states seceded. To make the situation even worse‚ the Civil War took place to resolve this conflict between the South and the North. President Lincoln was left with the trust to unite the Confederacy and the Union once again. President Lincoln’s duty of preserving the Union was more important to him than to give the slaves freedom because he just wanted to use the African-Americans for military force‚ political power‚ and to end the Civil War. President Lincoln needed all the manpower he could possess
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The civil rights movement was a struggle to abolish legalized discrimination and more laws that were against African Americans. During the 1950’s and 60’s‚ when the civil rights movement was at its peak‚ many African Americans were treated poorly and violently simply because of their race. Though the civil rights movement was a success‚ African Americans and many other minority groups still face discrimination and unfair treatment by society and the government. The question still remains to what
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This mostly consisted of the issue of extension of slavery into other territories. The debate that originally came up nearly 40 years before was eventually set to rest in the Missouri Compromise‚ but I guess it managed to arise again. The mexican war added new territories and the issue arose again in the 1840’s. Again‚ the issue was temporarily put to rest. However‚ the Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854 which was sponsored by Douglas‚ brought this slavery extension issue to the surface again. The Kansas-Nebraska
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Tecumseh decided to seek the assistance of British officers of the Indian Department who listened to him because they were convinced that war with the United States was at hand. Although Tecumseh still counselled peace‚ he also believed war was imminent and promised his Confederacy would ally itself with Britain in the forthcoming war. The agreement to join the war was not made because Tecumseh was concerned about the British or Canada. It was to defend the Indian people‚ and his ambition that drove
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Imagine going into war without any plans on what to do? Or even when everyone comes up with different plans on a topic‚ therefore everyone not on the same page? The white Russian army fought in the Russian civil war to be able to take control over Russia‚ but failed due to no combat plans and selfish generals. The Bolsheviks won this war because their army was better-organized and they had the best territory over the battle fields. Since the beginning their enemies‚ the Bolsheviks‚ always had enemies
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14/06/14 The Change The American Civil War was truly a unique war in American history as well as world history. It stands as one of the worst‚ if not the worst‚ stain on the history of the United States of America‚ and should be studied to find how things managed to go so wrong so that the horrors witnessed will never be seen again. Perhaps the worst mistake was that the American people woefully underestimated how truly devastating the American Civil War would become and unfortunately by the
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Missouri into the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had initially handled the status of slavery before 1846‚ from the procurement of the Louisiana purchase‚ which was the first large purchase of land. The question of western expansion of slavery into these new territories was now the beginning of what started the era of the civil war and the great divide
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The challenges that the Union and the Confederacy faced during the Civil War were very different. Critical weaknesses that seemed unfit for war‚ plagued the opposing American forces‚ and would serve to be a continuous obstacle that would need to be conquered by patriotism of the people‚ for their opposing views. To allow for both sides to be competitive‚ the efforts put forth had to mold to the varied needs of the armies by both the civilian population and their militaries. To the people in the south
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used mercenaries to fight their wars. Unlike in Rome where military service was prioritised and they used citizen soldiers. As the Carthaginian empire expanded into the regions of Sicily with the Greco-Punic Wars‚ war with Rome became inevitable. In 264 BC Rome had become dominant power throughout the Italian peninsula‚ while Carthage had established itself as the leading maritime power in the world. This date marks the
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ranging from more citizens‚ to more income‚ caused the inevitable collapse of the south. While the south did have more officers‚ and skill sets more akin to warmaking; none of this would be enough to beat the union defending it’s ideals. The war itself didn’t strt as the union had expected. The battle of bull run‚ which Lincoln expected to win‚ was lost to general stonewall jackson. Here‚ the union failed to prove their superiority. still in 1861 Tardy george‚ McClellan failed to finish the North’s
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