I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” —Robert E. Lee. “If we’d had your music‚ sir‚ we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart”. The outcome of the Civil War was solely based on the North’s access to music. It gave both sides a way to express their views and differences. Music comforted‚ entertained and gave soldiers something to do other than worry about loved ones. At home‚ it distracted families from all the fears
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The war after World War II did not consist of fighting‚ but a clash of morals. This period is otherwise known as the Cold War‚ which takes place between the late 1940s-1980s. Tensions between the West (United States) and the East (USSR) were due to their conflicting ideologies‚ which caused uneasiness among many. The United States is a nation which follows a democratic system of governing whereas the USSR is under the influence communism. Due to this the country’s capitalist based society there was
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Introduction In the years that followed the end of the American Civil War‚ and more than a hundred years after the first industrial revolution which was centered around textiles‚ the economy of the United States grew considerably as the country entered in its second phase of Industrial Revolution. The visual map of the United States has therefor been transformed by unprecedented urbanization as more and more people started to emigrated from the countryside to the cities. Also the new territories
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time there was much protest regarding the Vietnam war. On March 26‚ 1966‚ over 200‚000 people gathered worldwide to protest the Vietnam war. People were unhappy about the amount of lives lost with so little progress. Also the fact that the people that were being sent into war were average‚ everyday people because of the draft made the war that much more hated. The Vietnam War was also having a negative effect on the economy because funding the war caused much inflation and was just another reason
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Introduction World War I. Everyone know about it‚ some people even know all lot about it. But what many people don’t know‚ are the reasons why it started. The most obvious and widely accepted reason of the start of the First World War‚ (also known as the Great War‚ especially pre-WWII) is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However‚ while this is still one the causes of World War I‚ it is certainly not the main one. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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(J.E.B) Stuart the Civil War America’s transformation into the country we live in today has been formed through numerous events during its history but the event that will split the United States into North versus South is truly one of the most defining events. Through different issues leading up to the start of the Civil War‚ the United States was destined for conflict and that the Civil War was inevitable. The Civil War was a very rough time for the U.S ‚ many people lost lives
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Dutch government declared war and invaded Aceh. They were having some difficulties to gain control over Aceh as the Acehnese resisted on the occupation. The Aceh War which involved the Dutch and the Acehnese lasted intermittently from 1873 to 1942. It was the longest war ever‚ fought by the Dutch and costing them more than 10‚000 lives. Although some said that the war ended in 1903‚ it appears that the guerrilla activity continued until at least 1914 and that the Dutch did not abandon their occupation
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beginning of the USA’s extensive usage of war propaganda‚ and it was also the beginning of the vices of the USA’s war propaganda: exaggeration‚ misrepresentation and deception. As the USA became a more effective propagandist during WWII‚ war propaganda was even more corrupted by these vices. However‚ to conduct wars of such scale‚ the United States needed to sacrifice some level of morality in order to manipulate and harness public opinion properly. War propaganda’s purpose is to establish a common
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go to the grand party at hotel meridian‚ that one of my friends Lilly had kept. It was breezing cold outside even though the windows and blinds were down I could feel the chilling cold and for some reason I was scared‚ scared for what was going to happen tomorrow. The next day came and we all woke up sluggishly from bed and waited eagerly for dad to come until then we all changed into our dashing party dress‚ till around 9 in the morning my dad came and we all sat in his big new pajero and then waited
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Adolf Hitler:Before the war If a country similar to Germany were to have a dictatorship such as the one Hitler powered‚ it would most likely be very quickly shut down. The timing and many other opportunities had to come together for Adolf to rise into power the way he did. Luck and evil genius led an introverted child to be an evil dictator. He transformed into a political powerhouse in a matter of years‚ growing able to speak his evil agenda in front of millions‚ and destroyed millions of lives
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