...The civil war was a result of the deep-rooted divide between people of the north and south. The abolitionists and whigs in the north were crashing with democrats and southerners. Neither side wanted to compromise their belief. The statement above is mostly true. People had extreme beliefs and were willing to carry out violence for them, and there were failures of leadership on both sides. However, the reasons why they believe the war was not inevitable, are actually why it was inevitable. Extremism was running rampant across the U.S. on both sides of the spectrum. There were strong believers of slavery and people who were hellbent on stopping it. This great division of people and beliefs was recognized by Abraham Lincoln in document...
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... Was the American War for Independence inevitable? As is well known, the American War for Independence was a first modern revolution as well as a precedent that people fought for their liberty. In my opinion, I feel the American War was inevitable because they have the unavoidable contradiction between Britain about the distance and tax; as the ideology, enlightenment also gave American a strong support. Distance was a spark to set the fire of American Independence Revolution. Due to the 3000 miles far distance, Great Britain cannot control its American colonies efficiently. Additionally, the most of colonists felt dissatisfied with the Parliament. Tax was second major factor which led America into the independence war. In Britain's perspective, the existence of colonies only meant benefit. The Britain used America to their raw material bases. They bought cheapest goods from colonies and sold the unsalable goods to them to earn more money. In order to pay back the high debt, British Parliament imposed several taxes to the colonies, such as Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Quartering Act and Townshend Act which outraged the American because Britain taxed colonies without any representation in the Parliament. In other words, colonists were not only be taken money and also their own rights. All of them were controlled by Britain. In that situation, It was normally cause a war. Furthermore, the enlightenment from several ideologists gave American Independence War a strong support. Common...
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...Conflict and war are inevitable and sometime necessary Of the many wondrous and beneficial qualities we as a society possess, our inclination toward war and conflict is not one of them. In fact it is one of our most destructive and damaging activities humans do. As horrifying, catastrophic and fatal as war may be, it is a necessary element for the survival for humans as a species. Before we talk about why war might be necessary, let us first discuss some of the major causes of war. The most dominant reason for war in human history is ideology, or most specifically religious ideology. From the crusades that begun with Pope Urban II speech at the Church Council at Clermont in 1095 and ended with the expulsion of the Hospital of St John from Malta by Napoleon in 1798 to the current conflict in Israel religion has been a cause for conflict. “…Hubristic identities are a possible cause of war …He defines the term ‘hubristic identities’ as ‘the aspiration for recognition’ of one’s superiority, which is not recognized by other major international actors’… Fascist and communist regime from this hypothesis, and further integrate the notion of ‘image’ – for example, monumental works in the capital city – emphasised by the leaders of such regime. Logically, such ‘hubristic identities’ require some kind of proof for both the domestic and foreign audience to strengthen their claim of their superiority. In such a scenario, winning the war is perhaps the most viable and most credible...
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...Two words that effectively gives meaning to the Civil War: Undisputable and inevitable. As each new state took place within the Union, it appeared the differences between the North and South remain at each other's throats without coming to an end, with main issues of union and later the disputes of slavery. The divided differences created high tensions between the Northern and Southern states, it got so outrageously out of control that people could see the forthcoming outbreak of a war as their forthcoming president, Abraham Lincoln, was elected and took office. Abraham Lincoln, was forced protect any uprisings against federal territory or laws This marked the beginning of the civil war that lasted four years and ranked the goriest wars ever...
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...‘A cold war between East and West was inevitable after 1945.’ Do you agree? Up until May 7th 1945 Germany had been Europe’s main defence against Russian hegemony. Once the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany was complete, this defence no longer existed and the USSR held onto the territorial gains it had made during its monumental war effort. Germany’s fate had not yet been decided but in the meantime it had been divided into four areas by the former Allies. The tension between the remaining post war Superpowers, the United States and The Soviet Union were ever increasing. Britain became economically and militarily dependant on the US as its empire floundered. British rhetoric and ‘scaremongering was born of Britain’s desire to keep America involved in Europe.’ Stalin began to consolidate the Soviet area and the anti-Western language of the Soviet regime became just as scathing as Churchill’s. The ‘Iron Curtain’ was now in place and America, Britain and Russia were coming to realise that their respective ideologies were for the most part irreconcilable. Although it is often said that nothing is inevitable, there are times when the consequences of decisions and policies gather momentum and become an unstoppable force. By considering their differences and how the individual iron willed leaders involved expressed their intentions and shaped their stances against each other it will become apparent that the consequences and the forces that the East and the West put in motion made the Cold...
