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    The definition of total war is when one side mobilizes all available resources in order to destroy another side¡¯s ability to engage in war. The Civil War was a total war because both Union and Confederate Generals like William Sherman‚ Philip Sheridan‚ and Robert E. Lee used total war tactics against each other when the other side hinted weakness. They used these tactics to try and put an end to the war. The Civil War was a total war because both sides used tactics that were defined by the Powell

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    The Wars of the Roses was not just one war‚ it was a series of ongoing wars between two parties‚ The Lancaster Party and the York Party. They were fighting over the English throne. The Lancaster party had a red rose‚ York had a white rose‚ and the Tudor rose was both red and white. This is why the series of wars that were named the War of the Roses. They did not name the wars until several years later. Some might say that the marriage of Margaret and Henry Tudor had been why the War of the Roses

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    Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to A.respond positively to the recent Latin American revolutions B.rule out United States involvement in South America C.provide a rationale for United States intervention in the Isthmus of Panama D.warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere E.encourage Britain to help the fledgling Latin American states 2.Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between

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    African Americans in the American Revolution Leading into the American Revolution‚ African Americans were placed in a dilemma of whether to rebel or remain faithful to the crown. There were two sides of the American Revolution; the Patriots (also known as the rebels)‚ were the Americans that wanted to gain their independence from Great Britain. The Loyalist was the people who wanted to stay under the control of Great Britain. Some African Americans joined the Loyalist because they were promised

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    States Civil War was the second American Revolution. Both wars’ focal point was to acquire freedom from their oppressive governments. The Civil War and the American Revolution possess similarities. Such as they had not many men‚ not that much money‚ and not that much firepower; but they still fought for independence. The American Revolution or the American Revolutionary War‚ some may call it‚ was started from a decade-long growing tension between Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and

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    from the commander in chief to the lower officers had subscribed to the traditional European method that relied on fear to achieve discipline. This method of fear was probably not essential‚ and had little if any effect in the early days of the war because the soldiers were mostly fighting for their own ideologies. To the soldiers‚ the commanders were of little importance. The soldiers were going to fight their own fight‚ and leave the battle when they felt it necessary. The soldier saw himself

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    To What Extent Did The Civil War Constitute A Revolution In American Society? Whether or not the Civil War constituted a revolution in American society has long been debated by historians. But if you take a look at history‚ you can clearly see that in fact‚ the civil war did constitute a revolution in American society by three big things: Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural‚ Blacks being allowed to fight in the Union army‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation. Abraham Lincoln was the profound leader

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    Spain Main article: Spain in the American Revolutionary War Spain did not officially recognize the U.S. but became an informal ally when it declared war on Britain on June 21‚ 1779. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid‚ general of the Spanish forces in New Spain‚ also served as governor of Louisiana. He led an expedition of colonial troops to force the British out of Florida and keep open a vital conduit for supplies.[65] Native Americans Main article: Native Americans in the United States Further information:

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo‚ which came into effect on 2 February 1848‚ ended the Mexican-American war and formally resolved territorial disputes resulting from that conflict. The treaty required the U.S. government to pay the Mexican government $15 million dollars‚ this in return for an expanse of territory that later became the states of Arizona‚ New Mexico‚ and parts of Utah‚ Nevada‚ and Colorado. I intend to argue that the treaty benefitted the people who inhabited‚ and later came to inhabit

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    events marked the beginning of the Civil War and the war was a result of many political tensions that had emerged between the North and the South in the prior decades‚ all of which were associated with the institution of slavery installed in the Southern United States. President Lincoln began the Civil War with the South in response to states’ secession from the Union‚ and therefore‚ the war was not solely concentrated over the issue of slavery in American society. The North fought to preserve the

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