February 12‚ 1809 – April 15‚ 1865) was the 16th President of the United States‚ serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional‚ military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union‚ while ending slavery‚ and promoting economic and financial modernization. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier‚ Lincoln was mostly self-educated. He became a country lawyer‚ an Illinois state legislator‚ and
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extent was communist ideology responsible for CCP victory in 1949? Despite the Guomindang (GMD) having an army three times the size than that of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1946‚ by the end of the Chinese Civil War (1946-49)‚ a multitude of factors caused the tables to turn and resulted in the communist takeover of China . This essay will examine factors such as Maoist ideology‚ practical reforms and the incompetence of the GMD‚ all of which were all responsible for the CCP victory in 1949
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Was Abraham Lincoln a Successful President? Like all mortals‚ Lincoln was fallible‚ and had both strengths and weaknesses. From the weaknesses side‚ we can mention the following things: * He relied on much on his own judgment‚ even in areas where he lacked expertise‚ causing some diplomatic problems with the European powers. He was slow to act‚ and kept his Secretary of State (Seward) from acting in a timelier manner‚ in the Trent Affair‚ needlessly complicating relations with England. *
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Victory Motorcycle “Victory Motorcycles is a motorcycle manufacturer based in Spirit Lake‚ Iowa‚ United States‚ which began production of its vehicles in 1998. Its parent company‚ Polaris Industries‚ created the firm following the modern success of Harley-Davidson. Victory’s motorcycles are designed to compete directly with Harley Davidson and similar American-style motorcycle brands‚ with V-twin engines and touring‚ sport-touring‚ and cruiser configurations. The first Victory‚ the V92C‚ was
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The Cherokee Removal Essay In the early nineteenth century‚ an infant America was increasing in population and expanding in the South until settlers were faced with the dilemma of the Native Americans. Anglo-Americans had two very distinct stances on how to deal with southern Indian tribes‚ particularly the Cherokee. One side was eager for land and developed the idea that Indians were both racially and culturally inferior and a hindrance to American progress‚ while on the other hand‚ some Americans
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Term Paper Abraham Lincoln The United States of America has not always been as structured and cultured as we see today. America had to be built from the ground up‚ and a large building block of that progression was government. Government has evolved from all of the country’s political positions‚ but most importantly its Presidents. The President is the chief executive of the United States who serves as both chief of state and chief political executive (Merriam-Webster). Our country has had a
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but ultimately they are Indian. And in the end‚ being Indian is what killed them.” The Treaty of Hopewell was set up in 1785 and was made with all the good intentions‚ but nobody to enforce the rules. It was set up to start setting up friendly relations with the Cherokee‚ but also to define the Cherokee borders. It gave the Cherokees the right to expel of any unwanted person that was on their land. Even with this treaty though people of both Georgia and North Carolina moved onto the Cherokees
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Since the American Civil War‚ the North and South have technically been one nation. The South was bullied into joining the United States‚ which still leads to bad blood for them today. They feel as though it was not their decision to join‚ but more of them being forced into it. Confederates in the Attic portrays this feeling by visiting various southern cities and receiving opinions on the issue. And Still We Rise shows how students overcome adversity to be successful in their lives. This novel also
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To most people having a giant monument dedicated to someone who believed that they were superior to other human beings sounds wrong. So‚ if that is the case why do we still have monuments dedicated to Confederate Soldiers? Right now‚ the biggest argument against the removal of these monuments is that they preserve our history but‚ it is important to remember that they foster a culture of discrimination and represent white supremacy. Controversy has surrounded this topic since the early 1900s and
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The Journey Devin was the last to leave the gym that night as usual. He walked out the old creaky gym and felt a gust of cold wind as he stepped onto the streets of inner city Chicago. He trudged his way home through the snow‚ while he was hindered by his bookbag which he knew he would never open. In the distance‚ he could hear the shrill hum of police sirens which he had long ago become accustomed to. His legs ached from the many hours he had spent in the gym that night. There was only three weeks
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