Tubman’s expert knowledge of the routes and different towns across the south, when civil war broke out in America, she was a great use to the Union army in their efforts to win. It was her great success in helping slaves escape to a free life that led her people to know her as the “Moses of her people.” The two main historical events that helped this to occur was Congress passing the Fugitive Slave Act (1850) and the Civil War (1861-1865). Backed by the Union army, Tubman became instrumental in rescuing
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001-16 The Siege of Vicksburg. The Siege of Vicksburg took place in, and around, Vicksburg, Mississippi, from May 18th, 1863 until July 4th of that same year; it ended military action during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. MG Ulysses S. Grant was the Union General charged with taking the town of Vicksburg from Confederate LTG John C. Pemberton. Both men had numerous weapon systems and units at their disposal. During this campaign the Union and Confederate armies lost
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The most important event we studied this year was Abraham Lincoln’s announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was a military decree that declared all slaves in rebelling territories were free. Lincoln was able to pass the Emancipation Proclamation because it was a military action against an enemy so as Commander in Chief Lincoln did not need Congress to pass the Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation following the Union victory
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1760 BC, there probably earlier traces as well. It has traces as old as Sumer 2500 BC and tons of other ancient civilizations. It started out as a punishment,then if a slave was born from another slave, to pay off debt, and also capturing someone from war. In africa, slaves were used for many different things, from trading to household, and to working on the land provided. Slaves were often put onto ships as ‘cargo’ and then put into a pen once off the ship, then they were washed with oil or tar or animal
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The Written Account & Assessment Criteria A. Plan of the Investigation B. Summary of Evidence C. Evaluation of Sources D. Analysis E. Conclusion F. Sources and Word Limit Sample History IAs 1Trotsky and the Russian Civil War 2US in Chile 3Women in the French Revolution 4PreWWI Alliances 4 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 1 2 2 3 4 10 16 Information
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The American Revolution was a momentous event that changed the face of the whole world. Though the Revolutionary War lasted only a few short years, the American Revolution was a process that started long before the first shots of war were fired. The rebellion was permeated with the legacy of colonial political ideals, aggravated by parliamentary taxation, escalated by the restriction of American civil liberties and ignited by British military measures. England had a hard time controlling its
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Truman became the thirty-third president of the United States. World War II had ended and there was a relapse in job growth and economic growth within the United States. Many labor unions led strikes and protests, which benefited the Republican Party. The Republican Party was focused on the blue-collar workers, the same group that was led by the labor unions. This is an interesting circumstance because labor unions are typically unapproved of by Republicans
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A nation is only as strong as the people who support her. Argentina had been dealt many blows throughout history but each time the people fought back and the nation prospered. The horrendous events during the “Dirty War” in 1976, would once again tear a nation apart, but this time the effects would leave behind greater devastation. This was all due to the Argentine military gaining control over the Government, in what could be known as a coup d'état. They tormented the citizens, destroyed homes
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Civil Rights Movement Viviane Jean xxxx The Civil Rights Movement America’s Founding Fathers centered political responsibility in their citizens, with James Madison arguing against the ancient assumption that a populace needed controlling from some higher force. Instead, as the Constitution allowed, America would trust in the wisdom of its people, deciding at large, through the nonviolent means of elections, who was most fit to lead and how. Still, nobody expected that an ignored and despised
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violence is the product of men and women’s strife: during the Boston Tea Party, the March From Selma in Alabama, the resistance in China’s Tiananmen Square, during the first spark of the Women’s Movement in the U.S. and abroad during the First World War, more recently the Black Lives Matter protests in Dallas, or anti-Trump protests in America’s big cities. Regardless of intentions, a great many public resistances turn violent. Therefore, it can be reasonably claimed that peaceful resistance is a false
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