When you think of the Civil War‚ what do you think of? Unionists‚ Confederates‚ slave owners? Do you think of African Americans? Probably not. Just like the Revolutionary War‚ African Americans played an immense role in entire war‚ yet many people don’t recognize them for that accomplishment. They were nurses‚ spies‚ cooks‚ soldiers‚ laborers‚ and heroes. African Americans were faced with mass racial prejudice even from abolitionist north‚ yet they chose to fight in order to abolish slavery for good
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The Waffen S.S. played a big role within WWII for the germans. The german army wouldn’t have gotten anywhere close to as far as they did. Hitler may have been the leader in this movement but the S.S. were the true evil in this appalling war. When Hitler was first put into the position of Chancellor he needed a strong following to help him on his path of destruction. When his plans of genocide started the Waffen S.S. became a german powerhouse and was a lead reason for many families left without
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There were many reasons for the Civil War. As an example‚ most people feel as if the Civil War was about slavery‚ although recently we have found that it was actually about federal and state rights. Slavery was a small but effective role in the Civil War. The southern half of the United States were “slave states” as the north were “free states”‚ there were always an equal amount of slave and free states. The south and north had very different views and constantly got into disagreements with each
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War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterised by extreme violence‚ social disruption and economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual‚ intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities‚ and therefore is defined as a form of political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace.
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Korean War "They can call it whatever they want. I think it was a war and that’s it. A lot of guys were dying or getting wounded and you can call it "the Forgotten War" or "the conflict‚" but it was a war. That’s it." as said by Eddie Rios of the United States Marine Corps. Even though we don’t remember it‚ or don’t think it was a war but it was. The Korean War was a small one but it still happened. In this paper I will go over why the war started‚ what happened and how it ended. Without further
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Revolutionary War and War of 1812 were fought between the United States and Great tBritain. The cause of the Revolutionary War was due to unfair taxation of the colonies by the British Parliament‚ and without the help from the French‚ the United States would not have won this war. The causes of the War of 1812 were due to the French involvement with Great Britain‚ which lead to trade embargoes in Europe. Also‚ impressment of U.S. seamen for the British army‚ freedom of the seas‚ British stirring
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During the Great War‚ or in any war‚ propaganda becomes a very powerful weapon. Of these propaganda‚ political cartoons are a bit unique compared to the usual. Political cartoons detail current political affairs in a mostly visualistic cartoon‚ which can include words. The two political cartoons depict president Woodrow Wilson in situations such as him dealing with public outcry‚ and the European countries. Both cartoons visualize Wilson in a very important role in politics. Details on the first
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The Peloponnesian war was fought between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta‚ from 431 B.C. through 404 B.C.The Persian war was a series of battles between the Greek city states and the Persians. Both of these wars were significant to the unity and disunity of the Greeks during the fourth century. Throughout these wars‚ it at times brought city states together and other times created turmoil within Greek society. Between 490 and 479 B.C.E the Persians wanted to place their own tyrants to rule
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The United States declared its independence from Great Britain in 1776 and in 1783 that independence was given. America then elected their first president‚ George Washington‚ in 1789. Later in 1793 a war broke out between Britain and France. The United States was worried about this war because it could hurt them. Both‚ Britain and France‚ thought that American ships were supplying the other nation with food‚ weapons and other supplies. To check this out Britain and France would stop the American
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