The South won the Civil War. History says that the North won but in my opinion that is not true. The North won the fighting but what were they fighting for? They were fighting to end slavery. They did not achieve this goal. Yes‚ slavery was legally abolished but it started right back up again in other forms. First there was sharecropping. Than Confederate soldiers took office. That only made matters worse. Then after they took office they managed to pass Jim Crow laws and Black Codes. The South definitely
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America entered a period characterized by the real possibility of everyday violence on its own soil. By the time America got itself involved in two overseas wars to fight this new War on Terror‚ many Americans began to wonder whether the the U.S.’ victory in the Cold War was really a failure. There are three types of terrorism: State-sanctioned terrorism‚ terror networks‚ and domestic terrorism. State-sanctioned terrorism attacks are usually an attempt to gain world attention for a cause‚ not necessarily
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The liberal’s victory in the 1906 was a very significant one due to how they won it with such an overwhelming majority; it was the biggest electoral victory since 1832. In the 1890’s the liberals were suffering from a crisis identity and they were lacking in money and morale. In the 1906 election the liberals won 49.4% of the vote and that amounted to 399 seats which was such a large margin compared to in 1900 where 45% of the vote was only 183 seats. There are four main reasons arguably why the
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Due to now iconic images of planes such as the Boeing B-17 and the Supermarine Spitfire‚ World War 2 is recognized as being a war where an important part transpired in the skies. Richard Overy’s book Why the Allies Won‚ uses chapter four to look into the changes instigated and achieved through Allied air warfare. Looking at the production methods and morals behind Allied fight in the sky‚ readers are able to understand the positive impacts that were instigated through the air war. In the beginning
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What looked like a simple win against the Americans became a long war resulting in a victorious win from the underdogs. For decades the British triumphed over some of the biggest nations such as Spain and France. The war‚ at first‚ seemed to be a joke. The Americans proved to be an equal force to be reckoned with and won the war. George Washington was one of the greatest leaders in the history of our country. Our Father of the Country was persistent‚ brave and organized. He possessed many qualities
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How The Vote Was Won written by Cicely Hamilton (formerly Hammill) and Christopher St John (born Christabel Marshall). It is an inspiring piece of suffrage theatre‚ written in 1909 by two women who were both a part of the first wave feminist movement. Hamilton‚ co-founded the WWSL (Women Writers’ Suffrage League) in 1908‚ she was also an actress and dramatist “Her first big success was Diana of Dobsons (1908)” (Paxton‚ 2013‚ p.25)‚ along side her playwriting she also wrote lyrics for the ’March of
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If the outcome of the Civil War was different and the South had won the war‚ there would be a countless number of changes in history. A few of the most significant effects would be the changes of Southern territory‚ changes economically‚ and the continuing dilemma with slavery. If the North were to lose the Civil War‚ the South would unquestionably conquer the Northern territories. With the South conquering Northern states‚ those states might also become slave states. The South may want the new
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In the war‚ Ernest was an ambulance driver. If the South had won the American Civil War‚ all Northern innovations would have been repressed and shut down. One important system of the North was the transportation of the injured on trains and eventually in large vehicles. If this system was restrained‚ it would not have been so widespread and it would not have traveled to other countries or they would have developed the system much later. Even if the two nations‚ the North and the South‚ partook in
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A man named John Smith who was twenty years old wanted to fight with the American army to defeat the British. John knew that there was no way the Americans could beat that big of an army. The British had more fire power‚ more men‚ and more land than the Americans. John told his friends that he was going to join the army to help fight the British. His friends started to get worried for John. John’s best friend‚ Steve Taylor decided to join the army as well because he didn’t want his best friend
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If I could erase an era from education‚ it would be 1700-1799. In 1779‚ Thomas Jefferson proposed the two-track system known as “the laboring and the learned.” This was a method of education‚ where those with natural academic ability were allotted scholarships to continue their studies‚ while filtering out those with less intellectual ability for industrial job endeavors and vocational. This system leads to and supported the “two tear educational plan that has endured into the present time. According
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