The American Civil War was‚ as all wars are‚ affected not only by the men fighting on the battlefield‚ but by the women who served on the home front‚ in military hospitals‚ and occasionally next to men on the battlefield. Just as women influenced the war‚ the war changed the world in which the women lived. The women’s rights movement began shortly before the Civil War‚ and continued through the war‚ growing stronger as women were touched by the war‚ and longed for rights equal to men. Women supported
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Michelle Chai Why does war exist? Conflicts occur everyday between individuals such as siblings or even between the local grocer and his/her customer. When conflicts are magnified at the national or even global level‚ it can result in a war between the two parties. More explicitly‚ war occurs when two groups are in conflict with each other for any reason over a period of time. Therefore‚ war exists because people are not happy with the government and also because of greed. War exists because people
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trip‚ great memories- all with a happy smile. In this context‚ great is being used as The Great War‚ also known as WWI. WWI was largely influenced by the assassination of the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. However‚ the major causes that led the war are the alliances system‚ nationalism‚ and imperialism. The alliance system had its benefits and disadvantages. Firstly‚ if one country started a war against another‚ the first country had back-up to support them. Also‚ in return for their loyalty
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of these inventions were the offspring of the 1st World War. The first signs of modern warfare started to show in this war to end all wars‚ the death of horses as a mainstay in the military‚ the end of the use of line tactics .When one looks back on the 1st World War they see to significant things the birth of the machinegun and the use of the bolt action rifle exclusively in a major war. The main weapon used by the Germans during the war was the Mauser Kar98. It was a 8mm bolt action long rifle
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The not-so “Good War” The Second World War is often remembered as the “Good War” for the American’s heroic stand against the Nazis and the Japanese‚ but the moniker overly simplifies what many consider “history’s greatest catastrophe.” Images of heroic American soldiers bravely sacrificing their livelihoods and breath to bring freedom to Europe were plastered across the 1940’s media to rally support for the War‚ perhaps cementing the “Good War” characterization in American memory. However‚ the
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Dan Leise The Civil War was a defining event in American history that can be understood by examining the controversies that the role of slavery and its westward expansion had between the North and the South. The Antebellum years from 1845-1861 were the most chaotic because of significant economic and political struggles‚ the most divisive being the debate over slavery. The expansion of slavery into newly claimed western territories intensified the fragile political situation and increased the sectional
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Shania Strandberg HIS 111 Mr. Edgar Palmer American Civil War Research Paper The Civil War started in 1861 and lasted until 1865. It was known as the bloodiest four years in American history (The Civil War begins. (n.d.). Retrieved April 3‚ 2015‚ from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-civil-war-begins) Around 1858‚ the conflict between the North and South over slavery. The South wanted to be separated from the North‚ making its own country. The republicans were against slavery and even
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Chapter 16 17 & 19 test – World War II Chapter 16 Questions 1. Yes‚ I believe it was right for us not to join the war because we didn’t have any provocation yet. Seeing as France had their behinds handed to them in WWI‚ I don’t see how the fact that they were in the war had any effect on us not joining in yet. Plus‚ we were out of the war area‚ anyway. Everything going on in Europe had nothing to do with us. 2. Japan had been at war LONG before it broke out in Europe. They were trying
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April 12‚ 1861 was the first day of the Civil War. This was the war that would determine what kind of nation we would be. The causes of this war is mainly the lack of ability to compromise‚ and the poignant subject of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln‚ the first republican president‚ won the election in 1860 he guaranteed to keep slavery out of the territories. This caused an immediate uproar in the southern slave states‚ leading to seven of them seceding from the nation and creating their own; the confederates
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Containment during the Cold War refers to the United States’ methodology of dealing with Communism. Proposed by George Kennan‚ this policy (along with the Truman Doctrine) would be the driving force behind many of the United States’ decisions throughout the Cold War. The idea involved stopping the spread of Communism and influence of the Soviet Union by keeping it within the borders it already lies. Kennan believed that the system of Communism was a deadly force as it spreads‚ similar to a parasite
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