World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I can best be depicted as a perfect storm‚ beginning with a single act of terrorism. This act would bring about the deluge to come‚ presenting as the catalyst to a particularly explosive state of affairs amongst the nations of the world. Persian statesman Otto von Bismarck “was quoted as saying at the end of his life that "One day the great European War will come out of some damned
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have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power‚ consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard‚ to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn. The strength of my inclination to do this‚ previous to the last election‚ had even led to the preparation of an address to declare it to you; but mature
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political disputes‚ predominately between the North and the South‚ through compromise. By 1860 this was no longer feasible and the nation was faced with disheartening threats to its unity. Sectionalism in the Union was further increased. Tariffs were commonly accepted by one part of the nation and debated by the other. The economy of the North and South was becoming increasingly divergent- the North was industrializing while the South continued to rely on slavery for agriculture. Tensions surrounding
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There is no doubt that the Civil War was inevitable and was going to happen sooner or later. Many historical events lead up and caused to the Civil War and there was no way to avoid it. The United States and all of their presidents throughout the time period were dealing with other problems like women’s rights and reform movements and it was a lot to deal with. The Civil War was inevitable because there were certain pieces of land that couldn’t be determined as a slave or a free state‚ there were
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Rodgers APAS 2 February 2013 DBQ: The War of 1812 In June of 1812‚ President James Madison formally asked Congress for a declaration of war on Britain. Following years of difficult neutrality under the leadership of Washington‚ Adams‚ and Jefferson‚ the United States’ conflicts with Britain and France finally escalated into a war. President Madison had tried to create a diplomatic solution for three long years‚ but all attempts were unsuccessful. The War of 1812 was caused by the impressment of
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Rome was one of the greatest empires to ever exist. It’s accomplishments and advances in science‚ architecture‚ and government set a template for all future civilizations to follow. Rome had many great leaders that helped it become the thriving country it became‚ but one leader in particular influenced it more than others. Augustus Caesar was arguably Rome’s greatest ruler. He was the one who impacted Rome most and made it an empire that stood out in its day. But he came about in a time of great
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Period 1 15 April‚ 2013 Mrs. Nelson Civil Rights Take Home DBQ In the years before the 60’s‚ the African Americans living all over the country were treated as less than every white person because of their skin color and their historical background of slavery and servitude. During the era of the 1960’s‚ the African Americans and part of the white community fought for equal civil rights. Average Americans‚ Black and White‚ stood up against the opposing population to voice their
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The Civil War began April 12‚ 1861‚ when confederate forces attacked a U.S union military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The people from the North were called the Yankees and people from the South were called the Rebels .During the war more than 620‚000 lives were lost 375‚000 were injured. One of the questions I looked up is why was the civil war considered the deadliest war in American History? When I looked it up to find my answer my answer was that the civil war is considered
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slavery was the main cause of the Civil War fail to realize that its was many problems that arose before the freedom of slaves was even questioned . Slavery became the topic during the war not before . Since the war came after the Industrial revolution ‚ different technologies and good strategic thinking . The North had strategies they came around once they had new technologies like trains.Soldiers were sent on train across many routes as a way to sneak up on the Southerners .Their strategy was to make
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something as tragic as millions of livWorld war I can be blamed on a combination of three events or idea’s and characteristic of the time. One of the events that caused the first world war was the large amount of alliances the world over. The treaties of the time conflicted with the growing popularity of imperialism. In the general populace resides the third cause‚ as the conflict between alliance and growth is not enough without people to fight for the country at war that is were militarism comes in. The
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