First‚ the Civil War improved anesthesia was by lowering the dosage used for each patient. Anesthesia was used in high quantities of a chemical called chloroform. Before the war began‚ surgeons used to obtain a specific dosage of chloroform‚ soak a cloth into it‚ and then proceed to use the saturated cloth to cover the patient’s mouth and nose. This would then make the patient fall into unconsciousness during the time the surgeon performed on the invalid. However‚ at the start of the Civil War‚ doctors
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Surveillance of the Civil War The Civil War was a time of tremendous change and innovation. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Americans witnessed the invention of numerous life changing machines. The 1800’s brought the arc lamp‚ printing presses‚ photography‚ steam locomotives‚ telegraphs‚ revolvers‚ and the safety pin (About 1). The year of 1783 marked the invention of the air balloon. Over the next few decades scientists and adventurers modified and improved upon the original
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How Star Wars Changed the World George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far‚ Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry‚ special effects and pop culture with just a draw
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allowed in Kansas‚ but on a much smaller scale than in Southern States. The Civil War was a war fought between the people of the Union (Northern States) and those of the Southern States (Confederates) from 1861-1865 where the confederacy fought to establish itself a separate nation. As Lincoln states in Document A‚ “I believe this government cannot endure‚ permanently‚ half slave and half free.” In this document Lincoln discusses how the nation needs to be as one and either all be slave states or all be
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The American Civil War was‚ as all wars are‚ affected not only by the men fighting on the battlefield‚ but by the women who served on the home front‚ in military hospitals‚ and occasionally next to men on the battlefield. Just as women influenced the war‚ the war changed the world in which the women lived. The women’s rights movement began shortly before the Civil War‚ and continued through the war‚ growing stronger as women were touched by the war‚ and longed for rights equal to men. Women supported
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way. Lincoln was reluctant to issue an Emancipation Proclamation but you would have thought from what one is taught in class these days this was his primary concern. He issued the proclamation to save the Union making impossible for foreign Governments to intervene on behalf of the Confederacy. Even though the English supported (indirectly) slavery‚ they like other countries were officially against the practice. By his actions‚ Lincoln was showing the US was against slavery but not the Confederacy
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Why did parliament win the English Civil War? When Charles raised his Standard in Nottingham 1642 it was unclear who‚ or how‚ the war would be won‚ but Parliament’s Victory in The Civil War 1646‚ can be explained by a Multitude of reasons‚ most notably; a Royalist lack of finance [or more generally resources]‚ and Parliamentary revolutionary Reform and Organisation. Firstly the areas that Parliament held over the course of the civil war were more populous‚ wealthy and fertile than that of the
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The Chinese Civil War‚ which took place from the end of World War I (when the Chinese Communist Party was set up) up to October 1‚ 1949‚ directly led to the creation of the People’s Republic of China‚ the world’s largest communist nation. The communists won the civil war in 1949 for many reasons. Although they did not have many things the KMT had‚ they had enormous support from the peasants. As 95% of the Chinese population‚ the peasants were the main citizens of the country. Through this mass
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The Civil War was a huge aspect in America’s history. This could seem quite obvious but it did indeed leave a very large footprint in the plan for America. If it weren’t for the Civil War our nation could possibly be split as of today. Fortunately‚ America is only one nation‚ under God‚ to quote Abraham Lincoln in his Gettysburg Address. During the Civil War there were many contributors‚ one of the many just so happened to be women. Women in general did a massive amount of help during this war. It
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Family Life During Civil War As a pivotal point in our nation’s history‚ the civil war holds a special fascination in the land and minds of the American people. It was a war entirely fought by Americans‚ often dividing families and even brothers against brothers. The American civil war was unforgettable. It was fought between the United States of America and the Southern slave states of the nearly formed confederate state of America under Jefferson Davis. The Civil War made really a tragic long
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