Sri Lanka after thirty years of war; the achievements so far and the challengers ahead For nearly three decades‚ Sri Lanka has been scarred by a bitter civil war driven by ethnic tensions. In May 2009‚ the Government of Sri Lanka announced a decisive military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers). The war claimed thousands of deaths and tensions between ethnic groups remain high. If left to simmer below the surface‚ these tensions could threaten the fragile
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right to rule. Collectively‚ these opponents became known as the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Reds for two main reasons: they seized the land‚ property and factories of the well off and they attacked religious beliefs. By the end of 1918 civil war had broken out in Russia between the Whites and the Reds. The Whites were supported from abroad by the Allies; Britain‚ France‚ the USA and Japan. The Allies opposed Lenin in retaliation for his Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Germany in March 1918
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[Type the company name] Roles of Women and Slaves in the Civil War HIS/110 Brittney Lohss 7/21/2014 Northern women played many roles in the war effort on the Union side during the Civil War. There seemed to be specific roles of the women depending on whether they were older‚ or younger. The older women were more likely to support the war effort by participating in local organizations or groups. For example: churches‚ or local hospitals. They would donate items needed by soldiers or
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The War Between the States was complex. If you wish to understand the events‚ you should refer to a textbook. Music of the time‚ however‚ helps us delve into people’s thoughts and opinions on the war‚ slavery‚ and many other important issues in our country’s history. Prior to the civil war‚ American music followed its European roots. During the civil war‚ American music began to develop in its own way‚ largely influenced by the music of the African-Americans. The war produced many well-known
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Essay The American Civil War was not the first war to be photographed‚ that honour goes to photographer Roger Fenton in 1855 who took pictures of the Crimean war‚ but it was considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Some historians even argue that people know more about the American Civil War than any other war‚ up to World War Two because of the vast amount of photographs taken during this time. Not only did fearless photographers venture onto the war torn battlefields‚
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Although events leading up to the Civil War had been going on for some years‚ the Civil War was not inevitable; the war was the result of extremism and failures in leadership of both the North and the South. A widespread of political‚ social‚ and economic factors was all contributors to the splitting of the North and South. State rights‚ controversy over slavery‚ and differences in economic systems pushed the North and South into a bloody battle. The Civil War started due to the differences between
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Working Title Finding Oneself After Being A Slave. Subtitle The Psychological Development Of African American Slaves After Slavery. Thesis Statement Slavery‚ which ended in the US in 1865‚ followed by the reconstruction left the slaves who had spent their lives conditioned to obey rather than think‚ suddenly abandoned to themselves facing "freedom" but above all crushed psychologically and emotionally. Toni Morrison in Beloved let us discover that loss of identity and how to find it through Sethe
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Kiara Milho Reconstruction DBQ December 27‚ 2013 From the start of the American Civil War until the end of Reconstruction‚ the United States of America suffered what can be considered a revolution. During this time many constitutional and social developments brought about a great change in the country. Some constitutional developments that caused conflict were the Emancipation Proclamation‚ three civil rights bills‚ and the reconstruction‚ while some social developments which could potentially
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On the eve of the Civil War‚ the United States was a nation divided into four quite distinct regions: the Northeast‚ with a growing industrial and commercial economy and an increasing density of population; the Northwest‚ now known as the Midwest‚ a rapidly expanding region of free farmers where slavery had been forever prohibited under the Northwest Ordinance; the Upper South‚ with a settled plantation system and (in some areas) declining economic fortunes; and the Southwest‚ a booming frontier-like
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Causes of the Civil War There were several reasons the Civil War began. The north and the south had completely different views on some very important subjects.The north believed that slavery was not needed‚ but the south had needed slavery in order to harvest the crops. Also‚ new territories were being settled. Lastly‚ Abraham Lincoln was elected president. The areas of the United States had different economies. In the North‚ the economy was based on factories and wages. Everyday people worked
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