The Erie Canal‚ or the Great Western Canal as it was initially known‚ was one of the most important state projects of the early years of the United States. It proved to be overwhelmingly succcessful and its success prompted other state economic development projects. Before the Erie Canal was built New York City was not the premier port of the United States that it became. Philadelphia was the largest‚ most prosperous city of the new United States. The Erie Canal provided the base for New York City’s
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were the underlying causes of World War 1. Alliances were of great value in this war. Mainly whoever had the most people or most advanced weapons would defeat their enemy. With tensions high and the want for more land‚ World War I broke out. Militarism is the act of a nation building a large military. European countries started building up their armies and navies starting in 1890 to 1914(document C). Britain focused on mainly building up its Navy‚ though it was already stronger than any other two
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Gettysburg? Gettysburg was know as the turning point in the Civil war between the Union and the Confederate armies. How was Gettysburg the turning point in the Civil War? Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War because the Confederate army was greatly outnumbered‚ the confederate army lost 32% of the army at Gettysburg‚ and there was a National Soldiers Cemetery built at Gettysburg. The first reason why Gettysburg was the turning point in the Civil War is the Confederate Army was outnumbered. The
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culture moved and shaped Augustine. As time passed‚ his lifestyle tore at his conscience until his conversion to Christianity. This newfound direction introduced light and purpose into his life which ultimately overflowed into the world around him. His legacy through his service and literary works impact today’s world‚ as well. Thus‚ Saint Augustine’s conversion and contributions to Christianity continue to impact the believers’
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Louis Riel A legacy can be defined as your mark left on the world after you leave. Louis Riel did a lot of good things to help Canada get to where it is today even though some people might not think the same way. Louis Riel left a good legacy behind him because of the amazing things that he accomplished for Canada. Louis Riel was a leader in many different ways. He lead a blockade to stop the lieutenant-governor William McDougall from retrieving the Red River territory from the Metis. The Metis
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The First World War (1914 -1918) was the most destructive event in the 20th century of world history‚ which covered the entire global and all nations in the world. “At the war’s end‚ all European belligerents were economically depleted and suffered devastating losses in human life‚ which totaled nearly ten million.”1 Statistically‚ the numbers of people who died in those four years of war were 1‚800‚000 Germans‚ 1‚700‚000 Russians‚ 1‚384‚000 French 1‚290‚000 from Austria-Hungary and 743‚000 British
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the United States experienced 4 years of civil war that divided the country until well after the conflict ended. The antecedents of this war were a series of laws that the North implemented to the South in 1860. Lincoln was in charge of the government and the conflict was related to slavery abolition and protectionist measures that affected the southern economy. In 1861‚ eleven southern states separated and formed the Confederation. When the war began there were few military leaders and each
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Dominic Liddell Mr. Siguake September 13‚ 2012 English 101 A Legacy Of Healing In this text by Keith Gilyard‚ “A Legacy of Healing: Words‚ African American‚ and Power‚” is a text that shows how African Americans and the names that we were called and given in back then [and now] are just a prime example of every race. Also it shows that when someone speaks or says something intimidating‚ it may give that person power but most of the time it’s just the word that does that to someone. The word
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The Civil War in America was‚ in fact‚ inevitable. There were many disputes over the politics‚ economics‚ and culture of slavery both in the White House and in the Supreme Court. The South was very persistent about wanting to keep slavery and they even wanted it to spread in to the North. The North disagreed completely however and wanted it to just be completely abolished throughout all of America. There were many factors that made the Civil War inevitable. The first of which was economic differences
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Banjo Legacy Many say a picture is worth a thousand words. This holds to be true with the painting called The Banjo Lesson by Henry Ossawa Tanner. This painting is an example of the 19th century realism. Realism is the tendency to see things as they really are.(realism) These ideas of realism and Tanner collide into the painting‚ The Banjo Lesson bringing forth a comprehensive visual analysis‚ and a historical view through race‚ gender‚ class‚ and events in 1893 that make this painting almost come
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