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    April 12‚ 1861 the once unified United States of America broke into war between the Confederate South and Union North with the aim for a short war over in a matter of months. Not a soul anticipated the nearly 4 year war that seemed everlasting. The foundational hope for the North to reunite the Union soon changed as the war moved at a tedious pace. They realized the abolition of slavery needed to be fought for. The Civil War changed Americans viewpoint toward the black population‚ political parties

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    death in 1865. Hundreds of thousands of people died in the war‚ and the nation was divided both in politics. Lincoln used various strategies to help the nation survive the war. The civil war that they had was a bloodiest war in the whole world. The war kept going and the argument too. Amendments Thirteen‚ Fourteen‚ and Fifteen passed. These are the amendments that is made permanent the freedoms that were hard fought and won in the Civil War. The freedom that

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    In 1945-1949‚ the Guomindang (GMD) and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) fought for the ultimate control over China in the Second Civil War. In the beginning‚ the GMD had a great advantage over the CCP as the GMD had a larger arsenal and the Americans gave them large amounts of money. However‚ the CCP eventually won the Civil War‚ due to 4 main factors: (1) many GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing American Weapons with them; (2) the CCP continued land reform whilst the GMD returned land to the

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    The first years of Kansas’ statehood‚ commonly referred to as Bleeding Kansas‚ displayed how rising controversy over slavery in the United States would crumble into conflict. On the front line‚ John Brown led free-state militias into battle as an effort to end the spread of slave states. Kansas depicts as shockingly similar microcosm of the Civil War that through hardship and acquired reputation led John Brown to stage a raid on Harpers Ferry. Kansas first became inhabitable when President Franklin

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    Plagued with the ever-present plight of war‚ the United States has endured many forms of this widespread and deadly affliction over the course of its relatively young life. Unceasingly analyzed in hopes of perhaps understanding the underlying and sometimes hidden causes‚ such wars have captivated the minds of scholars since the moment the nation’s fathers tore independence from the stubborn clutch of England. Consider the great Civil War‚ a war that tested the United States’ reputation of increasing

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    Even though they started out working together with Rome‚ Roman advances into Syria made things more difficult. The Nabataeans joined forces with the Parthians during Rome’s civil wars after Julius Caesar’s death because they felt misled. In 40 B.C.‚ the Parthians invaded and took over Jerusalem. The Nabataeans had no choice but to accept the Parthian rule. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated in 31 B.C.‚ and Octavian (Caesar Augustus) took over as leader of the Roman Empire. The Nabataeans then tried

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    Slavery was the underlying cause of the American Civil War. With two strong believes there was nothing that could change the mind of the south‚ so the two groups were leaded to solve it in the battle field. Slavery a very important issue that cause a lot of damage in order to get a good solution. First in the 1850s it banished the Whig party and destroying the two national party system and later on in the 1860s it caused the biggest war that the United States has gone through. The union was divided

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    The Civil War had a huge affect on the United States of America. As a result of the war‚ three new amendments were added to the Constitution. These were the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments. These amendments are known as “The Civil War Amendments” or the “Reconstruction Amendments.” The 13th amendment has two sections to it. The first section states that slavery is to be abolished unless it is used as punishment for a crime. Section two states that “Congress shall have power to enforce this article

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    How Slavery in America Influenced the Civil War Was importing African Americans for labor worth it? America first began importing African American slaves in 1619; the slaves arrived in Jamestown‚ Virginia (North American Colony) to help produce lucrative crops like tobacco. (HISTORY.COM) Cotton soon became a major slave-driven crop‚ especially when the invention of the cotton gin arrived in 1793. (HISTORYNET.COM) Gradually‚ slaves became essential in producing cotton‚ tobacco‚ etc. in the American

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    Preview W1-8   SKIP TO COURSE MENUSKIP TO TOP FRAME TABSContent Introduction to Business W1 Discussion "Legislation Regarding Social Media" Hello Class! For this discussion you can choose which question you respond to.  Feel free to respond to both; however‚ only one is required. Please respond to ONE of the following questions: Question A Please introduce yourself and tell the class a bit about who you are. What is your current knowledge level of this course topic and what do you hope to

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