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    Living conditions for soldiers during World War I was tough and required courage and bravery and a bit of luck if you they were going to remain healthy‚ let alone survive. The lives where hard‚ food was scarce disease was rampant. Many men died during the first World War but as many died from gunshot wounds as died from disease and infection. Disease was usually caused by rats being in and around the food that was being eaten by the men. Lice would breed quickly without even giving the soldiers

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    President was told that Fort Sumter was under siege. Abraham made a unilateral decision to prepare for with the south. He Ordered : 75‚000 troops ‚Suspended habeas corpus President Lincoln was a very capable war time leader. As always‚ he began to self-educate himself about war. He read military history. He learned about strategy and tactics. He read military history. He understood what was needed actions were needed as events came about. He didn’t want to destroy the south‚ but was prepared

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    innocent people from the outside world during World War II. These camps both had the same concept with trapping people inside a designated area and forcing them to live. They also have a major difference between how they treated their prisoners. Because the prisoners trapped inside these camps weren’t seen as equals‚ they were undoubtedly mistreated. Although both camps were similar‚ the concentration camps were made to torture their prisoners unlike Manzanar‚ which was made to contain their prisoners

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    Was the Civil War inevitable? Did so many deaths have to occur to kill slavery? Would America be more prosperous if the North and South had permanently divided? To answer these questions one must look back and discover the reason the Civil War happened and how it affected America. The United States was built on slavery; it is woven into America’s history. Right after the Revolutionary War‚ slavery was abolished in most of the northern states. But it was rampant in the South where most of the citizens

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    treated? Following World War I‚ many nations agreed the treatment of prisoners was unacceptable. As the community of nations worked to address the horrible treatment of prisoners‚ they drafted changes to the international treaties known as the Geneva Conventions. Many nations agreed to these standards of treatment for prisoners of war‚ including the German government. World War II was the first major conflict where these new standards of treatment were used. During World War II‚ the Germans under

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    Women played an important role during World War II. For this topic there are two genres that show many of women’s accomplishments earned in World War II and the difference they made for their participation. The first genre is a webpage called American Women in World War II by History Chanel. The webpage has different forms of information like videos of important events‚ speeches and an article. They are mostly focused in the number of women that participated in the war‚ some of the jobs women performed

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    political alliances and battles‚ he expanded the Roman Republic and built the foundations for the Roman Empire (“Julius Caesar – Dictator‚ General”). As with other successful leaders‚ such as Winston Churchill and Dwight Eisenhower‚ Caesar’s success was highly dependent on his decision making skills. Good decision making is oftentimes the result of confidence‚ determination‚ and courage. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “If I have lost confidence in myself‚ I have the universe against me” (Moncur

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    World War II is considered “the good war” because it was fought to end injustice and spread democracy and freedom. After the war‚ America held promises to its people. Two of them have been more important than most: protecting the personal freedoms and civil rights for the people of America and ensuring equality for all Americans. Has America kept these promises for the past seven decades? The Great War‚ The Good War; however it is referred to‚ World War II was fought to end injustice and fight

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    THE PERSECUTION OF JEWS IN EUROPE DURING THE 20TH CENTURY It is an indisputable fact that the Jewish people have been persecuted‚ oppressed and mistreated throughout the history of Judaism. But this persecution finally reached its peak during the 20th century when the Hitler’s dictatorship of Germany and Stalin’s rule over the Soviet Union caused the cruel and tragic deaths of millions of Jews. The main cause of this uncalled for persecution was the fanatic anti-Semitism that took Germany‚ Russia

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    Enoch crosby was a spy in the revolutionary war before he was a spy he was a apprentice shoemaker fore 7 years and at age 23 he moved too danbury and became a shoe maker thare at the outbreak of the revolution he joined the american army he became ill and was sent home once he recovered he resumed trade as a shoe maker in september 1776 he was on his way too rejoin the army when a loyalist joined him and took him too his meeting thinking he was also a loyalist as soon as he fell asleep crosby snuck

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