The South won the Civil War. History says that the North won but in my opinion that is not true. The North won the fighting but what were they fighting for? They were fighting to end slavery. They did not achieve this goal. Yes‚ slavery was legally abolished but it started right back up again in other forms. First there was sharecropping. Than Confederate soldiers took office. That only made matters worse. Then after they took office they managed to pass Jim Crow laws and Black Codes. The South definitely
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What caused the First World War? Historians have many theories about how the First World War started‚ although most believe that there were three fuses and one spark! The first world war broke out in 1914 and involved mainly Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ France and Britain. Most of the causes were long-term‚ such as the rivalry of the European countries‚ however there was one short term cause which triggered the start of the chaos that was the First World War. The first fuse was that of empires
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The South Asian independence movement from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s changed with the formation of different organizations with different goals. Some of its ideals remained the same‚ while others changed as different leaders took power and the global situation changed. The Sepoy Mutiny was a symbol and a root of the struggle for Indian independence which would grow much larger over time. It caused the East India Company’s privilege of ruling the subcontinent to be transferred to the British
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The outcomes of the Punic wars The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time‚ they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus)‚ meaning "Carthaginian"‚ with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry. The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflicts of interest between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans
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Of WWl The great war‚ the war to end all wars‚ 20‚000‚000 dead. These were all the nicknames acquired with WWl. 1914 the war officially began due to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian man from a terrorist group labeled as the black hand. The assassination led directly to the first world war because Austria-Hungary decided to declare war‚ triggering action according to a series of international treaties cause more European countries to engage in the war. Although there was
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chemical and nuclear weapons. Such competition provokes the other parties to do the same‚ and the potential of an upcoming war increases. Such a war would not be limited to two countries‚ but it could include the whole world. This paper will provide a general overview of the historical dimension of arms race especially in the European context causing the outbreak of the First World War and its nuclear dimension and potential implications nowadays. In this context‚ the military capabilities of the biggest
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Middle school sounds really scary‚ doesn’t it? But middle school is really not scary; there are plenty of things that can make you like it. Middle school is really different from Elementary school in an exciting way. You don’t stay in one classroom until lunch or until the end of class. Your teacher doesn’t lead you from one classroom to the other; you travel yourself! You have classes like Art‚ Technology‚ and Gym longer! In Art you draw‚ paint‚ and mold clay. In Technology‚ you learn about
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economy it once was. World War 2 began after quickly attacks on Poland were made. The motives of the war stemmed from political beliefs such as nationalism‚ communism‚ and fascism. During and prior to the war‚ alliances were being made to ensure protection. Many unions tried their best to stay out of the war‚ but were eventually dragged in. After World War 1 had ended there were upset feelings left in Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was the document that ended the first war‚ but had pinned the
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Compare and contrast University of Phoenix Material Literature Compare and Contrast Table Select three literary works that you have read in class‚ and that you think are connected in at least one way through convention or device. Consider the following: theme‚ genre‚ literary technique‚ culture‚ use of literary devices such as symbolism‚ and how diction is used to suggest culture‚ class‚ ethnicity‚ historical period‚ or
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civil war and war communism - Lenin seizes control of the state: the party as the head of the proletariat - Lenin’s interpretation of Marxism - The NEP: the adaptation of Marxism - Death of Lenin and the power struggle: national versus internationalism (Trotsky and Stalin) - Stalin’s interpretation of Marxism-Leninism: Collectivisation and industrialisation Political terror – purges and show trials of the 1930s The effect of Stalin’s policies on the Soviet people The coming of the Second World War
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