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    very popular president to the south. However‚ these attributes were not enough to triumph over the challenges that his position as president posed. The Civil War was a long and hard-fought war for both the Confederacy and the Union. Jefferson Davis contributed to the reformation of the United States by losing the Civil War. Jefferson Davis had a very strong military background and came from a military family. Davis was the tenth and youngest child of a Revolutionary War soldier. Davis attended the

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    country theoretically considered a strategic ally against the Zionist state located south of Lebanon: Israel. The Israeli-Arab conflict began in 1948 with the conquest of the land of Palestine by the Zionist movement. Almost thirty years later‚ Lebanon was struck by a long series of "earthquakes" that rendered the country a fragmented entity held together by a thin matrix. In precisely 1975‚ the tensions that had been building up as a result of the Zionist destabilization of the region ignited on Lebanese

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    When the Civil War began in 1861‚ the issue of slavery was not the central focus of the war effort on the side of the Union. While it was still important to many in the North‚ the main war aim of the Union side was to preserve the Union and make sure it remained intact. As the war dragged on and more soldiers died on both sides‚ Lincoln realized he would need to entirely cripple the already weak Confederate economy‚ and he did this by making the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which became effective January

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    1. In what ways did the Late Qing Reform help modernizing China? (15 marks) The Late Qing Reform helped modernize China in certain ways. Politically‚ modernization refers to the transformation of monarchy to democracy. Economically‚ it refers to the process of industrialization‚ agricultural mechanization and the development of transportation. Socially‚ it refers to the procedure of urbanization‚ improvement in communication and people’s growing desire to participate in politic. Culturally‚ it freed

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    Emancipation Proclamation changed the course of the Civil War. It drastically changed the meaning of the war and what it was being fought for‚ bringing a new meaning of freedom for the United States. The proclamation brought a clear advantage to the Union as it crippled the Confederacy. Its powerful internal and external effects contributed to a major turning point as the issue of slavery became directly associated with the war and its purpose. During the Civil War‚ the idea of emancipation was contentious

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    MANDELA Humanity Assignment Sylvia Shan INQUIRY QUESTIONS 1. What was the state of society in South Africa like and how did it influence Nelson Mandela? 2. When did he join the ANC and create the African National Congress Youth League? 3. What influential on Nelson Mandela led to his fight for civil rights during his time in jail‚ and how did he do it? 4. What did Nelson Mandela do after taking over power in South Africa? 5. What’s South Africa like today‚ after all the achievements that Nelson Mandela

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    There are several ways that the philosophical movements of China shaped the civilization. Confucianism is just one of them which started in the Han Dynasty‚ another is legalism which started in the Qin Dynasty‚ and the last is taoism which was just a local superstition. Confucianism is just one philosophical movement that shaped China and is still shaping China today. Created by Confucius‚ who according to tradition was a thinker‚ political figure‚ and educator.Confucius talked about

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    Was Mary I bloody or misunderstood? Mary I was misunderstood because other monarchs executed far more people than her but in other ways‚ anyway it was normal in the 16th century to punish anyone who disagreed with you by executing them the punishment for stealing was hanging. Mary’s sister‚ Elizabeth‚ executed 300 people at once after they rebelled against her and Mary’s father Henry VIII executed 70‚000 people for challenging his authority‚ also the book which tells us how horrible Mary’s executions

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    The Chinese Civil War‚ which took place from the end of World War I (when the Chinese Communist Party was set up) up to October 1‚ 1949‚ directly led to the creation of the People’s Republic of China‚ the world’s largest communist nation. The communists won the civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass

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    Should the South had seceded from the Union? She cried out as her master mercilessly beat her‚ ignoring not only her humanity‚but her pride as a woman. This is Slavery. Slavery. One of the biggest causes to the Civil War. Until it was abolished‚ slavery was an extremely controversial topic. It got to the point when the South wanted to secede or break away. The South would want to secede because Lincoln went against their views‚ they would lose to the North in a war‚ and popular sovereignty could

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