served his required years to then pursue a civilian career to teach but having no civilian schooling. When the American Civil War began he was recruited to lead a regiment to Springfield‚ the state capitol at the time. Grant went on to capture Fort Donelson and Fort Henry as the first major Union victories in the Civil War. He continued to have victories in Vicksburg‚ Chattanooga and then was promoted to the commander of all Union Forces. There he had union forces vigorously attack General Lee’s army
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“slave forts along the African coast of modern-day Ghana.” A common belief is that slaves were captured by Europeans but this is only true for a small margin of slaves. Most slaves were sold at forts in Africa as a trade between Europeans and Africans. If it had not been for these trading posts the amount of enslaved African would have been drastically lower considering that only about ten percent of slaves were actually kidnapped. Why did Africans set up forts to sell slaves? These forts worked
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So‚ after the ship collapsed he desired to build the fort in Haiti. Nevertheless‚ he left part of his men in the fort and Christopher instructions were to find a mina of gold. Then from there he traveled to Spain with the news about how he discovered a mine of gold. Because he didn’t know exactly the location of this supposed discovery
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The Confederate-American War In 1860‚ the United States of America was locked in Civil War. The war divided the nation between the North (Union) and South (Confederacy). There were many factors that caused this war‚ but the main ones were the different lifestyles lived by each side in the North and South‚ the Kansas-Nebraska Act creating a tension between the topic of slavery‚ and the arrival of Abraham Lincoln the first Republican in office. These factors were very crucial in bringing upon of the
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Brittany Instructor S. Leigh November 10 Black Panther and Ku Klux Klan After doing research to compare/contrast the two groups‚ the Black Panthers and the Ku Klux Klan‚ it opened my eyes. I realized that the new generation is oblivious to the existence of both groups and the similarities and differences in them. I researched the two different groups to see when the groups came into existence who were the members‚ why they fought for rights they thought they deserved and the group’s involvement
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burning of large crosses at the klan’s gatherings. In 1865‚ following the War between the States former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest founded the original Ku Klux Klan along with five other confederate soldiers just out of uniform‚ in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. He named the group "Kuklos Klan‚" a mixture of Greek and Scottish meaning "family circle." The soldiers had full of ideas for their new society now that the civil war had ended. The organization was originally social in nature‚ however
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British-controlled Calcutta by Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah and the Black Hole incident. The British sent reinforcements under Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson from Madras to Bengal and recaptured Calcutta. Clive then seized the initiative to capture the French fort of Chandernagar. Tensions and suspicions between Siraj-ud-daulah and the British culminated in the Battle of Plassey. The battle was waged during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63)‚ and‚ in a mirror of their European rivalry‚ the French East India
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a different country instead of attacking places like areas of France and Belgium. Russia’s Grand Duke Nicholas appealed to Britain for aid in a Turkish invasion in the Caucasus. Eventually the Allied Forces decided to launch a naval expedition to capture the Dardanelles Straits‚ a small straight that connected the Aegean Sea to the Marmara Sea in North West Turkey. If they invaded successfully‚ they would own a small strip of sea that connected them to Russia‚ so that they could team up and destroy
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the United States first Cavalry led a scouting journey of 120 or more troops into the White Mountains near the east central region of Arizona. The U.S. troops were seeking to kill or capture the Apache tribe and the journey headed up north where the U.S. has to cross three different rivers just to get to the site of Fort Apache. Major Green met with the Apache leaders Escapa known as Miguel‚ Eskininla known as Diablo‚ Pedro‚ and Eskiltesela in the White Mountains during November. Major Green and the
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During the 1700-1800s‚ slave ships were vile because of what happened before‚ during‚ and after the transport. In the fist place‚ slavers used to capture people of different villages in Africa to use them as slaves. Then‚ the traders took them to forts where they made the captives wait until the slave ships arrived. The captains normally fit between 500 and 800 slaves in the ships which were going to venture in long trips of several weeks. Once they got to their destination‚ traders and captains
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