The Peloponnesian War is known for the famous struggle between the two dominant Greek city-states‚ Athens and Sparta‚ which lasted over 27 years. In 480 BCE‚ Athens and Sparta defended Greece against the immense invasion of Xerxes. After defeating the Persians‚ Athens started to grow extremely powerful and tensions rose between the city-states‚ causing nearly three decades of war. Sparta remained victorious while Athens was left bankrupt. Neither city-state was able to recuperate the military strength
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Tp what extent was the Spanish-American War a turning point in the development of American foreign policy? The Spanish-American War of 1898 could be seen as the pivotal point in foreign policy as it marks America’s first engagement with a foreign enemy in the dawning age of modern warfare however‚ one could also argue that the idea had always existed in American politics. Until the end of the nineteenth century‚ American foreign policy essentially followed the guidelines laid down by George
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The Cause Of The Civil War The issue that I bring to you today is the issue of the cause of the Civil War. I know and believe that the Civil War began because of the separation of our country. The Confederates wanted slaves and the Union wanted to free every one of the slaves. The main cause and issue of the Civil War was the slavery issue. The North wanted the slaves to be free and the South wanted to keep the slaves working in their homes. I believe that slaves should be free and they should
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The Korean War was the beginning of the Cold War‚ when a war began between North and South Korea. This took place between 1950 and 1953. Study.com states that this was also the first major Proxy War to occur. This was the first country to use a third party to fight on their behalf. The cause of this war was from the different point of views from the United States and the Soviet Union. When World War II ended‚ Korea was no longer controlled by Japan. The 38th parallel separated Korea into two. The
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today. World War One‚ World War Two‚ the Cold War all come from the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The victims were the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife Sophie. They were returning from an official visit to City Hall. The assassin‚ 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian nationalist. He thought the death of the Archduke was going free his people to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But how could the death of one person cause the biggest wars of the last
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Causes of the Civil War There were several reasons the Civil War began. The north and the south had completely different views on some very important subjects.The north believed that slavery was not needed‚ but the south had needed slavery in order to harvest the crops. Also‚ new territories were being settled. Lastly‚ Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The areas of the United States had different economies. In the North‚ the economy was based on factories and wages. Everyday people worked
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Causes Of The Civil War The Civil War‚ which lasted from 1861 to 1877‚ was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political decisions‚ morality of slavery‚ and economic differences between the North and the South. A cause of the Civil War was that the economy was splitting. As said in document 2‚ the slaves were needed to work on plantations
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a forcible overthrow of government or social order in favor of a new system. Two of the most infamous revolutions in the world were the American and French Revolutions. The American Revolution began in 1775‚ and intended to achieve national rights for Americans. The causes of the American Revolution were the aristocracy of the British‚ and taxes. The Americans felt that their English rights had been violated‚ and many refused to bow to parliamentary pressure‚ despite the threat of military interference
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In the aftermath of the American War for Independence great Britain was forced to grapple with this major defeat. Within parliament two camps arose. One believed that the war was unwinnable and that the major mistake that lead to the loss of the colonies was the militarization of the conflict. The other faction believed that the British force sent to crush the rebellion would have proven successful had it not been for the mismanagement of the campaign by General William Howe. While it may have been
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The Tensions behind the Civil War During 1783-1859‚ before the Civil War‚ the North and South were slowly drifting apart between their cultural‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious tensions which eventually lead to the American Civil War‚ but it was ultimately due to the single issue of slavery. Proof of these tensions can be found in many primary sources including: “Slavery a Positive Good” by John C. Calhoun‚ “The Church and Slavery” by Albert Barnes‚ “A Debate on Slavery” by Nathan Lewis Rice‚
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