they did not agree with voting for radical and did not like the Republicans. The KKK was used to help in this and I believe that they were helping the north. In the documents‚ it talks about the south and how people from the south were getting beat and how they were Republicans. The KKK believed the only way to get what they wanted and what was best for everyone else was to use violence. When a person did something that they didn’t like they would beat them or hurt them. Also‚ the north did not like
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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE April 27th‚ 1975‚ North Vietnamese soldiers had finally reached the outskirt of the southern capital‚ Saigon. The war in Viet Nam that lasted 20 years is about to come to an end with communism taking over. It was all over‚ Saigon was surrounded by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Presiden Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president and gave his farewell speech and denounced the United States for failing in aiding the South before the North would later come into the city
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ruled Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries after a long time of bad rulers in Russia. They were once ruled mostly by barbarians‚ but he wanted to westernize Russia‚ and open a window to the west. It was tough bringing Russia out of a time of religious rule and poverty. He ended up making Russia one of the greatest empires of the time by improving Russia’s army and navy‚ gaining a lot of land‚ and bringing major intellectual changes. They were a major Eurasian power. Peter really took Russia out
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then infection will set in and kill them. In World War I Russia did not die from her wounds but died of infection. Yes Russia faced many problems during the First World War but so did everyone else and yet some of them‚ like the French‚ not only survived the war but ended up winning it. Even saying that Russia lost the war is not the best statement that can be made. A more accurate representation of what happened is that Russians lost parts of the war. This better reflects the inability of Russians
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notable for his invasion of Russia. In the history of the world three people have tried to invade Russia according to Bell from History.com who said‚ ”Charles XII tried it‚ Napoleon tried it‚ Hitler tried it‚ It never seems to work out invading Russia.” (www.history.com/news/napoleons-disastrous-invasion-of-russai-200-years-ago) As can be seen invading Russia does not seem to work‚ but in our case of Napoleon was this the beginning of his end. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia has been known as the greatest
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The Cold War was a state of political tension after World War II between the USSR and the United States. The two opposing sides did not have a war that was fought on the battlefield also known as a Hot War because they both have nuclear weapons and too much destruction would have occured. This political struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union centered on many events‚ such as the Nuclear Arms Race‚ it affected Vietnam because of the war‚ which started in 1947‚ and it ended in 1991
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Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia During the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ Europe was changing in a different way. This was due to Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia. They both wanted similar things yet they were both different. Both of them wanted the best for their kingdoms‚ they wanted change‚ and that’s exactly what they got. Peter the great of Russia and Frederick the great of Prussia made a big impact in Europe Through their goals
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reflected on the medical services that were available in the Crimea to help the sick and wounded soldiers. How were the medical services organised? * 1853‚ the Army Medical Department + the Ordnance Medical Department were moved under Dr Andrew Smith. * Had not been done before as the Duke of Wellington had opposed reform of the medical system. * Andrew Smith had to create a war-ready department from scratch. * Dr Smith was told that the British force would have 10‚000 men. He had
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War can have a huge impact on the international distribution of power and the global hierarchy. World War I went down in history as the greatest disaster and changed the balance of power. The development of economic imperialism‚ the emergence of trade barriers‚ the arms race‚ militarism and autocracy‚ the struggle over the balance of power‚ important for the maintenance of colonial powers‚ sharp local conflicts (Balkan wars‚ the Italian-Turkish War) and crisis (the Bosnian crisis‚ the collapse of
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The Reforms of Peter I of Russia Scott MacLean 2 Peter I was tsar of Russia from 1682 until 1725. He introduced significant changes in the practice and policy of nearly every aspect of the Russian state and is generally seen as having reformed Russian society. His was a practical rather than an ideological revolution though; Peter ’s real contribution to Russia was the implementation of his reforms‚ often inspired more by practical necessity than by idealism. Such concrete action and Peter
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