Jacksonian Democracy was or was not democratic? Jacksonian Democracy marked the age "of the common man" and the era for an improvement on government and society. When Andrew Jackson was president‚ he led the nation of the United States into dramatic changes both socially and politically which affected the government system and the lives of the American people positively. He fascinated the American people greatly because he stood for values they stood for such as a better government system. Because
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Although events leading up to the Civil War had been going on for some years‚ the Civil War was not inevitable; the war was the result of extremism and failures in leadership of both the North and the South. A widespread of political‚ social‚ and economic factors was all contributors to the splitting of the North and South. State rights‚ controversy over slavery‚ and differences in economic systems pushed the North and South into a bloody battle. The Civil War started due to the differences between
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The Cold War was one of the longest conflicts that the United States of America has been involved in. It was between the worlds two largest super powers at the time‚ The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or U.S.S.R and the United States of America. During this 45 year conflict‚ there was never any direct military conflict between the two‚ but there were other events such as the Korean War‚ Space Race‚ Arms Race‚ Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Vietnam War‚ and the creation of NATO along with many other events
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Was the outbreak of general war in 1914 inevitable after the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand? Various different factors led to the outbreak of the first World War- a war which incorporated all human‚ economic and military resources available to achieve total victory over the enemy. Roughly‚ the causes can be classified into long term (Franco-Prussian War‚ Imperialism‚ Alliance System‚ Anglo- German Naval Arms Race‚ etc.)‚ short term (Morrocan Crisis‚ Agadir Crisis‚ Bosnian Crisis‚ Balkan
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The Peloponnesian War was a war fought in two different stages between Athens and Sparta. It follows the creation a truce in 451 BCE that stated 30 years of peace between the city states. The first stage of the battle lasted about a decade ending in about 423 BCE due to plague. Not too long after‚ about 420 BCE‚ war was on the horizon and this battle would end in 404 BCE with the downfall of Athens and the rise of Sparta. Although the war ravaged both sides Sparta‚ along with help from the Persians
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Who was most to blame for the Cold War? The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) during the 46-year period following the World War II’s end‚ but before the end of the Soviet Union. It refers to the time between 1945 and 1991. The war was unlike any other war‚ because the two countries’ armies never directly went to war with each other. Many people feared that the relations would end in a nuclear war‚ but that never happened. The meaning of ‘Cold
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Peloponnesian war When people think of the Peloponnesian war they think only of the major battle and victory of Sparta! But what of the events leading to this triumph? There was the "first Peloponnesian war" But this war had only lasted 10 years. During this time the Spartans dominated the land and the Athenians dominated the sea. One advantage the Athens had was that they constructed massive walls all the way from the city to its seaport Piraeus. This allowed them to remain inside the city
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World War 1 – Was this an "unnecessary war"? There are conflicting views on this topic as the subject is a complex one. However‚ it is true that it was a war that could have been avoided. It can be argued that WW1 was inevitable in the circumstances‚ but if we look at the very root cause of the war was limited and could have been controlled. It was a series of events that triggered a massive‚ global war. The organ of the conflict was disagreement between Austria-Hungary and Serbia’s on how to handle
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In my opinion‚ I believe that the New Deal was a failure. In the following paragraphs‚ I will give and explain evidence on how it has been unsuccessful. The Great Depression was a very tough time for all Americans and the New Deal did not end it‚ this shows that it is indeed a failure. The Great Depression was a stressful time and unemployment made it much more difficult. According to the statistics‚ the rate of employment was 3.2% in 1929‚ although the New Deal increased it throughout the years
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If it wasn’t for the Mexican War‚ the western land would be still be apart of Mexico. Mexico didn’t like the idea of the United States’s attempt to buy a large part of their country. There was also a border dispute between Mexico. Near the Rio Grande‚ Mexico troops had attacked the US Army. Was the Mexican War justified? The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Mexico’s treatment of Slidell‚ sixteen Americans killed by them‚ and attacked the US near the Rio Grande.
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