UCLES 2012 [Turn over 2 Option A: 19th Century topic WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY? 1 Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources. Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages
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Analytical Assignment Turning points that occur during a conflict such as a civil war may be found in men‚ as well as forces of events. Turning points are the moments or acts which are thought to have had profound effects which are necessary to drive the war along the course which it took. During the American Civil War in the 1860’s there can be a widespread debate over which actual event was the turning point in the war that led to a Union victory. Most analysts refer to July 4th‚ 1864 when the
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consider the war of 1812 to be the war‚ where people died for nothing‚ money was spent foolishly and battled were led incorrectly. However‚ it wasn’t all for nothing. The war of 1812 had its impact‚ maybe not so largely visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even
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we can not win the War in Afghanistan The most important international challenge facing the United States over the next ten years is dealing with the war in Afghanistan. The war has been going on for ten years and we have gotten very little progress. As days go by more and more American soldiers are being killed battling the unforeseeable enemy. In Afghanistan the United States is most likely fighting a losing battle. The War in Afghanistan can almost be compared to the Vietnam War because of
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Charles’ war with the Saxons was a very bitter expensive war because the Saxons were a fierce group that worshipped the devil‚ were hostile to the Christian religion and were violators of all laws. This war started in 772 AD and went on for thirty three years with many false agreements of surrender by the Saxons including them to renounce the devil and adopt Christianity. In 804 AD Charles wins this long war and allows the rest of the ten thousand Saxons to live in peace as long as they abided by
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History Honors 5/3/15 Civil War Project Essay 2. How/why/to what extent is the topic significant to the Civil War or today? “That all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are and henceforward shall be free” (The Emancipation Proclamation). Abraham Lincoln declared this statement on January 1‚ 1863‚ which changed the course of history and paved the freedom for African Americans. The Civil War was between the Union and the Confederates. The Civil War was fought to preserve
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Although the three million Confederate and Union soldiers who participated in the war may have been standing for conflicting causes‚ at their core‚ both groups were driven by some of the same basic principles. It seems almost impossible that men were able to endure the carnage of the war‚ and kept fighting even in the face of insurmountable danger. Soldiers were motivated by a combination of many complex contributing factors‚ including religion‚ brotherly bonds‚ and patriotism. Many soldiers clung
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History Samantha Fisher 13B February 21‚ 2012 Mr. Allen Essay on the Russian Revolution The Russo-Japanese War lasted from 1904 to 1905‚ and arose from both Japan and Russia’s desire for expansion and dominance in Korea and Manchuria. Russia suffered many great defeats in this war‚ against a nation that was considered inferior and was not one of the Great Powers. This humiliated the people of Russia‚ and caused them to lose confidence in Tsar Nicholas II‚ as well as causing great
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Sectionalism was the principal cause of the American Civil War‚ a reality acknowledged in Allan Nevins’ observation that the North and South ‘were rapidly becoming separate peoples’. The financial differences between the north and south due to increasing social‚ economical and political differentiation resulted in the prominence of slavery as an issue‚ further dividing the North and South. This sectionalism caused the emergence of the Republican Party with its anti-slavery platform‚ causing the
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The Peloponnesian War lasted from 431 to 404 B.C. and would put the Spartan empire in control of the entire Greek peninsula. The struggle between the two Greek mega powers‚ Sparta and Athens‚ began less than fifty years after they defeated the Persians. Athenian control of the seas would have to be equal to the Persian money if Sparta was going to win the war‚ and finally at the Battle of Syracuse‚ the Spartans showed that they were the masters of land and sea within Greece. With Sparta now in control
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