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Civil War 3
Number of Words: 2403 / Number of Pages: 9
... of 1864-65 and the surrender of
The Confederate States of America. All of this will most certainly illustrate
that April 9, 1865 was indeed the end of a tragedy.
CUTTING OFF THE SOUTH
In September of 1864, General William T. Sherman and his army
cleared the city of Atlanta of its civilian population then rested ever so
briefly. It was from there that General Sherman and his army began its
famous "march to the sea". The march covered a distance of 400 miles and
was 60 miles wide on the way. For 32 days no news of him reached the
North. He had cut himself off from his base of ...
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Genghis Khan Destined To Be A
Number of Words: 916 / Number of Pages: 4
... them into his soldiers and servants.
This victory laid the foundation for his rise to power. He started taking over other clans one by one. Eventually his alliance with Toghril dissipated and he also took over the powerful Keriet tribe. This event caused him to be in direct competition for ruling power with his former ally Jamuka. Many of Jamuka’s men deserted him for Temujin who they believed to be the true winner and wiser more powerful leader. This desertion resulted in Jamuka being outnumbered and the result was an easy victory. So, in 1206 Temujin was proclaimed Genghis Khan, “emperor of a ...
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Famous African Americans
Number of Words: 2232 / Number of Pages: 9
... in 1850, she also added its causes to hers. During the American Civil War she solicited gifts for black volunteer regiments, and President Abraham Lincoln received her in the White House in 1864; she later advocated a "Negro State" in the West. Sojourner Truth continued to stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures.
Allen, Richard, American clergyman, born in Philadelphia. The son of a slave, Allen was freed after his master was converted ...
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Sigmund Freud
Number of Words: 809 / Number of Pages: 3
... mans view of himself. This modern day Jason who found the thread and began to slay the beast of mystery goes by the name of .
was born on May 6, 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia (now Pribor, Czech Republic)and was the oldest of his father's second wife. Freuds father, Jakob, encouraged his intellectually gifted son and passed on to him a tradition of skeptical and independent thinking. Freud shared his mother's attention with seven younger brothers and sisters, but nevertheless he always remained close to his mother. At the young age of 8 he would stand in front of his mother reciting Shakespeare and ...
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Declaration Of Independence
Number of Words: 523 / Number of Pages: 2
... Josiah Bartlett, Wm. Whipple, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry, Stephan Hopkins, William Ellery, Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, Wm. Williams, Oliver Wolcott, and Matthew Thorton. The reason people wanted the Declaration was because the people thought that they had the right to be free from England and to be their own individual colonies with their own laws. Other things leading up to independence were that the British government had committed acts that many colonists believed violated their rights as English subjects. Also that colonial blood had already been shed t ...
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WarCauses
Number of Words: 392 / Number of Pages: 2
... Lincoln was elected in 1860, the South felt threatened, and because expansion was vital to the survival of slavery they also felt their way of life was being threatened. Because slavery was such an important part of Southern society, the South felt that they could not survive without it. That's why they were not willing to compromise with the north. To own slaves was a sign of wealth and social prestige and poor farmers who could not afford slaves had a goal to work for. In the election of 1860 you can see that Lincoln only secured 4% of the popular vote in the South, only winning in the upper 5 sta ...
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Monroe Doctrine
Number of Words: 1554 / Number of Pages: 6
... out to maintain autocracy (Migill 594). Spain then demanded the return of its colonies of the New World (Migill 594). With the possibility of help from the Holy Alliance and France, Spain’s goal was looking realistic. The Americans also feared that if the Spanish colonies were recaptured the United States might be next ("" 617). Great Britain refused to let the Spanish take back their now independent colonies. As free countries the new Spanish-American nations could trade more goods with Great Britain. However, if Spain regains control of their former colonies then trade with Great Britain ...
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The Battle Between The Spanish Armada And The British Fleet In 1588
Number of Words: 1102 / Number of Pages: 5
... beheaded in 1587 for she pose a threat to the queen and England's safety. Finally Philip decided he had to do something about it himself. He drew up a flawless plan that wouldn't underrating England's ability to defend herself, Philip organized a brilliant fleet, which he called his Spanish Armada. It was called 'Invincible', the fleet of unprecedented size and strength. His Armada consisted of about 130 ships from his Mediterranean and Atlantic fleets, from the Portuguese navy and his allies, with as many as 8,000 seamen and possibly 19,000 soldiers. These ships were to join 30,000 troops who had ...
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Origins Of The Cold War
Number of Words: 2149 / Number of Pages: 8
... together for the first time, and paved the way for a continuing struggle for mutual survival, influence and dominance.
The fundamental cause of the tension between America and Russia was the conflict of ideologies and incompatibilities between the two massively different societies - communism and capitalism. Therefore, perhaps the best place to start looking for the is the dawn of communism in Russia in 1917. The atrocities and mass killings by the Red Army in the Russian civil war in the period 1917 - 1921 paved the way for the first clash between the communist society and the West. It came in the f ...
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Conflict In Vietnam
Number of Words: 1278 / Number of Pages: 5
... how closely this conflict was tide to the cold war going on between the eastern and western superpowers who supported the war efforts on either side. North Vietnams goal was to unify both north and south Vietnam leaving one communist state even if it meant using military force, at this time the cold war was still going on an since the u.s.a. Feared the spread of communist in Asia, John F. Kennedy gave economic and military aid to south Vietnam in order to prevent the takeover of the south by the north although all though the conflict was still a civil war and the united states where not officially ...
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