Fort Sumter - In 1861‚ that spark occurred at Fort Sumter‚ a federal outpost in Charleston‚ South Carolina ‚ that was attacked by Confederate troops‚ beginning the Civil War. Determined to seize the fortress -- which controlled the entrance to Charleston harbor -- the Confederates ringed the harbor with heavy guns. Border States - Wedged between the North and the South were the key border states of Delaware‚ Kentucky‚ Maryland‚ and Missouri -- slave states that did not join the confederacy. Kentucky
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victory at Yorktown‚ which ended the Revolution and also provide intelligence. Arnold provided them with some troop movement papers. In July 1780‚ Arnold was awarded command of West Point. Arnold and the British had schemed for Arnold to surrender the fort to the British‚ however their plan and the troop movement papers were exposed when the message carrier‚ British Major John
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capitol of Mexico. When Cortez and the indigenous people arrived in Tenochtitlan‚ Montezuma II gracefully welcomed them with gifts such as gold‚ thinking that Cortez may have been an Aztec God known as Quetzalcoatl. Cortez took this as an advantage to capture the Aztec emperor and eliminate any chances of the Aztec people protesting against him. In the meantime Diego Velasquez had sent out another order to the Spanish army to arrest Cortez for disobeying his order to not travel to Mexico. Velasquez’s
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Battles and conflicts on waterways in the trans-Mississippian Theatre led to the Union control of the Arkansas and White Rivers and in the long run the control of the Mississippi River by the Union. Naval battles in the trans-Mississippian theatre during the Civil War achieved victory in the West for the Union. Control of the Mississippi River stood crucial for both sides as it was the lifeline for materials and reinforcements for both the Confederate and Union armies. These confrontations‚ on and
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Are people basically good On December 24‚ 1865 in Pulaski TN‚ the Ku Klux Klan was formed. Being a radical white supremacy group‚ it still brings a great amount of attention to hate groups within our country and our world. In 2014‚ ISIL was officially recognized. ISIL is known for terrorism‚ religious hate‚ and brings great notice to these common concepts of today. Robin Hood and his band of merry men are seen as heroes in writing‚ however these three groups can all be seen as hate groups‚ but in
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European countries were so dependent on "King Cotton" for its industry that they would intervene; none did and none recognized the new Confederate States of America. Hostilities began on April 12‚ 1861‚ when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter‚ a key fort held by Union troops in South Carolina. Lincoln called for the creation of an army to retake it; meanwhile‚ four border slave states joined the Confederacy‚ bringing their total to eleven. The Union soon controlled the border states and established
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Lexington|battles starting April‚ 18‚1775.Which was the same night of the infamous Paul |casualties for the Royal Army was 273 soldiers‚ while the Rebels casualty number was 94.| | |Revere ride through Concord. When the British came in to capture and attack‚ the |As a result of these two battles‚ the Revolutionary War was just beginning (Weiss‚ | | |Rebels were waiting to attack at Lexington (Weiss‚ 2010).As the Royal Army went to|2010).
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One hundred and sixty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter; the Civil War still captures The United States imagination. In this report you will learn about the Civil War. The four main points that you will learn about is the beginning of the war‚ during the war‚ the end of the war‚ and why the war was even started. ------------------------------------------------- From the 1600s to the mid-1800s slavery was really big in the United States‚ because slaves contributed a lot to
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whites who use violence to strike fear into their enemies. The name Ku Klux Klan is a mixture of Greek and Scottish‚ and the name is supposed to mean "family circle." Another name for the Ku Klux Klan is the KKK. The Klan was first founded in 1866 in Pulaski‚ Tennessee by Nathan Forrest. They were founded right after the Civil War. The KKK was started by six young Confederate veterans‚ and then later on‚ other whites joined the Klan. The Klan was basically a secret society based on hatred and violence
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Prior to his act of treason‚ Benedict Arnold was highly regarded as America’s greatest Revolutionary general. Due to his high rank and excellent performance on the battlefield it seemed most unlikely that Arnold would defect to the other side. "Arnold has betrayed us. Whom can we trust now?" asked George Washington who now felt that no one could be trusted once Arnold had betrayed his country of which he had shown so much love for beforehand. Arnold had been a die-hard patriot who at the Boston Massacre
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