battle ever fought in North America. Why did the Battle of Gettysburg happen? Two months foregoing the battle‚ General Lee had an impressive defeat against the Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville‚ Virginia. He then started planning for a Northern invasion by first taking action on the Yankees. His army was at the time 80‚000 soldiers! With the army of the Potomac Commander Joseph Hooker and leading about 10‚000 soldiers he began moving towards General Lee by Washington D.C. Abraham Lincoln got
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To begin‚ what caused the Vietnam war and why did the United States get involved? In the early 1880’s‚ France conquered Vietnam and combined it with the neighboring countries Cambodia and Laos. This created a colony called French Indochina. However‚ in World War II the Japanese drove the French out of Indochina and occupied Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh‚ a communist leader in Vietnam‚ didn’t want to be controlled by another foreign power. Thus he lead a revolt against the Japanese in 1945. Not soon after
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Beginning in the 6th century BCE‚ Rome began to take root. Over the next several hundred years‚ it spread its boarders and influence throughout the rim of the Mediterranean and Western Europe. However‚ the empire collapsed in 476 CE. How did this happen? Why did such an influential giant fall? Well‚ despite Rome’s great power‚ it had several internal faults that‚ when combined‚ lead to its eventual collapse. The first reason for Rome’s fall was the instability of the Roman government. The final
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sustain their manpower or resources. Therefore‚ this made victory seem impossible and fighting therefore pointless as “Germany did not possess the necessary superiority in manpower” to win. A factor that majorly attributed to Germany’s loss‚ was their military mistakes in both short and long term decisions. This included the various strategic mistakes‚ as not only did they have to fight a war on two fronts‚ meaning they were always divided but Germany itself was starving as the British Blockade
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Q6: Hitler was a dictator for Germany. Before him was Hindenburg. Hindenburg didn’t trust Hitler‚ but he made Hitler as his chancellor. The reason why he was a the chancellor because military leaders and wealthy business owners pressured him. Their reasoning for Hitler being chancellor was that they will control him‚ but in reality they didn’t know how bad was Hitler. Years later‚ Hindenburg died so Hitler took over Germany. That’s when Hitler has his plans. When Hitler was in jail‚ he had wrote
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Why did Shakespeare Write Hamlet? Shakespeare wrote Hamlet because his only son had died of an unknown illness at the age of just 11. Dating all the way back to the spring/summer of 1596 Shakespeare had received word that his only son Hamnet was ill at the age of 11. Shakespeare being on the road with his company he would only be able to receive news from his family as he was very busy with his tour. In the summer of 1596 Shakespeare had just heard that his only son Hamnet had gotten much sicker
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was on its way. Instead‚ forces from British Special Operations landed and used phonographs (a recording device) to play the sounds of soldiers’ voices and to simulate combat fire. In spite of the success of the initial landing‚ Operation Bodyguard did not end on June 6‚ 1944. The use of double agents allowed the Allies to keep feeding false information to the Germans‚ and it also allowed them to keep putting more and more
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Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s plan was to convert unused land in Serbia and Kazakhstan into farming land. Yet‚ there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques. Furthermore‚ he did not provide these farms with the basic tools and materials to grow crops. He did not even provide them with fertilizer. This caused much of the farmland to be ruined and in 1960 half of all the farmland designated
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depended on slavery was the number one reason why they didn’t want slavery to be abolished. The Southern economy would go down the drain because they depended on slave labor. Without the slaves there would be no one to work the fields. The cotton economy would collapse‚ the tobacco crop would dry‚ and the rice would be profitable. They also said that slavery existed throughout history and that it was part of the natural being of mankind. Not only did Americans have slavery but also Greeks‚ Roman
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Scott Fitzgerald of “The Great Gatsby”‚ gives his readers signs on why Gatsby will not reach fail and lost his mind in a fantasy world‚ insisting himself to relive the past life with his former love Daisy. Even though Gatsby is blinded by his past‚ he is able to gain the American Dream‚ to obtain the wealth and power to win Daisy’s heart back. Although he has forgotten‚ it has been five years since he has reunited with Daisy. When time passes‚ memories are made and decisions are formed to each
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