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    During the Civil war‚ the North and South were deeply crashed in the horrifying situation. In the North the Union stands in place to let the South know that Southerners are weak‚ while in the South‚ they wanted to be proved as a Southern nationalism. In the South‚ Jefferson Davis who does not approve with Abraham Lincoln in the North‚ he had argued that the South has the right to be divided and independent. Which is why all the start of warlike strategy comes in place and is still passed on to the

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    positions he held to promote abolition of slavery. As president he proposed programs that would lead to an end to slavery‚ but was unable to get it through Congress. Later in life‚ as a Congressman‚ he argued that if a civil war ever broke out the president could abolish slavery by using his war powers‚ a policy followed by President Abraham Lincoln (Emancipation Proclamation 1863) who eventually succeeded. He felt uniting the colonies for independence was more important at that time‚ than causing the

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    Events Leading to the Revolutionary War In the 18th century‚ world advances were made through ones connections. The closer relationship one had with the king‚ the better opportunity they have. Cronyism allows people with less talent to rise in society. However‚ living in colonies reduced the influence of cronyism. One could rise economically and socially through hard work and good fortune. In Britain‚ King George III appointed George Grenville as first minister with responsibility for solving

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    Politics had the biggest impact of all the PEGS on the road to Civil War. To start off‚ In Trigger Events of the Civil War it states‚”The case eventually rose to the level of the Supreme Court‚ where the justices found that‚ as a slave‚ Dred Scott was a piece of property that had none of the legal rights to recognitions afforded to a human being.”This means that‚ Dred Scott couldn’t get freedom even though he was in free land where slavery was illegal but he was still a slave. In addition‚ in Lincoln

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    There were many events that triggered the Civil war. The Civil War was fought between the southern states and the northern states. The war started in April of 1861 and ended in May of 1865. The Northerners had about 22 million soldiers‚ while the Southerners only had about 9 million soldiers. That having been said‚ The Northerners had over twice as many soldiers as the Southerners. The location of the war was all over the Unites states‚ but majority of the fighting occurred in Virginia and Tennessee

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    French and Indian War The events that lead to the French and Indian war were a mixed variety of different things. First‚ was the westward expansion. The westward expansion was when the English colonies were trying to move into the west. By 1840 nearly 7 million Americans had gone and migrated to the western area. The role of the Ohio river valley was when the British turned interests to this. The French people considered the Ohio river valley as their own land‚ therefore they didn’t want the

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    relation to slavery. These tensions accumulated to finally result on the start of the Civil War on April 12‚ 1861 when the Confederacy attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The light will be shed on the importance of the cotton economy in the outbreak of this bloody war. The discrepancy of culture and policy between the Northern and Southern states in addition to the cotton economy led to the outbreak of the Civil War. The cultural differences of the northern and southern states of America

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    Leading up to the civil war was the Mexican War. It had many benefits and flaws on those who fought against each other in this war. Many men risked their life for their country. This battle gone up to two years because often the American army never was seen as an army who lost battles but not in this war.It started and ended from 1846-1848 and it was known that both armies had several confronts with one another and this is what made it last so long. During all these confronts it was known to be

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    What events led to the Civil War? During the Revolutionary Era from 1765-1815‚ slavery existed in thirteen colonies. Maryland went from white servants to slaves. There was an agricultural economy that existed in the South that was dependent on the labor of slaves. Although slavery did not exist in the North exclusively; New York‚ Philadelphia‚ and New England were involved in the trade of slaves; so although the South was exclusively using slaves as an economic gain‚ the North also had financial

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    In 1922 Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the Irish Civil War started. This war was an effect of Irish nationalists that had different points of view about the Anglo-Irish Treaty. However‚ what actually brought the war was the split ranks in the IRA. They could not decide who would get to occupy Limerick‚ a city in Ireland. Once a compromise was proposed‚ people that were not accepting of it made rash decisions. First‚ a retired British General was shot dead by a few IRA members. Then‚ pro-treaty forces arrested

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