Union nurses during the Civil War played an important role inside and outside the battle‚ their decision to join the war‚ duties‚ and experiences helped shape the American Woman while creating a new piece of history. The Civil War began April 12‚ 1861 and ended in April 9‚ 1865 when General Robert E. Lee‚ of the Confederate Army‚ surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant‚ General Chief of the United States Forces‚ in Virginia. However‚ during the battle between the Union and the Confederacy‚ the Union needed
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The Civil War affected many lives; not only during those years but in future years to come. The war directly affected not only men‚ but women as well by laying the groundwork for a powerful movement demanding equal rights. By examining women’s roles during the Civil War one can conclude that by women defying “proper roles” and by ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment propelled the women’s suffrage movement into legal documents that can be freely exercised. Women abolitionists vying for the end of slavery
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effect philanthropy had on post World War II reconstruction. Zunz starts the chapter by saying that “the clear division of labor between government and civil society that the New Deal had insisted upon to lift the country out of the Great Depression became irrelevant during and after World War II.” Basically what Zunz was saying was that even though government and philanthropy were seen to be separate organizations or institutions‚ they came together after World War II in order to rebuild‚ much like
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Rationing During World War II 30 March‚ 2012 Rationing During World War II Rationing is defined as a fixed allowance of provisions of food‚ especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage (dictionary.com). In 1942 a rationing system began to guarantee minimum amounts of things people needed. During World War II‚ people couldn’t just walk into a store and buy whatever they wanted. Ration books are books that contained coupons where shopkeepers could cut out the coupon for
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WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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Origins of WWII - understanding the outbreak of the Second World War requires keeping a perspective on interplay of and convergence of several factors…many historians are tempted to see WWII as a continuation of WWI‚ and call the period 1914-1945‚ the Thirty Years war 1) Legacy of WWI and its Peace Treaties - the “politics” of Versailles very nearly destroyed Weimar in the early 1920’s‚ contested territorial settlements and state power (especially for Germany and to a lesser extent for Italy)
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Effects of World War Two World War Two was a turning point in the world full of horrid stories but also effects for the greater good of the people on the home front. In all this‚ people can see all kinds of new information show up about this great and terrible war. During the time it took place the whole world was a powder keg‚ an economically impoverished tide pool with starving fish. The facts are that this war shows a great set of economic‚ geographical‚ and sociological effects for everyone
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Lola Khudaykulova Women in War Women helped out as much as they could during the war‚ overcame many hardships when it came to raising their families‚ and made historical changes that led to the modernized image of women today. Women during World War II were on the home front helping out as much as they could. Many Canadian women never enlisted in the Armed Services‚ they felt they were needed at home to raise families‚ crops for food‚ and to fill the jobs that men had vacated
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Causes of the Second World War I believe Hitler’s actions and the appeasement that followed it are the key reasons for the outbreak of World War 2.Hitler’s foreign policy was firstly German need more Lebensraum and secondly to unite all German speaking people under one Reich in a Pan-German Empire. He did this in 2 phases: Phase 1 - 1933-1937 – Cautious Expansion Phase 2 - 1937-1939 – Aggressive Expansion Phase 1: In 1933 Hitler
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Name_______________________________________ Date____________________________ DBQ 21: Causes of World War II (Adapted from Document-Based Assessment for Global History‚ Walch Education) Historical Context: Even though the 1920’s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ toward the end of the decade and throughout the 1930’s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries that were dissatisfied with the results of World War I. Germany‚ Italy and Japan took aggressive actions‚ and neither the League of
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