To what extent was the Vietnam War part of the Cold War? The Vietnam War was a cold war-era military conflict in Southeast Asia. Conflict officially began on November 1st in 1955 and ended on April 30th 1975 with the fall of Saigon. With that it lasted nearly 20 years‚ which makes it one of the longest military conflicts ever in human history. The war was fought between the Communistic North Vietnamese and the Anti-Communistic south. The north was supported by various nations‚ including the Soviet
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Confederates became serious. On April 12‚ 1861‚ the thirty-three states‚ Union‚ and Confederate‚ went to war. This Civil War lasted four long years. Ending on May 9‚ 1865‚ with approximately 620‚000 deaths and thousands of casualties‚ the Civil War is to date the bloodiest war in the history of the United States. The effects of the Civil War are still present to this day. The primary causes of the civil war were the different opinions on slavery‚ the growing abolition movement‚ and the Dred Scott decision
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ever wondered why the Union won in the Civil War? Well I am going to give you some reasons why. The Union had better supplies and transportation than the Confederacy. The Union also had a larger navy‚ army‚ and a more experienced government. The North also had a lot bigger population than the South and the land was different. So Union had the bigger advantage in the army in the Civil War. So let’s start with a little background info about the Civil War. The war lasted from 1861-1865. The Union had
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Inaugural Address and Success is Counted Sweetest were referenced about the Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address took Socrate’s rhetorical approach in that Lincoln tried to influence the souls of his audience. Dickinson’s Success is Counted Sweetest was less direct to her audience but nonetheless conveyed her message go triumph being more significant to he who failed rather than to he who attained victory. The Civil War‚ according to Lincoln‚ was God’s will for punishment against the slavery
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Civil War in America took place in 1861-1865 between northern and southern states. Many different reasons brought to this event but some more than other. As we all know slavery was the biggest issue of that time and reason for Civil War to start‚ but behind this issue there are huge economical differences. People in the north did want to change human rights in the whole country because they were against slavery but their economy did not depend on slaves. Southerners did not agree on this mostly because
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once said‚ “The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.” This quote‚ said by Abraham Lincoln‚ means that the best way to win a war‚ is to ally with the enemy and then attack them. The tensions were high between the North and South and they were about to go to war. The Civil War was caused by societal tensions about slavery‚ and the results of tariffs and slavery on the economy. There were many things that caused the Civil War‚ and one of the causes of the Civil War was societal tensions
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Following the Revolutionary War‚ the American colonies were faced with uncertainty in their newfound independence. Now free from British rule‚ the people of colonial America wanted to avoid any form of government for fear that it would revert them back to the past. This left the founding fathers with an extremely difficult task. How do you govern a person who wants to govern themselves? Government is necessary‚ after all‚ for the war had left the colonies in extreme debt‚ requiring taxation that
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Examining the Civil War Examining the Civil War A war that originated because the nation was divided ultimately marked the beginning of a truly unified United States. The Civil War put to rest the increasing sectionalism that divided the North‚ the South‚ and the newly colonized West. At the root were the issues of slavery in the South‚ and the attempt of the Southern states to withdraw from the Union. Although many lives and untold millions were lost in personal belongings‚ livestock‚ and
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and The Slave Wars”‚ prisoners of war enslaved at the end of the Second Punic War rebelled in 198 B.C. This slave uprising in central Italy is the first reliable report of one‚ although it was surely not the first actual slave uprising. There were other slave uprisings in the 180s. These were small; however‚ there were 3 major slave revolts in Italy between 140 and 70 B.C. These 3 uprisings are called the Servile Wars‚ since the Latin for ’slave’ is servus. However these 3 slave wars did not all
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FRQ #1: To what extent is it fair to say that by 1860‚ America had developed into two distinct societies? Focus on social‚ political‚ and economic. In the time span of 40 years after the end of the Era of Good Feelings in 1824‚ the United States of America experienced economic crises regarding banks‚ the upcoming of popular sovereignty‚ and the insurrection of conflict for women’s suffrage (to no prevail). When President Lincoln was elected into office in 1860‚ the nation had fragmented into two:
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