...The Civil War, one of the most taught pieces of American History, didn’t just have an effect on our country, it had an effect on our literature too. This was due to the fact that the Civil War was something big happening for the United States, the fact that everyone had a different perspective on what was truly going on, and that after the war had ended it was the rise of the beginning of realism. The effects that the Civil War had on the literature of America was both short and long term. During the war people were able to write down everything they did, saw, or felt so the world could understand the hidden pains and suffering; this period had a major impact in American literature. April 12, 1861, the day the war had officially...
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...INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEETING 1 WAS SLAVERY THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE CIVIL WAR? During the nineteenth century, slavery was the leading cause of the Civil War, due to differing views on this subject between the Northern and Southern states. The whole debate on slavery began during the Lincoln-Douglas Debate time period when Lincoln and Douglas debated on the Kansas-Nebraska Act stating that the state could choose for themselves the position their state was in for slavery. However, he was countered on his opinion when the Dred-Scott Decision passed through court that denied African American rights to be a citizen. This divided the country into further political parties which included Radical Abolitionists and “Fire-Eaters”, two extreme groups that fought for their beliefs on slavery. These political parties drove citizens to form strong beliefs and therefore split the country into two sides – the North and the South, the Free and the Slaves States, and the Republicans and the Democrats. INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MEETING 2 DOES LINCOLN DESERVE TO BE CALLED THE “GREAT EMANCIPATOR?”...
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...reconstruction period, America had to adjust back to the way of life before slavery and the Civil War. Throughout the article “Reconstructions and the Formerly Enslaved,” it discussed the dispute between the north and the south, the civil war, freeing of the slaves, citizenship, and economy in the south. While slave were trying to be freed, there was a huge dispute between the north and the south. White Americans in the north believed the slaves should be freed. They supported the idea of allowing the slave Americans to have a free and prosperous life. The white Americans in the south totally disagreed with the idea of freeing the slaves. Whites in the south did not agree because they would lose their biggest source of income and the productivity of their crops. They thought that it would hurt them economically because they would not have the free labor...
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... | | |College of Humanities | | |HIS/115 | | |U.S. History to 1865 | Copyright © 2011, 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and global events that have shaped the American scene from colonial times through the Civil War period. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Schultz, K. M. (2012). HIST2, Volume 1 (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning...
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...The Korean War began in June 1950 when North Korea crossed into South Korea at the 38th parallel. The United States supported South Korea and was the first conflict of the Cold War. Nineteen stainless steel statues were sculpted by Frank Gaylord and were made to depict the multiple races that fought in the war. The soldiers are standing amongst Juniper buses to symbolize the harsh terrain soldiers faced. The memorial was dedicated on the 42d anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the conflict. The Vietnam War began in 1955 when the Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong fought over bringing Vietnam under communist rule. The United States joined on March 8th, 1965 on a general mission to stop the spread of Communism. A 3-acre...
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...CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE DAKOTA WAR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME SCHOOL AFFILIATION Abstract The essay is interested in coming up of a good highlight that will effectively show the causes and effects of the Dakota war. The effects will be classified in terms of long term and short term effects of the Dakota war. The causes will range from political, cultural and economic reasons and the effects will also be analyzed in terms of political, cultural and economic effects. Introduction The Dakota war is also known as the Sioux uprising. This was a war between the Dakota Indians and the United States that started in the year 1862 the month of August (Keenan, 2002). The war ended with the mass execution of 36 men (Dakota) in what is remembered as the Indian massacre. In other several historical records of the Sioux uprising published by settlers, the writers referred to the Dakota Indians with adverse adjectives. A large number of the settlers viewed the Dakota Indians as substandard people who were not worth regard. The settlers did not take responsibility for resulting in the Sioux uprising. When historians started to write about the Dakota Conflict of 1862, they too placed the fault totally on the Indians without regard for the aspect the settlers performed in resulting in the war. This paper will show without biased all the known causes of the Dakota conflict. Causes of the Dakota war One factor cannot be pinpointed...
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...Decolonization is defined as “the end to foreign domination and the formation of new independent nations” (History Blueprint 8). There were three ways decolonization occurred during the Cold War era: without violence, with bloody wars, or with a nationalist movement that followed Marxism. The Chinese Civil War during the years 1945 to 1949 exemplified decolonization through the third method. The Civil War was a struggle in which the Nationalist Kuomintang Party (KMT) tried to exterminate the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for political and economic freedom. Due to the fact that this war could have potentially led to the eradication of Communism in China, the United States tried to become involved. The importance of eliminating Communism from...
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...The most noteworthy component of Ronald Reagan’s two terms as leader of the free world are the laws, regulations, and policies passed under his two terms as President of the United States. These regulations soon became known as “Reaganomics”, a term that is still used today to describe these policies. Hidden underneath the manufactured depiction of Reaganomics policies by mass media lies a controversial observation: these policies may have created a permanent shift in American society which, as a result, disenfranchised minorities since they went into effect over thirty years ago. This particular idea or theory is exceptionally contradictory and has been distorted by not only various media outlets but by subsequent pro-Reaganomics politicians over the years. A closer look at the actions taken place under Reagan’s administration will explicate Reagan’s administration detrimental effect on members of minority groups which, in some cases, still affects these groups today. These policies include but are not limited to the reduction of social programming, the impoverishment of black people, the “War on Drugs”, the administration’s response to crises such as AIDS, and its approach to Civil Rights and LGBT rights (or lack thereof). When former President Ronald Wilson Reagan was first elected into office in 1980, the country’s inflation rate was the highest it had been since 1947. After his election, President Reagan wasted no time in implementing his domestic policies for the economy...
