years later on September 2‚ 1945. The war was long and bloody with nearly sixty million civilians and soldier casualties combined (according to nationalww2museum.org). There
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World War II began on September 1st‚ 1939‚ the Germany invaded Poland without a declaration of war. It is an unprecedented war until now. Because it cause a lot of injured and disaster. There were two camps in the World War II. The first camp was called fascist. It includes Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan and so on. The second camp mainly has America‚ China and the Soviet Union who were confronted with fascist. About the World War II‚ there are many reasons which can lead to the war. For example‚ the military
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Women’s Roles in World War One In June 1914 Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb nationalist. After months of tension in Europe‚ this event finally lead to an outbreak of war. This war‚ which was thought to be "the war to end all wars‚" is commonly known as World War One. When people talk about WW1 they think of the soldiers‚ weapons‚ and violence involved. But another major factor was women’s war efforts. Before World War One‚ women’s role in society was basically
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The main reason why World War 2 occurred was Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany But another reason why is Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy formed a allyance called The Axis Powers. All of those countries are either under the control of a Dictator or a Military leader both are pretty scary. People let it happen because they saw what happened to the Jewish people and they didn’t want to have the same fate the Jewish had. Also Hitler was a dictator and they often lie about what they say they are going
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Rationing There was a revolution‚ social revolution caused by the war which is changed buying habits and therefore the living habits; this had an impact on the British civilians as much as a bomb changed their town. Great Britain imported two thirds of the food it ate and it ate pretty well An example is Miss. Builder‚ an average British housewife; used to fill her market basket with her choice foods brought from all over the world she bought as much‚ she as anything she could afford; but on that
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World War 2 Treaty of Versailles Final Draft Essay World War Two had many causes that led to it happening‚ but in my opinion pride was one of the main causes of WW2. After World War One the Allies won against the central powers and the Allies established a treaty also known as The Treaty of Versailles on Germany which made Germans have less self-respect towards their country. First‚ one of the causes of The Treaty that made Germans feel resentment towards the Allies is the War Guilt Clause
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the most popular team sports in the world. 2) World War II - 1941-1945 The war in Europe‚ which started between Nazi Germany on one side and Poland‚ Great Britain‚ and France on the other‚ developed into a second World War. Although the Roosevelt administration favored the defeat of Germany and its principal ally‚ fascist Italy‚ the United States did not enter the war until after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ December 7‚ 1941. Congress declared war on Japan the next day. Three days
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Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible”: America After the War in Vietnam “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich is a story about two young brothers named Henry Junior and Lyman Lamartine that have a strong relationship until Henry junior is drafted and sent away to the war in Vietnam. “The Red Convertible” shows that returning veterans face troubles‚ such as problems with family relationships; war changes Henry’s his personality and causes him to have PTSD. The war has messed up Henry Junior’s and Lyman
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