After the Union won the Civil War‚ the United of America began to repair the nation from 1865-1877. The reconstruction took place in the South. Unfortunately‚ Abraham Lincoln was assassinated‚ killed by John Wilkes Booth. The Vice President‚ Andrew Johnson‚ became president from 1865-1866. President Johnson believed the southern states wanted state government over federal government. Southern states wanted the right to create their own laws‚ and have the whole nation create their own laws. President
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The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American war was a brief conflict between Spain and the United States over the Spanish possession of remote island territories. The war‚ which was contained completely within the year 1898‚ revealed the status of the United States as an emerging superpower and granted numerous territories political independence. Beginning in the late 1400’s‚ Spain began colonizing the Americas with its own people. At its largest‚ the Spanish empire stretched from the eastern
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African American and Women During and After the Civil War The struggle to gain equal rights for African Americans and women has been a constant battle for years and still remains a struggle today. Throughout American history‚ these two groups have faced discrimination and have been suffocated of many of their rights as individuals. During the Civil War‚ it altered the roles of African Americans and women from both a social and political viewpoint. In the course of the war‚ the Confiscation Acts
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lobbying. Big enterprises along with private interests decided to invest financially to support the candidate’s campaign. In fact‚ According to a study by the Center for Responsive politics‚ a private organism assigned with surveying the candidates’ treasury‚ Barack Obama obtained more than 348 million dollars with primary donators like Microsoft and Google‚ and Mitt Romney‚ obtained almost 193 million dollars with the financial help of the Goldman &Sachs bank. However‚ these numbers don’t take
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to which slavery was the principal cause of the American Civil War. The American Civil War of 1861 – 1865 occurred principally because of slavery. Although other catalysts contributed to the outbreak of war‚ all were inextricably bound to the institution of slavery‚ which ultimately upset the equilibrium between the North and the South. Economic differences highlighted through agriculture and industry‚ states rights and the admission of new states as slave or free and the constitution which saw
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The Supreme Court of the United States serves as the judicial body that interprets the implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Over the years‚ this Court as a whole has made some landmark decisions‚ forever altering the direction of our country. However‚ the Court is a sum of its parts‚ in which each individual justice has a say in the outcome of each case. Today‚ the Court is made up of one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. While there is no set standard on how the justices are to cast
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Choctaw words: ‘’okla’’ meaning people and ‘’humma’’ meaning red‚ so the state´s name means ‘’ red people’’. In Oklahoma live prox. 3.600.000 people. Oklahoma is also known as The Sooner State. The capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City which is also the biggest city. The state has an area of prox. 70.000 sq miles. Oklahoma is the 46th state of the USA. The state has the second largest American Indian population of all states. Today in Oklahoma live more than 25 different tribes. The governor
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Many people today often associate the term Civil War with the north and south’s quarrel over the freedom for slaves. However‚ civil rights for slaves was only one aspect of many larger issues between the North and South. In fact‚ the name "Civil War" refers to the many civilians that acted as soldiers‚ and not to any civil rights that became law. Many other social classes like immigrants‚ Native Americans‚ and especially women‚ also didn’t have the same rights as white men. Once the 13th and 15th
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dispute‚ that is persistent‚ is the significant impact of religion on contemporary politics and its perpetual distinction between the positive and negative influences that is associated with the effect. Religion has consistently been a resilient drive of change‚ development and settlement. Religion has been the core of several systems of human affairs that co-exist today including economics‚ welfare‚ law‚ philosophy‚ art and most importantly‚ politics.[1] However‚ according to historian Farhang Mehr
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The Vietnam war was a civil war between the Vietcong and South Vietnam. Until the U.S. intervened. The U.S. sent troops over because they thought that if the Vietcong won the war it would affect the U.S. The U.S. sent troops and resources over to Vietnam in 1965. The U.S. withdrew their troops on March 29‚ 1973. The United States should have taken their troops out soon‚ because there were to many casualties. The war caused divisions among the people. The U.S. wasted resources on the war. The Vietnam
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