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    Causes of Civil War

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    Causes Of Civil War As members of the Futurist of America Association‚ we have been assigned to look specifically at the cause of the American Civil #War. There are five aspects that could of led to the Civil War and they are Westward Movement‚ Social Change‚ Froeign Policy Development‚ Government/Politics Development‚ and Economic Development. Out of the five aspects‚ Economic Development is the best reason for the eventual Civil War. First‚ Westward Movement could of led to American

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    Civil War in Congo

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    The recent Civil War in Congo has been a bloody flight‚ causing more then 3.3 million deaths in just 4 short years.1 Various rebel and ethnic groups have have been involved in the violence‚ fighting over Congo ’s rich natural resources or engaged in a bitter ethnic war. With so many opposing factions‚ it has made reaching a solution difficult. While a rough peace treaty has been established‚ sporadic fighting pops up in the country everyday. The people of Congo are being pushed farther into

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    the press and the whole world tells you to move‚ your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth‚ and tell the whole world‚ ‘No you move’” (Straczynski) This quote is a quote by the well known superhero‚ Captain America. The superhero representation of America wouldn’t give hope to people of every age if Marvel wasn’t created. In 1939‚ the company Marvel was created by Martin Goodman.

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    The Weapons of the American Civil War The Civil War‚ also called The War Between the States‚ was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. What made the Civil War such a massacre? The Civil War was such a bloodbath because the technological advances were so far superior to the tactics of the infantry‚ that the weapons virtually obliterated the soldiers. Soldiers would form lines known as a battalions. In these battalions‚ soldiers would basically march to their deaths. In addition to

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    The American Civil War

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    Background to the War After the War of Independence the United States of America was governed by the Articles of Confederation. This provided for a weak central government and strong state governments. However‚ it proved unworkable and a new Constitution was adopted that resulted in a stronger Federal government with powers which included regulating interstate commerce as well as foreign affairs.  The different states had varying policies concerning slavery. In some areas of the country where religious

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    Causes Of American Civil War

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    The question of whether the Civil War was an ’irrepressible’ or a ’repressible’ conflict has been a central issue of debate. Causes of the war have been variously identified as: 1) conflict over slavery 2) states rights and nationalism 3) differences between an industrial North and an agricultural South 4) the mistakes of blundering politicians and extremists (the ’repressible conflict’ argument) 5) a combination of several different factors‚ with chance and circumstance playing their part.

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    The economic challenges faced by African Americans in the post-Civil War era were rooted in a long history of exploitation‚ beginning with slavery. After the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the Civil War in 1865‚ millions of newly freed slaves faced the daunting task of building economic independence in a society that remained hostile to their progress. Reconstruction efforts such as the Freedmen’s Bureau aimed to address these economic issues‚ but progress was limited. The promise of “40

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    contrasting views inevitably led to a great complication. With the new stance on expansion‚ copious problems struck the United States. The battle over Free v. Slave states reigned on throughout this time period. With these factors at hand‚ America entered a barbarous Civil War. In the 1800s‚ slavery was disputed heavily between the northern and southern states. People living in the south embraced the fact that they demonstrated slave labor. Plantations were placed all over the United States‚ each having

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    Post-war and European Integration Europe in the period after 1945 has seen a significant‚ if progressively‚ shift towards cooperation over conflict. by the way in the wake of the Second World War‚ nations lay in tatters and the area was soon to be sectioned altogether in half with spheres of US and Soviet influence. Beginning with those nations to the west of the ‘Iron Curtain’‚ a new environment emerged in which leaders vowed never to allow such widespread destruction as occurred in the two

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    The Civil War was one of the largest and most destructive in the Western world‚ and one that would determine what kind of nation America would be. It provided a foundation for the equality of African Americans and sparked the beginning of the women’s rights movement as well. This war divided the developing country‚ destroyed crops‚ cities‚ and railroad lines‚ and claimed 625‚000 lives. The Industrial Revolution that occured in the first few decades of the 19th century brought about a machine age

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