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    The Union won the Civil War‚ because the North had more people able to join the war‚ better economic to support the war effort‚ the North had experience and a credit history‚ and larger navy then the south. The North had “97% of nation firearms” (Carnes 378). The South had 9 million people with 3.5 million of the 9 million being slaves and unable to join the army. The North had 20 million people and were able to have former slave enlist into their army. The North had bigger and better navy then

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    OFFER If a contract is a legally binding agreement‚ the first question to consider is the method by which the court ascertains whether a contract is to be formed. The offer must express the definite intention on the part of the person or organization making it (called “the offeror”) to enter into the contract with the person or organization to whom or which it is addressed (known as “the offeree”). An offer may be defined as a statement of willingness to contract on specified

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    The Spanish Civil War

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    Origins of Spanish Civil WarReligion and Economics By: Kristina Russell and Sydney Watson Paper 2: Assess the importance of religious and economic factors in the origins of the Spanish Civil War Separation of Church and State Anticlericalism Distribution of land and equality Thesis In the 1930’s‚ tension between political parties‚ the fight for equality‚ and the separation of church and state caused visible alterations in Spain’s religion and economy leading to anticlericalism and anti-fascist

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    tempting to argue that battles and entire wars are exactly as they seem. This common problem is readily found in two wars fought in the 1860s: the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Austro-Prussian War (1866). However‚ while it is easy to consider the American Civil War as simply a war fought by the Union to maintain territorial integrity throughout the relatively young United States‚ and the Austro-Prussian War as merely the “middle” war of the three wars of German Unification meant to expand “German”

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    The American Civil War. The most devastating war in the history of America‚ fought for a long and brutal four years from April 1861 to May 1856. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states which grouped themselves as the Confederate States of America. The most tragic and heartbreaking fact of this war was the terrifying number of casualties which amounted to about 1.1 million in total. Underlying causes of this bloody conflict trace back to contrasts in the very fundamental routines of

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    Civil War History

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    published in both The Journal of the Civil War Era and Civil War History I have a far better understanding of the many different subfields that make up the historical study of the Civil War. My response to the question which prompted this essay would be that I consider myself to be a military Civil War historian. However‚ I am not a military historian in the traditional sense. I am interested in studying the military strategies used by the great military minds of the Civil War‚ but that is not all I am interested

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    February‚ 1861 I believe these are confusing times in our history. My family lives in the south and we have a farm where we raise cotton and other crops that we sell to other families and businesses. This is how my family makes a living‚ off the land. Lately‚ I have been hearing a lot about the issues that our country is dealing with and have decided to write down my thoughts. Late last year‚ 1860‚ Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. In February of this year‚ 1861

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    Civil War HIS/115 July 24‚ 2011 Civil War 1787 – Northwest Ordinance * Included provisions that outlawed slavery throughout the territory by congress * Created social and economic tension between the North and the South Aug 1846 – Wilmot Proviso * Proviso to prevent the introduction of slavery and all African Americans in any territory acquired from Mexico * Considered to be one of the first actions/events to lead to secession and the Civil War 1846 – The Mexican War

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    Causes of the Civil War

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    The causes of the Civil War are many‚ the obvious being slavery‚ however that is merely on the surface. The underlying causes were far more detrimental to the health of the union‚ the main cause being money. The economic disputes between the North and the South‚ which were partially over slavery‚ were the root to the South seceding. The resentment felt by the South towards the North‚ because of the growth of cities‚ ports‚ and the economy there in general‚ in addition to the idea of the abolishment

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    The English civil war broke out in 1642 between King Charles II and parliament. In the following essay I will state some of the most important factors of how the war broke out. In my conclusion I will some up what I think the main factor was that broke out war between the King and parliament. There were significant political views between the king and parliament. Charles wanted to do whatever he wanted because he thought that was what the king could do. He brought in unnecessary taxes into England

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