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    American politics and society. The American Revolution was not a major turning point in American politics and society. American politics continued to stay divided by different political ideologies that had conflicting views. The treatment of the lower social classes remained the same and the upper class consisting of landowning white men continued to stay in power. However‚ the central government after the American Revolution was much weaker than the British government and did not possess the power

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    opinions about a turning point of the Civil War. I am going to throw out there that in my opinion a turning point in the war was not reliant on one battle‚ one executive order‚ or one weapon evolution‚ but a combination these complimenting each other lead to a turning point movement for a lack of a better term. I suggest that Gettysburg is a major event in the Union’s favor‚ but if left standing alone without events such as the victory at Antietam and Vicksburg it would have just been a major victory for

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    The French and Indian War marked a major turning point in American relations with Great Britain. Before the war‚ there was a period of neglect/disinterest with Britain and the colonies. Great Britain only seemed to be interested in the colonies maintaining the mercantilist policies and did not care for how the colonies decided how to govern/run themselves. After the war‚ there were major changes on the relations between the colonies and Great Britain in terms of British involvement in the colonies

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    The Civil War was a time when people started to realize that slavery was evil and that freedom needed to be meant for everyone. The issue of slavery divided Americans from the North and South and that wasn’t good. Some people were abolitionists(mostly the South)‚ which meant they thought slavery was right‚ but there were also anti-abolitionists. These people couldn’t stand how African-Americans were being kept as slaves and wanted it to stop. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass; An American

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    victory for the Union during the Civil War. This major victory was a massive turning point in the war for the Union. Before this point in the war‚ the Union only had a few wins against the Confederacy and hope was slowly withering away for the Union; but because of Vicksburg‚ the Union was able to turn the war around and eventually (as we all know) win the war and reunite the North and the South. Vicksburg was an important Union victory and turning point in the war because it was believed to be the key

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    located near the border with Ukraine. It was the last major German offensive on the Eastern Front and is known to be the largest tank battle in history. Over two million men and eight thousand tanks were involved in the conflict. The battle ended with a decisive victory for the Soviet Union and put the German Wehrmacht on the defensive for the rest of the war. The battle was highly important to the war effort and marked a major turning point because it crippled the German’s strategic capability in

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    was a story of the trojan war that was able to be passed down through the generation through song. When deeply analyzing the three main characters‚ plots‚ and themes‚ the Iliad reveals to us a true insight to Homer’s literary and storytelling genius. The three major turning points in the iliad are when Helen is stolen by the trojan prince paris; when Achilles’ friend Patroclus is killed by Hector; and when Achilles kills hector to avenge Patroclus´ death. The first major event is when Helen is stolen

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    biggest turning point in my life so far‚ before I was a shy fifth grader‚ but when I came to this magnificent middle school I met encouraging teachers who helped me change for the better. Life in fifth grade at Susie E. Tolbert was very challenging‚ and to make it tougher I didn’t have very many friends. I was very shy and scared to go talk to people to make friends. At lunch one day a girl came to talk to me‚ and I quickly gathered my things and sprinted out of the cafeteria! The ones who were my friends

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    The American Civil War is probably the most horrific episode in American history. The two belligerents of the war were the Union army‚ comprised of the northern states‚ and the Confederate army‚ comprised of the southern slave states which had voted to secede from the Union. In essence‚ the North did not want the South to secede from the Union because the North relied on the South for agriculture. On the other hand‚ the South wanted to secede because they had grown tired of the federal government

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    A new turning point in my life was after my senior year and getting ready to go to college. It was going to be a new page of my life that hasn’t be written yet. I had to make choices and deal with some consequences that I made throughout the years. I wish freshman year I didn’t slack off as mush as I did. I’m glad I had as much as fun as I did senior year before a lot of my friends left for college. The year 2003 I was a freshman in high school. I thought

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