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    In this reading there were numerous intriguing events that occurred. The four things that I found most interesting was The Emancipation Proclamation‚ Reconstruction Era‚ The Depression Year and the need for slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued January 1st‚ 1863 it declared salves free in certain areas during the civil war. Kinn expressed that “it was a military move‚ giving the South four months to stop rebelling”. Which is a smart move that Lincoln took just to spare the union by undermining

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    Timeline of Events leading up to World War Two Taken from the Pearson Baccalaureate History Companion Causes of World War II in Europe: Failure of Collective Security Time Event Significance 1919 Treaty of Versailles Treaty of St Germain 1920 Establishment of the League of Nations Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and the USSR 1922 1923 French occupation of the Ruhr 1924 Introduction of the Dawes plan Locarno Treaties 1925 1926 1928 1929 1932 1933 Germany

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    5 Main Events Leading Up to the Civil War 1. The Mexican War Ended - 1848 When the Mexican War ended‚ America was ceded western territories. This caused a problem on whether these new territories would be admitted as slave states or free states. To deal with this‚ Congress passed the Compromise of 1850 which basically made California free and allowed the people to pick in Utah and New Mexico. The ability of a state to decide whether it would allow slavery or not was called popular sovereignty.

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    heavily on Union victories during the end of the war. Unfortunately‚ the north hadn’t had the best of luck at the beginning. In order to win reelection the North had to start winning and show signs that the war would soon be over with an overall Union victory. General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign ensured that reelection victory. This campaign opened the South‚ which then led to the famous event known as Sherman’s March to the Sea. These events led to Lincoln’s reelection by defeating Johnston’s

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    Prompt: There were numerous events and crises during the 1850’s that contributed to the advent of the civil war. Choose three and analyze the relative significance of each in contributing to the advent of the Civil War. During the time period of the mid 1800’s there was a great deal of growing tension between the northern and southern states. Many northerners were abolitionists and were anti slavery‚ the northerners didn’t want to outlaw slavery completely but wanted to put an end to slavery expansion

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    The original 13 colonies in North America seceded from British rule and formed their own country‚ the United States of America. It was okay for the original 13 colonies to break away from the ruling power‚ but‚ for whatever reason‚ not okay for the South to leave the Union. I believe that the South had the constitutional right to leave the union and the North should have let them leave peacefully because they felt that their rights were being violated. Leaving the Union‚ they became the Confederate

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    Conflicts widened between the North and the South as two sides collided in every event before the Civil War. The North and the South were very different in many ways. They were known as two different countries because of their cultural and economic differences. The disagreements between the North and the South aggravated the separation that was soon to follow. When the North gained the control of the government‚ the South seceded. The North was industrialized and had many factories. It also included

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    SLAVERY The burning issue that led to the disruption of the union‚ however‚ was the debate over the future of slavery. That dispute led to secession‚ and secession brought about a war in which the Northern and Western states and territories fought to preserve the Union‚ and the South fought to establish Southern independence as a new confederation of states under its own constitution. In the late 18th century‚ the abolitionist movement began in the north and the country began to divide over the

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    The Civil War had many causes‚ some of them were long term causes and some of them were immediate causes. The long term causes were the problems that seemed to never be solved between the North and South. Slavery for instance was a long term problem because it was never completely solved; however continuous compromises were made between both sides‚ but the disagreements would not disappear. On the other hand‚ the immediate causes were the problems in which guaranteed that the North and South would

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    the Civil War. It is an overview of the events that led up to the Start of the Civil War‚ the battles during the Civil War and the end of the Civil war. How‚ when and why did the Civil War end? What battles took place during the Civil War and how did they affect the outcome of the Civil War? How‚ when and why the Civil War started? What events led up to the start of the Civil war? There were a few abolitionists that were involved in events leading up to the Civil War. Even though the Civil war didn’t

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