202 Paper #2 There is much controversy and uncertainty about the reasons of why the Civil War started‚ and why it went on for so long. The Civil War is unusual not only in American History‚ but in world history as well because of the intensity and carnage of it. Men were taking up arms against their neighbors‚ fathers‚ sons‚ brothers‚ and friends to meet on the field of battle with only one mission: to kill one another. James McPherson wondered this‚ so he researched over 25‚000 uncensored letters
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After the Union won the Civil War‚ the United of America began to repair the nation from 1865-1877. The reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President
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At the point when World War II arrived at an end‚ everyone was enthusiastic. The biggest war on the planet had just ended. Nonetheless‚ not long after Germany and Japan’s vanquish‚ strains between the Soviet Union and the United States developed. The difference was over something as silly as what sort of government would be restored in Germany. The Soviet Union upheld communism‚ while the United States and its allies supported democracy. Therefore‚ ¨shade¨ fell among West and Eastern Europe; toward
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the Cold war‚ many proxy wars began to engulf disputed‚ independent nations that were considered of importance. Two major wars being the Vietnam war‚ and the Korean war. The cause of the United State’s involvement in both wars‚ was the attempt to fight the spread of Communism. The president of the US at the time of the Korean war‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ had an ideology that if a country became Communist‚ then Communism would spread to neighboring countries. Which influenced the United States to become
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Fourth Alternative Assignment Leaving your family and loved ones home while you go fight for your country must be harder than I can ever imagine but somehow the soldiers of the United States have been doing it for centuries and made it look easy. But of course the letters that they write home to their families are heartbreaking and emotional‚ and knowing you may never see them again is a horrible feeling. On July 14th‚ 1861‚ Major Sullivan Ballou wrote a beautiful letter to his wife Sarah‚ and
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art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” The method of combat during Cold War is true example of Tzo’s quote. A war usually involves two opposing sides with in person battle. During the years 1945 to 1991‚ two superpower countries were engaging in an international power struggle without actually fighting each other. After WWII‚ the Soviet Union had a large army and the United States had the powerful Atomic bomb‚ leading to both of the countries distrusting each other. The United States
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OF THE CIVIL WAR In 1860‚ the world ’s greatest nation was locked in Civil War. The war divided the country between the North and South. There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different interpretations of the Constitution by the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ and the arrival of Lincoln in office. These factors were very crucial in the bringing upon of the destruction of the Union. They caused immediate war. In 1791‚ the tenth amendment was added
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period after the civil war. It was during this time that America was beginning to clean up from the war and rebuild the country. The north and south were finally coming back together‚ and that brought great changes to America. The ways of living before were different compared to what they were during and after the reconstruction. New laws and acts were being set in place to prevent another war from breaking out again and to maintain peace and justice that had been accomplished from the war ending. During
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Of the 3‚211‚067 people involved in the Civil War‚ about 23‚000 of them were women paid to be nurses or spies. These numbers don’t even include the women who stayed back and were the support on the home front. Women such as Elizabeth Van Lew‚ Clara Barton‚ Elizabeth Blackwell and so many more are the kind of women that changed the events of this war. Without spies that gave crucial information like Elizabeth Van Lew‚ nurses who gave live saving care like Clara Barton and supporters that gave necessary
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century‚ the United States found itself trapped in a land of brutality and warfare. A nation plagued with slavery‚ racism‚ political conflict‚ economic strife‚ and conflicting presidential preferences had come to its breaking point. While the states in the southern region of the United States had adopted the idea of slave labor‚ those in the north had not. These states relied on industrialization. Deriving from the initial conflict of slavery‚ many problems arose. The southern states were predominantly
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