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...A war is a state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. Every war has its reasons weather it be a good and acceptable reason or a bad reason. If people are going to be killed and the country itself be damaged because of the war, people will want to hear a reason. Some wars are inevitable and some are not. It all depends on its cause. The American Civil War is thought to be an inevitable war. Many are convinced that there was no other way to solve the tension between the North and the South. The difference in thinking of slavery of both sides was one of the reasons for the build up of the tension between the two sides but it was not the only reason as some may think. Economical differences and political differences also led to the tension between the two sided which resulted in a war. The war was considered inevitable because the South would not give up slavery, and the North would not let the South separate from the Union. The part slavery had on the Civil War cannot be ignored but it should not be responsible for the main cause. It was the difference in the North and the South that slavery created which led to the war. Slavery led to economic differences. In the South, slavery became a way of life. It was a large part of their society. Because they were farmers, they needed many workers to plant and gather. The South thought that if slavery was to be abolished, than their economy would fall because there would be no workers....
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...Channel Encarnacion HIST 102 10/27/14 Civil War Debate Was the Civil War Inevitable? Was the Civil War Avoidable? In The Irrepressible Conflict by Kenneth M. Stampp he does not argue that the Civil War was inevitable. He does observe, however, that it is hard to see how the country could have avoided some sort of showdown on slavery. Conflict was “irrepressible” in the sense that “the issues dividing the North and South were genuine and substantial and that conflict between them was a natural and logical result.” The civil war was inevitable given the circumstances under which it came. The three main causes: infringement on civil liberties, violation on states' rights, and the collapse of the two-party system made the conflict between North and South almost impossible to resolve. The war was going to happen one way or another. The south originally disagreed with Lincoln’s laws. The North and the South had very diverse views over slavery. The country couldn’t have been integrated if they didn’t come to a compromise. With the north wanting a strong federal government and the south with the contrary wants, the country couldn’t have agreed to go one way or the other. The war had to happen in order for a winner to take control and make the executive decisions. The country would have been splitting with every new state union, leaving the country with a very dissimilar outcome than what is today. The explosion of the American Civil War was caused by a vast number of conflicting...
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...To what extent was the Cold War a result of World War II? Often, the Cold War is said to have been a result of World War 2, but the question arises of whether there would have been an inevitable confrontation between the USSR and the US without the Second World War. World War II ended with the US and the USSR as the only remaining world superpowers. The ravaged post WWII Europe provided perfect conditions for imperialism by other countries; the war created two superpowers with polarizing ideals. Due to the defeat of Nazi Germany and the concern over post-war settlements, their alliance broke and the ideals of communism and capitalism turned on each other in an effort to control the influence in Europe. The arguments pertaining to the Cold War being the cause of the Second World War has been going on for a long time and historians can’t seem to agree one perspective. The cold war was, to a certain extent, the result of the Second World War. World War II saw the union of the western democracies and the USSR due to the desire to defeat a common enemy: fascism and Germany. Once the war was over, this interdependency ended as well, and the result was two victorious superpowers with totally different ideologies. The defeat of fascism meant the ideologies of capitalism and communism were left to clash. The US used the atomic bomb on Japan without informing her ally, the USSR. Not only was this lack of contact a problem, but it also marked the start of a deadly new arms race...
