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    War is often times inevitable‚ a conflict between two or more countries may arise and they battle with armed weapons until there is one side which achieves victory. World War One was battled by the Allied Power and the Central Powers; it was a conflict that occurred worldwide. It is often times acknowledged as the First World War‚ and eventuated from 1914 to 1919. No subsequent or former conflict had ever restricted as many soldiers or involved as many in any battle. As the war terminated‚ it

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    and Mary Beard‚ Allan Nevins‚ and Eric Foner support Seward’s views on the idea the American Civil War was an irrepressible conflict. Following Seward’s speech in 1858‚ dominate discussion points from 1861 to 1920 and so on include the discussion of impacting economic differences‚ whether the nation would be dominated by a system of free labor or slave labor. Furthermore‚ the fact that the war was inevitable due to the lack of willingness from the North and the South to create a compromise on the issue

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    The Second Egyptian–Ottoman War or Second Turko–Egyptian War lasted from 1839 until 1841 and was fought mainly in Syria‚ whence it is sometimes referred as the (Second) Syrian War. In 1839‚ the Ottoman Empire moved to reoccupy lands lost to Muhammad Ali in the First Turko-Egyptian War. After suffering a defeat at the Battle of Nezib‚ the Ottoman Empire appeared on the brink of disintegration. Britain‚ Austria and other European nations‚ rushed to intervene and force Egypt into accepting a peace treaty

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    Communism‚ weather people say it or not was the main cause of the Cold War. The Cold War started because Russia and China wanted to spread communism to every country of the world. The U.S wanted to stop this from happening. Even though it was considered a war it didn’t actually have any fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The U.S. decided we did not want to have communism in our country. Karl Marx‚ the “creator” of communism created a pamphlet called the communist manifesto which explained

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    and Fiona Mallett* Table of Contents Subsection I: Causes | pp. 3-5 | Subsection II: The Zulu Kingdom & The Natal Colony | pp. 5-7 | Subsection III: Anglo-Zulu Wars | pp. 7-8 | Subsection IV: The Fall of The Kingdoms & The Rise of Nationalism | pp. 9-11 | Subsection I: Causes The first cause of the Anglo-Zulu war was British greed – they wanted to control a potentially important and profitable region of South Africa and the Zulus were in the way of this. The British were interested

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    Significant Battle World War Two consisted of many battles that each impacted the war is a significant way. These battles included the one at Pearl Harbor‚ Midway‚ Guadalcanal‚ Iwo Jima‚ France‚ Britain‚ Bulge‚ Stalingrad‚ Normandy Invasion‚ and Leyte Gulf. The Battle of Berlin‚ however‚ was the battle that ended the war and brought peace to the world. Not only did it significantly affect life during World War Two but has since been significant in today’s world. The battle was fought in Berlin‚ Germany

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    How important was the Second Boer War (1899-1902) in changing attitudes in Britain to imperialism during the period 1880-1902? The Boer War of 1899-1902 was vital in regards to changing attitudes towards British imperialism in the time period of 1880-1902‚ as despite the early populist view during the war seeming to be pro-imperialist‚ following notable events such as mafficking (1900) and potentially even the 1900 General Election‚ there was a real sense of antagonism towards the brutal methods

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    At first the civil War was about saving the Union‚ but it became much more when the debate of slavery in the North and South came about. Sectionalism became a problem. Copperheads were Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War; they wanted peace in the South. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States. Davis argued against secession‚ he was not as successful as President Lincoln. In the 1860’s‚ soldiers of the Union and the Confederate started deserting the army. The North and

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    1. Why was Thomas Jefferson concerned with the purchase of Louisiana? How did its purchase affect the size of the nation? He was concerned because he didn’t believe in loose interpretation. The purchase was supposed to double the size. 2. Why was Jefferson’s Embargo Act considered a failure? Because the north started to lose a lot of money because there was no trade. 3. What were the effects of the War of 1812?

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    Unjustified Mexico wanted to steal America’s land that they have won. Mexico was crossing American borders‚ and some Mexican soldiers killed sixteen Americans. Mexico crossed the line with America and the United States decided to go to war with Mexico. America has too little land for too many people‚ and America had already won Texas. Mexico denied Texas’s independence and wants Texas back. America had decided to go to war because the belief to fulfill Manifest Destiny‚ it needs to protect it’s borders

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