Was Abraham Lincoln America’s greatest president? It is a question many people are asking. As of today, there have been forty four presidents of the United States that have taken the stand. But of those forty four, which one is the best? Abraham Lincoln has proved that he is the answer to that question. After succeeding in uniting the country, Lincoln outshines the others. “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my
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US Hist. to 1876 Was the Civil War worth it? I believe that the civil war was worth it. Even though a lot of negative consequences came out of it, the positive outweighed the negative. The largest cause of the war was slavery. The North and South had contained their differences over slavery for sixty years after the Constitutional Convention. Compromise in 1787 had resolved the questions of slave trade and how to count slaves for congressional representation. The Compromise of 1850 was the last
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numerous advances in military technology during the Civil war. A significant amount of them had to do with military technology. Some of these were the rifled musket, the ironclad ships and the military tactics called Total War. The rifled musket was one of the most significant advancements during the Civil War because of its design and also the new ammo it used called “Minie ball Bullets.” These bullets were not actually balls. During the civil war this was the first time the ammo in guns had switched
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Mexico’s War of 1847 was fought for one main reason, for Texas. When Texas gained its independence in 1836, Mexico blames the United States for its loss. The land between the Sabine River and the Rio Grande was under dispute. The biggest problem was bringing slavery into this new land. Ulysses Grant stated “The southern rebellion was largely an outgrowth of the Mexican War”. The war was fought along 3 fronts, Monterrey, Buena Vista, and the beach south of Veracruz. The battle for Monterrey was
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Charles H. Rhodes HISTORY 1301 Pollard “THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES” The Lincoln-Douglas debates played a significant role in the coming of the Civil war. The driving force to this national tragedy, the abolishment of slavery, was debated here. The candidate, Stephen A. Douglas, chose to take his stance on “pro-slavery”. As a natural reaction to his decision, Abraham Lincoln became viewed as an abolitionist. The future president of the Union would be decided in this
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the post-Civil War amendments and it includes the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. It defines who is a citizen of the US. The 14th amendment states that states must provide equal protection to all people. The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (for example, slavery). The Civil Rights Act
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pacification, then external resistance”*3, and his use of foreign relationships and criminal organizations to gain superiority and exterminate the communists each played a role in confirming Chiang’s failure. In the fight against the Japanese in World War II, Chiang’s single-minded focus on the Chinese Communists allowed Japan to gain a strong grip in China and occupy parts of the country. It eventually required the help of the United States to defeat and oust the Japanese. Chiang’s repeated military
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The Battle of New Market The Battle of New Market took place on May 15, 1864 on a Sunday. The battle took place in Virginia at the Shenandoah Valley during the Valley Campaigns of 1864. With the battle being in Virginia and the desperate need of more personnel and firepower the Cadets from Virginia Military Institute fought beside the Confederate army defeat of the Union Army invasion that was led by General Franz Sigel. The Cadets from Virginia Military Institute is what brought Julian Edward Wood
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Matt Kaiser Period 5 Adv. US History With out a doubt, one of the major causes of the Civil War was definitely SLAVERY! From 1820 to 1861, so many different events involved slavery to lead up to the Civil War. The Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott Case, and Harper’s Ferry, Virginia was three of the biggest events that involved slavery and led to the Civil War. In the beginning, one of the first major events was the Compromise of 1850. The compromise admitted California as a free state
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a linguist, traveler, and a romantic. While he very directly identified himself with the great traditions of European literature, he was a very commanding figure of, and is very deeply rooted in American culture and history. Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine on February 27th, 1807. In this seaport where he spent his childhood, he developed a strong love for the ocean that would influence his writing for the rest of his life. In fact, the sea inspired
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