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    that led to the civil war or what event is most important to American history. You don’t necessarily think about the Missouri Compromise but it is one of the most important out of all the acts. The Missouri Compromise was important to American History because it helped end slavery. Also it helped lead to the civil war because the bill made the south mad at the north. First‚ who was involved? The sides that were involved in the Missouri Compromise were the north and the south. The North wanted

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    The Civil War was one of the biggest and saddest wars the United States has gone through. From the many battles that happened‚ they are all important‚ but there are four major battles. These four are The Battle of Gettysburg‚ The Battle of Antietam‚ The Battle of Fort Wagner‚ and The Battle of Fort Sumter. All of these battles had many deaths‚ and some of the best Generals‚ on both the Union and Confederate sides. Gettysburg‚ a major battle‚ lasted three days. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted for

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    You have a question that requires a book size answer something we do not have so let me do it this way. Lincoln was reluctant to issue an Emancipation Proclamation but you would have thought from what one is taught in class these days this was his primary concern. He issued the proclamation to save the Union making impossible for foreign Governments to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy. Even though the English supported (indirectly) slavery‚ they like other countries were officially against

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    Tecumseh decided to seek the assistance of British officers of the Indian Department who listened to him because they were convinced that war with the United States was at hand. Although Tecumseh still counselled peace‚ he also believed war was imminent and promised his Confederacy would ally itself with Britain in the forthcoming war. The agreement to join the war was not made because Tecumseh was concerned about the British or Canada. It was to defend the Indian people‚ and his ambition that drove

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    What if your country was divided? North and South‚ Yankees and Rebels‚ The Union and The Confederacy. This is exactly what happened in the U.S. back in the 1860’s. In 1860 a man named Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the U.S. president. Lincoln was a northerner and opposed slavery. Fearing this would mark the end of slavery 11 southern states seceded from the Union‚ Texas was one of those states. About one month later the Civil War began and Texas was a big part of the war. But the question is‚

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    The Civil War‚ also known as the War between the States‚ was a significant event in American history that lasted from 1861 to 1865. It was a conflict between the Northern and Southern states over issues such as states’ rights‚ economic policies‚ and most notably‚ slavery. While many factors contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War‚ slavery was the main cause of this bloody and devastating conflict. Slavery has been a part of American society since the early colonial period. The Southern states

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    Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things

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    To start out‚ Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa whose history for a long time has not been good. The West African country was established by the Temne and Mende local tribes in the area but soon after it flourished the Scramble of Africa took place and Britain took control in 1787. From then on the European imposed a hut tax and would utilize most of Sierra Leone’s natural resources to make themselves wealthy. This caused the government today to even be weak and Africans to be anti-european

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    The Civil War was one of the biggest and saddest wars the United States has gone through. From the many battles that happened‚ they are all important‚ but there are four major battles. These four are The Battle of Gettysburg‚ The Battle of Antietam‚ The Battle of Fort Wagner‚ and The Battle of Fort Sumter. All of these battles had many deaths‚ and some of the best Generals‚ on both the Union and Confederate sides. Gettysburg‚ a major battle‚ lasted three days. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted for

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    World War I was a bloody gruesome war started by the assassination of an Austria-Hungarian archduke. Due to the mass web of treaties at the time Germany and Austria-Hungary were at war with the Allied Nations of Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ and The United States. Almost all of the countries involved in the war suffered major debt and massive loss to their militaries. In the end however the Allied Nations won over Germany and Austria-Hungary and began to create a treaty called the Treaty of Versailles

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