American history is the civil war. This battle was a battle was a make or break moment for the U.S. One argument about the civil war was on the generals. Historians are still arguing this question. Who was a better general Robert E Lee or Ulysses S. Grant. Unfortunately this question does not have an official answer on which general is better. People often speculate that question. Ulysses S. Grant was a better general than Robert E Lee because the north won the civil war‚ Grant was more dedicated
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and Co. Two years later‚ he had enough money to refinance the Civil War debt with bonds worth $1.4 million. By the beginning of the twentieth century‚ he controlled 70% of the steel industry and small portions of other large companies‚ including General Electric Co. His company‚ now called J.P. Morgan & Co.‚ is now one of the biggest‚ most powerful banking firm in the world. One of the main reasons J.P. Morgan was so successful was because of the railroad system. He was extremely involved with consolidating
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is the capital of Macedonia‚ also the place where Phillip II was born. Born in 382 BC‚ Phillip is the son of King Amanitas III and his wife‚ Eurydice I. in 359 BC Phillip became Macedonia’s leader; he was named King in 357 BC. After being assassinated in July of 336 BC‚ his son Alexander the Great took over. After Phillip’s brother‚ Alexander II‚ took the throne‚ Phillip spent three years in Thebes’ as a hostage. During these three years Phillip learned about military strategy from Epaminondas‚
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Donald Trump is successful. No-one doubts that. He is an American media personality‚ real estate developer‚ and businessman with a net worth of between $3.9 billion and $10 billion‚ depending on who’s calculating it. One thing to say about Donald Trump‚ introduced as “businessman’ at the Republican presidential debates‚ is that he is anything but ‘unpolitical’. Trump‚ whose dad was a real estate developer‚ was marinated in politics from childhood. Trump’s father‚ Frederick Christ "Fred" Trump‚
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The reason that ISIS is so successful is they are very wealthy. They take over cities that have everything they need including oil‚ gas‚ cars‚ money and much more. They take over cities with the people still in them so air strikes and troops wouldn’t be successful due to the amount of civilians in danger. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) came to power through disaster. Most people joining ISIS have lost family members to Assad or
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system plan. The New Deal was federal programs that were made by president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt had started a series of policies of relief‚ recovery‚ and reform to turn around the damages of the great depression and the U.S economy. Which led to a successful plan. There are three main reasons why Roosevelt’s federal programs were successful is because he provided useful information to the U.S economy. Social security and welfare were a systematic plan for everyone that suffered from
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Why was war inevitable in Europe in the early 20th century? World War 1 was Inevitable in many ways. The key word in this question is "Inevitable’’. My Oxford Dictionary defines Inevitable as unavoidable and unpreventable. Could have World War 1 been avoid? I think not! There wasn’t just one reason as to why World War one happened but a number of things. This is why I agree that World War 1 was Inevitable. The assassination Archduke Franz Ferdinand was one of the main reasons for the
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In Martin Luther King Jr.’s‚ “Speech on the Vietnam War‚ 1967” he audaciously criticizes America’s contribution in the Vietnam War‚ in hopes of encouraging citizens to protest against the war through irony‚ rhetorical questions‚ and allusion. King’s effort for racial equality shows in his speech as he includes irony in lines 38-40 when talking about forcing black and white men to fight in the war. He states‚ “So we have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony of watching Negro and white boys
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drafted at a series of conventions which were held in the 1890’s. The constitution was later passed by Britain as part of the Commonwealth of Australia act 1900 and it took effect on 1 January 1901. Unlike many other states‚ Australia is the only democratic nation in the world without a national bill of rights. The drafters of this constitution debated the adoption of the bill of rights in line with the United States; however the proposal was not successful which resulted in the constitution containing
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War is bad‚ but actually‚ when it clicks in someones mind‚ its very helpful. If it wasn’t for war‚ then what would this country look like or be like? It would be very different because this country is in the condition it is because of war. The Revolutionary War drove the British out of America‚ and that’s part of the reason America is a free country. Even though most families lose a family member to war‚ war keeps the United States a free country. People have heard that war is a bad thing. It’s not
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