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...characters; Achilles and Hector. Both these warriors are highly respected by their people. These warriors, at some point in the poem, know that they are fated to die in the war. However, they approach this fate of theirs differently. They both differ with each other in many ways beside the way in which they approach their fate. Achilles is a Greek warrior fighting for his immortal glory on a foreign land of Troy whereas Hector is fighting on his own soil in order to save his country from being destroyed by the Greeks. The main contrasting differences between these two warriors is the reason for their participation in the war, the ethic which drives them towards it and the decisions they make in their moment of isolation from their comrades....
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...There were many events that lead to World War One however there were four causes that were the ultimate factors, these were nationalism, imperialism, militarism and alliance systems. Each cause did not single-handedly cause the war but it was the combination of these factors that ultimately led to the war, a war that would change the world forever. Undoubtedly one of the major causes of WWI was nationalism and it truly fuelled the hatred between European countries. In the years prior to the war many Europeans cherished a firm belief in the cultural, economic and military supremacy of their nation. Nationalism assured citizens of the moral integrity of their nation and in contrast demoralised rival nations. It insured citizens that in the...
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...Assuming Archduke Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, was a world war inevitable? Although I believe the assassination was a catalyst of the war, the cause was more systemic and relied on numerous issues rather than on the one tragic incident of the assassination. WWI was an inevitable war that occurred in the fact that every government involved was suffering from at least one or more of the following issues: o They had major instability within the internal government o They all were suffering from economic and fiscal weakness o All suffered from little to no coordination between the leadership of the military and its citizens In addition many of them also faced issues with: • Unsustainable sending from the military especially in the...
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...During World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were allies in order to defeat Hitler; however, after the war was over, the alliance ceased and the countries became rivals in a war that lasted decades. As polar opposites, communism and capitalism clashed; however, was the Cold War doomed to happen could it have been avoided? After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the war alliance among Britain, the United States, and Russia became tense. By 1948, the USSR installed communist governments in Eastern European countries that had been liberated by the Red Army. America and Britain were afraid of Russian domination of Europe, so the Marshall plan was established, which helped Western Europe rebuild countries. According to some experts,...
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...Great rivalry, as well as tension, persisted between the British Empire and France during The Seven Years War. Afterwards, American colonists felt proud of themselves in their effort during the war. America was told they were going to become a mighty empire, however, not an independent one, which led to a Revolution. This Revolution resulted in the Declaration of Independence from England, and the creation of a new Nation. Not long after, Americans fought a second one for Independence, due to the fact that Americans still felt restrictions being placed on them by the British, and that their Independence was not as it should have been. Some may say that the war was unnecessary, however, these occurrences were inevitable. At first, the relationship...
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...After the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763, Great Britain was the premier colonial power in North America. The Treaty of Paris (1763) more than doubled British territories in North America and eliminated the French as a threat. While British power seemed more secure than ever, signs of trouble began to brew in the colonies. The colonists began feeling the confidence that sweet victory brings. They increasingly saw themselves as a separate entity, one that could defend itself against any opposing threat. However, this era of independence ended suddenly when King George III and Parliament began affirming their need for the colonies in order to remain a world power and to generate revenue through taxes and trade. The British government began to increase control over the colonies and levied taxes, which in turn led to infuriated colonists and the inevitable rebellion known as the American Revolution. Following the French and Indian War, the colonists felt a wonderful rush of independence upon them. Americans had even developed their own economic system within British mercantilism. They became economically and politically independent with their own government structures as well. Once somebody tastes a little bit of freedom, they will undoubtedly want more. Once their independence emerged, the colonists believed that they could thrive on their own. However, Great Britain began imposing heavy taxes because the war had left the country with a huge debt that had to be paid. Parliament...
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...After reading the information provided in this week’s readings from chapter 8 in Turbulent Passage I have come to the conclusion that the confrontation that came to be known as the “Cold war” was in fact inevitable. The “Cold War” was not necessarily your typical war as it did not involve any direct fighting and violence between U.S. and U.S.S.R and each of their allies. There were in fact other wars going on during the time of the “Cold War” but the basis of this confrontation was the differentiation in political and military ideas and powers which caused tension between the United States and Soviet Union. It was a battle for dominance and superiority (economic, political, etc.). During WWII tensions and distrust were already in place and...
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