The American Civil War was not just another battle in world history — it changed the way that wars are fought using new inventions. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865‚ in the early 1800’s‚ the Industrial Revolution was taking place. By the end of the Industrial Revolution‚ the North and the South had very different economies. In the North‚ there were many factories‚ which meant that the North was almost entirely self reliant. On the other hand‚ the South’s economy was built around the selling
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After the Revolutionary War‚ many Americans realized that the government established by the Articles of Confederation was not working. America needed a new form of government. It had to be strong enough to maintain national unity over a large geographic area‚ but not so strong as to become a tyranny. Unable to find an exact model in history to fit America’s unique situation‚ delegates met at Philadelphia in 1787 to create their own solution to the problem. Their creation was the United States Constitution
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rights‚ while men remained essentially unchanged in the consistent patriarchal society. Civil wars in a nation destroy the previous society and lead to tremendous changes in social and cultural norms. Despite all the other changes caused by the Civil War‚ many of the standard gender patriarchal remained the same: women took care of the cleaning and children‚ men worked and were breadwinners. African American men adopted the gender roles of Caucasian men and began the fight
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The American Civil War created the nation of the United States as we know it today. The bloodiest war in the history of the nation‚ the victory was a combination of many factors and many battles that finally resulted in a Union victory. But why would a nation engage in combat so fiercely that more Americans were lost in the one war than in the American Revolution‚ WW1‚ WW2 and the Vietnam War combined? The main cause of the American Civil War was slavery. According to historian David Goldfield
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What was the most significant factor for the Bolshevik victory in the civil war? The Bolshevik victory in the civil war was down to a number of factors. The first being the role of Trotsky‚ the geographical advantages the Red Army had and the weaknesses of the White Army. Undoubtedly‚ the most significant was the geographical advantages of the Red Army because this was what secured the equipment to fight and allowed it to be transported. The Bolsheviks had control over a large part of Russia
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The civil war created a big rift between the North and the South that was not easily mended. After the decisive union victory the government had to create an ingenious plan for reconstruction. After Lincoln’s assassination‚ Johnson tried to carry out many of the former plans. Sectional tensions surrounded the civil war‚ and the role of the federal government was greatly impacted in terms of race relations and western expansion during the period between 1861 and 1877. The post-civil war role of the
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Since the colonies were established‚ those living there never did quite agree with what the British were trying to enforce on them. After many years of new laws‚ acts‚ enforcements‚ changes in politics‚ slavery‚ etc; the colonists decided it was time to declare independence from the British. This led to the American Revolution‚ in which lives of all involved changed dramatically. Women suddenly were considered to have important roles in every aspect of the goings-on in their daily life. Many
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After The Civil War The civil war spawned some of the most gruesome battles in america’s history‚ but besides the immeasurable loss of life what truly made the war such a significant event in America’s history? After the Union victory in the plight to end slavery and provide equity among the races‚ life changed many ways for blacks and whites‚ but some things never changed despite the efforts of Abraham Lincoln and his supporters. The country was split in two with the North in power and the South
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Causes of the Civil War John Brown’s Raid vs. Industrial Revolution John Brown’s Raid was a more influential cause to the civil war than the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution caused incompability between the North and the South. The North relied on wage laborers with the new machine age economy while the South relied heavily on slaves. So‚ the North did not need slaves for their economy and fought to free the slaves. The South fought
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Origins of Spanish Civil WarReligion and Economics By: Kristina Russell and Sydney Watson Paper 2: Assess the importance of religious and economic factors in the origins of the Spanish Civil War Separation of Church and State Anticlericalism Distribution of land and equality Thesis In the 1930’s‚ tension between political parties‚ the fight for equality‚ and the separation of church and state caused visible alterations in Spain’s religion and economy leading to anticlericalism and anti-fascist
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