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    If the south won the Civil War The civil war started when the confederates bombarded Union Soldiers at Fort Sumter‚ South Carolina on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war ended in spring 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9‚ 1965. In addition the last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch‚ which is located in Texas on May 13‚ 1865. The civil was fought in several places from Pennsylvania to Texas‚ from Mexico to Florida coast‚ but

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    uke ssays.co m http://www.ukessays.co m/essays/histo ry/jo hn-f-kennedy-and-his-leadership-style-histo ry-essay.php John F Kennedy And His Leadership Style History Essay T he essay examples we publish have been submitted to us by students. T he essays are the student’s work and are not examples of our expert essay writers’ work. READ MORE See how we can help Transf ormational leadership qualities are not only inherited in person but external environments also involved to build up a leader

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    the South could have won the Civil War with a few adjustments. Notice how the South’s largest production is cotton‚ compared to the North. The North had a balance of different types of production‚ which enabled the soldiers to be easily equipped with materials and accumulate wealth. One of the major reasons why the South lost was that it spent more on cotton production instead of increasing the other types of production. If it spent more on the different types‚ it could have won. The South depended

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    The extent to which a country can establish and retain a state of ‘Total War’ inevitably leads to victory. In World War 1‚ the allied forces ability to achieve this resulted in their success. The production of munitions and American funding‚ resource allocation and the British Blockade‚ gave the allies a clear advantage on the home front. The utilization of the superior weaponry and manpower as well as improved tactics on the battlefront gave the allies an upper hand in this war of attrition. The

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    the war began‚ the creation of a pious and professional army to serve the English Parliament became his principal concern‚ and in 1645 he pushed for the formation of a standing army‚ with central funding and central direction. Under the command of Thomas Fairfax‚ with Cromwell as his deputy‚ this "New Model Army" quickly routed the main Royalist force at the Battle of Naseby (June 14‚ 1645)‚ marking the beginning of a string of remarkable

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    his retirement (“Clarence Thomas”‚ pg. 2). Justice Marshall set the precedent for racial equality in America‚ putting Clarence Thomas at the opposite end of Marshall’s liberal agenda. At this time‚ Clarence Thomas was working on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals‚ a common “stepping stone” to the U.S. Supreme Court (Clarence Thomas‚ pg. 2). President Bush had been eager to nominate Thomas to the court‚ and on July 1‚ 1991‚ he afforded him the opportunity (“Clarence Thomas”‚ pg. 1). This was a chance

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    held on the River Somme in France. 1.2 million casualties. It started with British General Douglas Haig coming up with an idea of a “great push” through German lines. It was a trench warfare‚ massive artillery bombardments‚ thousand of soldiers going “over the top” into No Mans Land‚ and already many dead. Gains were minimal‚ but it turned the tide of the war to the Allies favor‚ the German force was weakened by fatality. Both the British and the Germans fought in the first day of this battle‚ many soldiers

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    Revolutionary Slaves It is a fact that the Americans won the Revolutionary War‚ but they could not have won without the enlistment of thousands of slaves into their army. However‚ the Patriots did not enlist the slaves first‚ but twas the Redcoats that made the move first. Utilizing every possible resource to win the war was Britain’s plan‚ which included the black slaves that were under their control. The Americans did not plan on utilizing their black slaves at first‚ but they changed their minds

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    The Mexican American War lasted for 2 years and this marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. The U.S. president at that time was James K. Polk had a believed that the United States manifest destiny is to spread across the world. There were a lot of U.S. victories around a border skirmish along the Rio Grande. Mexico lost about one third of its territory that include California‚ Utah‚ Nevada‚ Arizona and New Mexico (Mexican-American War‚ N/A). Mexico Severed relations

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    Thomas Stonewall Jackson was born in Clarksburg‚ Virginia‚ on January 21‚ 1824. After graduating 17th in his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He served in the Mexican War and won two brevets. While he was in Mexico‚ Jackson became a Presbyterian. A friend said that‚ "He never smoked‚ he was a strict teetotaler and never touched a card." In 1851‚ Jackson was recruited to teach at the Virginia Military Institute. His students called him

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