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    Tension in Expansion It as a simple morning on the 4th of March 1801‚ when Thomas Jefferson gave his oath to office in the Capitol Building. A distilled feeling of uncertainty‚ as America put into office a Democratic-Republican‚ who caused tension to the federalist party after previously congress had issued the Alien and Sedition Acts. These acts enforced the deportation and imprisonment of illegal aliens by the President from the United States. To counter the acts‚ Jefferson and

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    The South had many arguments regarding the fact that they needed slavery and that it wasn’t as bad as people pictured it to be. For starters‚ the fact that the South depended on slavery was the number one reason why they didn’t want slavery to be abolished. The Southern economy would go down the drain because they depended on slave labor. Without the slaves there would be no one to work the fields. The cotton economy would collapse‚ the tobacco crop would dry‚ and the rice would be profitable. They

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    leader of North Korea as Kim Il-Sung‚ and since that time the same family has been in power. Kim Il-Sung is the man who is responsible for North Korea’s drive to become a nuclear power to this day. It was his demand for nuclear weapons that pushed the regime in its search. Flash-forward‚ it’s 1994‚ North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Il‚ Il-Sung’s son‚ announces it’s intentions to retract from the “Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)‚” further confirming suspicions that North Korea had

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    war was the bloodiest war in American history. The South had many advantages at the beginning of the war but they were short term advantages. The South relied heavily on trade from the North but didn’t realize it until the North stopped buying their cotton. The North had population and industry on their side of the war. The problem with the North is that not all northerners wanted to go to war. The reason the south took four years for the North to win‚ among other reasons‚ is because they had cautious

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    The American Civil War: Why the South lost‚ and the North won Several reasons exist as to why the South (The Confederate States of America) lost to the North (The Union/The United States). However‚ was it due to the South’s failings‚ or simply that the North was superior? 1. Population Population wise‚ the North had a considerable advantage over the South. Being as how Slavery was abolished‚ and African Americans were allowed to join the Armed Forces‚ this also gave the United States a boost.

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    Boycott‚ King‚ along with his fellow clergyman‚ Ralph Abernathy‚ founded the SCLC and set to work organizing a number of protests and marches. With the understanding that a point had to be made publicly‚ King targeted the most segregated city in the South‚ Birmingham‚ Alabama. The Birmingham campaign was nonviolent‚ with the intent to incite. King planned out protest marches and sit-ins‚ in a strategic master plan to break laws he felt unjust‚ in the hope of eliciting a response from higher powers in

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    union. The South argued that they were being their right to owning property‚ in this case‚ the enslaved Africans. The South claimed Independence from the North‚ just like the colonists did with Great Britain. As a result‚ the Revolutionary war broke out between Great Britain and the Colonists for the independence and freedom of the colonies‚ in other words‚ the colonies wanted to secede from Great Britain. The South attempting to secede from the North is very similar because the South feels

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    European Expansion

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    themselves heavily in expansionism" Britain‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Netherlands‚ Portugal and Spain 3.  Where did they go? Netherlands‚ Prince Henry went to West Africa Spain‚ Christopher Columbus‚ Amergio Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan went to South America France‚ Giovanni Da Verrazano went to Eastern North America and found colonies. 4.  What were the consequences of expansionism? The European expansion had many effects. The social effects‚ this area were affected because of there was a movement of plants

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    Russian Expansion

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    community. They were also upset at the United States’ delayed entry into World War II‚ resulting in over ten million Russian deaths. Post war‚ these complaints helped to form the basis of an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and animosity. Russian expansion efforts raised American fears of a plan for Communism to control the

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