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    and prevent them from industrializing Colombia (“Revolutionary”). The Colombian government planned to industrialize the country and rebuild them after a bloody civil war that had just ended called La Violencia(“Profile”).La Violencia was a civil war‚ fought mainly in the rural parts between the liberal and conservative parties. This civil war began with the assassination of Jorge Eliecer

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    Perry Shingala February 8‚ 2011 Period 5 IBHOA CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ESSAY America between 1865 and 1876 was very broken and disunited due to the obvious Civil War. There was much effort put in my various powers to put together America again and attain the unity preferably desired by the central governing body. Both the Congress and the Citizenry participated to remedy the discretely disunited states. President Johnson‚ who took office right after Lincoln against the radical republicans

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    Slavery Essay Slavery was ongoing in the southern states. In the 1800’s many white slave owners believed that the African Americans were inferior to them despite the fact that “”all men are created equal”. They were forced into labor and treated like property. The slave owners justified their behavior and believed they acted caring and conscientious to their slaves. Truthfully‚ however‚ the slaves were mostly treated very badly‚ as Fredrick Douglas‚ a black slave‚ testifies. There were select

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    The civil war ended many problems‚ but it also created many. Slavery was abolished‚ supremacy of the national government was confirmed and secession had been refuted. Reconstruction did not last very long‚ in fact it lasted for twelve years. Even though the northern states won‚ the southern states lost thousands of lives‚ properties were destroyed‚ and it created many tasks to be accomplished in order to reunite the country. Some people however did not like the new laws that stated that blacks

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    Part of Speech Definition Sentence Antebellum adjective Before or existing before a war‚ especially the American Civil War; prewar. The antebellum south is far different than the region we know now. Bellicose adjective Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. Due to its bellicose nature‚ the pitbull was frightening to the children. Belligerent adjective Warlike; given to waging war; of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose. Cain was Abel’s more belligerent

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    Slavery Essay From the 17th century until the 19th century‚ almost twelve million Africans were brought to the New World against their will to perform back-breaking labour under terrible conditions. The British slave trade was eventually abolished in 1807 (although illegal slave trading would continue for decades after that) after years of debate‚ in which supporters of the trade claimed that it was not inhumane‚ that they were acting in the slaves’ benefit‚ etc. Slavery was a truly barbaric‚ and

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    our history; its almost taken for granted. If you look back onto all the wars and fights between the states‚ the families being split up because of slavery‚ and having to fight for the war‚ there is much bravery to be found. Our forefathers had to have the bravery and they did‚ Abraham Lincoln did whatever it took to stand up against slavery while trying to keep the Union together.. Our soldiers‚ they were forced to go to war leave their families to possibly never seeing them again. And lastly us

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    By: Jared Miller 1984 was written by George Orwell about a grim future in which people are controlled by a party known as the brotherhood which is led by Big Brother. The background of the story is that nuclear war has ravaged the earth and three superpowers have arisen out of the rubble‚ Oceania‚ Eurasia‚ and Eastasia‚ all of which are at war with each other. The leading party in Oceania‚ where the story takes place‚ experts maintain its power through such techniques as "Spies"‚ a youth group

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    Nazi party. He was born April 20th 1889 and died April 30th 1945. He was the chancellor of Germany for around 12 years and Dictator from 1934 to 1945. Hitler was best known for being the Centre of World War II‚ The Nazi party‚ and the Holocaust. In Germany‚ he was considered a decorated World War I veteran. He became the leader of NSDAP. In 1923 he was imprisoned in his failed attempt to take over Munich. In prison he wrote his memoir Mien Kampf‚ which translates

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    and effects of the civil war‚ some well known‚ while others not so much. Some of the causes include the preservation of the Constitution‚ the social and economic differences between the North and the South and Slavery. There were many effects as well‚ such as the advances in weaponry‚ the advances in the medicine industry and the population decrease. These causes and effects had a great impact on the American people and history as we’ve come to know it. One cause of the Civil War was that the North

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