American Civil War For the four years between 1861 and 1865 American fought the civil war. Meaning our own war. The North against the South. The free States against the slave states. The war had to solved two questions left unresolved by the revolution. The first being‚ Could the United States be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states? Or‚ could the United States be an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government? The Second question would be‚ whether this nation which had
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supported both our war with Spain and our annexation of its territories. The Spanish-American War served to end Spain’s colonial power in the western hemisphere. In the time leading up to the war there was three years of turmoil in Cuba‚ where Cuban revolutionaries were locked in battle with the Spanish in an attempt to gain independence from their mother country (history.state.gov 1). For most of the Cuban revolution the US‚ particularly due to president McKinley’s distaste for war‚ had opted to steer
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The Battle of Fort Sumter took place on April 12‚ 1861 and continued on until April 14‚ 1861. Union troops had 80 men total‚ Confederate troops with 500 men. No men were killed‚ wounded‚ missing or captured during the battle. A total of 580 men had been involved with this battle. On December 26 Robert Anderson‚ the Union’s commander‚ moved his men from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. Confederate’s commander‚ Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (P. G. T. Beauregard) sent off aids on Thursday‚ April
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Scottish Wars of Independence 1296 to 1346 War of Independence‚ led by William Wallace‚ 1296-1305 The Battle of Stirling Bridge (also known as the Battle of Cambuskenneth) Background: The most famous period of Scottish History is the late 12th to early 14th centuries‚ when Scotland fought battles to establish its independence from England. Two great heroes of the Wars of Independence were‚ Sir William Wallace‚ a commoner‚ and Robert the Bruce‚ who after great
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The Spanish-American War took place in “the spring and summer of 1898”‚ throughout the Pacific and Caribbean waters (“Spanish-American War”). The United States went to war with Spain for Cuban independence‚ yellow journalism in the role of publishing the De Lome letter‚ and the USS Maine sinking (Murrin 747‚748). A consequence of the war was imperialism‚ that came along with the Treaty of Paris‚ which gave the United States the Philippines‚ Cuba‚ Puerto Rico‚ Hawaii‚ and Guatemala (Roberts). Reformation
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Thomas Corwin‚ "Against the Mexican War" (1847) Thomas Corwin was a Whig senator from Ohio. Many Whigs‚ especially northern Whigs‚ questioned the need for and wisdom of expansion. The Mexican-American War proved controversial and divisive. Henry David Thoreau refused to pay his taxes because they would be used to support the war. That action and a subsequent essay‚ "On Civil Disobedience‚" became important precedents 120 years later during the Vietnam conflict. Corwin’s speech touches on key elements
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The Mexican American War Ramon Sanchez History MO4 T/Th 11:30-12:45 October 8‚ 2013 The Mexican American War (1846-1848) defined how both the United States and Mexico look on a map today. This war‚ even though not really talked about nor is a popular war‚ made it possible for a lot of us living in the southwest of the United States today to be part of this country instead of being part of what would have been Mexico. The Mexican American War has so many important events but
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The Trojan War‚ in Greek mythology was the war between the Greeks and the people of the city Troy. The conflict began after the Trojan prince Paris abducted Helen‚ wife of Menelaus of Sparta. When Menelaus demanded her return‚ the Trojans refused. Menelaus then persuaded his brother Agamemnon to send an army to fight against Troy. Troopships gathered at Aulis‚ led by the greatest Greek heroes‚ Achilles‚ Patroclus‚ Diomedes‚ Odysseus‚ Nestor‚ and the two warriors named Ajax. Agamemnon sacrificed his
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realm of the unimaginable. During battles in the Pacific island of Guam and‚ most famously‚ in Okinawa‚ the then-26-year-old risked his life again and again‚ exposing himself to gunfire to carry his injured companions to safety – and doing it all while refusing to carry any form of weapon. Desmond Doss is someone who is virtuous‚ honorable‚ ethical and high-minded. Doss’s story also has an unlikely quality to it that makes it all the more appealing. The future war hero was born in Lynchburg‚ Virginia
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On May 9th‚ 1846 President James K. Polk delivered a war message to Congress‚ stating that "Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States‚ has invaded our territory‚ and shed American blood upon the American soil." Four days later‚ Congress declared war against Mexico‚ and across the nation large shows of support for the action followed. So began the Mexican-American War that resulted in acquiring of lands that today make up the American southwest; the states of California‚ Nevada‚ Utah‚ Arizona
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