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...Johnson’s proposal to combat poverty in the inner-city began with the War on Poverty. Many people in the United States were considered to be living in a state of poverty. Times were hard for many American citizens because of lack of food, jobs, and education, on top of the racial inequality happening during the time period. The term "war on poverty" generally refers to a set of initiatives proposed by Johnson's administration, passed by Congress, and implemented by his Cabinet agencies. As Johnson put it in his 1964 State of the Union address announcing the effort, "Our aim is not only to relieve the symptoms of poverty, but to cure it and, above all, to prevent it." This is an exceedingly lofty goal, but a goal nonetheless. Richard Friedman...
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...food and water shortage, also deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Ebola. We only recognize the problem from the surface and just rely on humanitarian organization’s aid. But in reality, people in Africa, especially in Somalia, have undergone a very serious problem of food shortage and famine for a long time and still depend on international’s aid without helpful solution. In fact, Somalia has experienced a situation of acute malnutrition in more than 30 percent of children, at least two deaths per 10,000 people every day and access to less than four litres of water a day (CARE, 2012). Therefore, this paper will examine the possibly long-term solutions in economic, social, and political sectors to overcome the root of this problem. Food shortage in Somalia occurred as a result of natural and human factors. There are three major factors that cause this problem, which is dominated by human factors. First, Somalia has experienced civil war and political unrest as a result of the domination of an organization called Al Qaeda, which is led by Al Shahaab. Al Qaeda prohibited any deliveries of food aid from any organizations and agencies (Erdenemunkh, 2013). Second, the problem is also caused by severe drought. As a result, the Somali could not harvest any crops and produce foods for themselves. Third, serious piracy attacks in Somali waters also take part in causing this problem. The pirates hijacked almost all food aid from other countries that distribute the aid to Somalia. Therefore...
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...1939/45 - World War II World War II began in September 1939 when Germany invaded Britain under Adolf Hitler's leadership. France responded by declaring war upon Germany yet did not take action immediately for several months. Germany launched their next attack on Denmark and Norway in 1940, followed by attacks on France, the Netherlands and Belgium. The Battle Of Britain During the summer of 1940. Germany Launched another attack towards Britain, this time from air. However The German air force were nothing compared to Britain's Royal Air force. This marked Germany's first military failure. Greece and North Africa Italy, an ally of Germany expanded the war even further by invading Greece and North Africa. However were failures, and Germany came to Italy’s assistance in 1941. The USSR Later in 1941, Germany began its most ambitious action which was to invade the Soviet Union. Although...
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...Jefferson Davis was acknowledged for his four year reign as the Confederate president and he was a famous soldier and politician. Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky on June 3, 1808 but he was raised in Mississippi(Gallagher). He began his childhood in Rosemont, a plantation near Woodville(Gallagher). At the age of 8, he attended a boarding school at St. Thomas College near Springfield, Kentucky(Gallagher). He came back to Mississippi to go to Jefferson College in Adams county. In 1823, Davis attended Transylvania University in Kentucky(Gallagher). Most of his career he represented Mississippi in Washington and he also represented the military in the Mexican war for over 15 years(Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). Jefferson Davis was an effective...
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...The Civil War had the largest death toll for any American war, nearly 620,000. The causes of the Civil War was caused by what is to be believed four main things, know as the four S's. The Civil War needed every solider to end it but some were truly amazing like the two presidents and the two generals of the warring sides. The Confederate and Union army had many battles throughout the war and the tide of war changed with each battle but some greatly changed the outcomes. The war's end came slower than it was thought to come and many great things came out of it like the end to slavery and the reconstruction of America. The Civil War commenced in order with the causes, the people who were a big impact, battles, and the results. There were many...
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...America will be put through strain and heartache to prosper and become the country that many look toward for freedom. The 50’s were a time where we had to take a step back and reanalyze because of the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. These two major events that happened in America may have shaped us in the wrong way. During this time in America, we were divided as a whole. It wasn’t one country but two, not by where you lived but rather by your skin color. If you were born with the wrong skin color you would be penalized for this. “Although African Americans’ subjugation holds a special place in U.S. history, they were by no means the only important group facing severe marginalization during the 1950s and since. Native Americans as well as Latinos and Latinas were subject to systematic racial discrimination, dispossession of property, and hate crimes.” (Super, 2014) America was a dark place if you weren’t white and that held us back as a nation. To end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans, the African-American Civil Rights Movement started. This movement was to give blacks equal rights with their white counterpart. In order to get the message across four main leaders in the Civil Rights Movement started acts of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience. These leaders were Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, James Farmer and John Lewis. With their help they created sit-in and marches to get their...
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...In five succinct paragraphs the authors of the 14th Amendment decided on the terms for the reconstruction of the U.S. Section one states the states cannot abridge certain national rights, privileges and immunities. Sections two, three and four discuss the conditions for confederate states to re-enter the union. Section five confers the power that the federal government has to enforce the amendments.Sections one and five have the most significant roles on impacting today the middle three sections show the meaning and context of the amendment as a whole (Lash). The amendment was not just a spontaneous idea but the effort from several mind, evolving and developing over time. To fully understand the impact of the amendment, it is important...
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