The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geograph...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. ... During the 1830s, abolitionist movements tried to reach and convert a mass audience. ... As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographi...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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With the eventual success of the civil rights movement, it is important to trace back to its origins and the people and organizations that played a vital role in making the African American people's dreams become a reality. ... Before getting into the African American Freemason's specifically, it is important to understand the origins and beliefs of Freemasonry. ... This was during the height of the enlightenment in the 18th century. ... The Prince Hall masons of New York helped serve as a route for non-political economic and social organizations to support the ongoing protests takin...

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Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. ... During the summer of 1962, U. ... During the sixties, the Civil Rights Movement was in full force. With leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement grew to be one of the most important movement in the sixties. ... Kennedy's death was the fall of the "American Camelot" The War on Poverty was also another movement important to the sixties. ...

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Equality was an important issue in many countries, especially Britain and America between the 1850's to 1950's and feminism and race equality major issues campaigned for. ... Liberalism was a political idea adopted by many countries during the 19th and 20th century and has been the source of many economic and social policies. ... However some people find it difficult to distinguish between socialist policies and liberal policies. ... The Kensington Society didn't however, because the feminist movement was soon taken up by many more people and for the first time in British hi...

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It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. ... It is not uncommon, during these weeks in February, for African students in the U.S. to receive a number of invitations to speak at gatherings, schools and in community churches. ... In the words of Ralph Crowder, "the observance must be a testimony to those African pioneers who struggled to affirm the humanity of African peoples and a challenge to the present generation to protect and preserve...t...

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With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for the first civil rights movement that occurred after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. ... Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sh...

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As a society, we have made so many improvements in so many different fields, yet the black man is arguably equally if not more oppressed than he was during the civil rights movement. ... Similarly, in The New Jim Crow, Alexander examined the racial differences during the period in American history often titled as the war on drugs. ... During this time, whites had to justify what they were doing. ... The civil rights movement began in the late 1950's. By the 1960's, the Civil Rights Movement ...

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The French Revolution, opened up peoples minds to enlightenment, and World War I was the first to have battles of modern warfare. ... " Many people view the (First Indochina) war as a Vietnamese fight for independence and a French fight to keep a colony, but it was far more than this. ... Many nations around the world kept a close eye on the involvement's in Vietnam after the Geneva Conference, most importantly, the United States and Russia. ... Yet, the actions of the United States determined much of the outcomes during the war. ... There was an increasing sense among many people t...

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For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. ... What is Civil War? In a research study that was conducted to give an in depth analysis on the definition of a civil war, Gersovitz and Kriger (2013) explained civil war as a "politically organized, large-scale, sustained, physically violent 4 conflict that occurs within a country principally among large/numerically important groups of its inhabitants or citizens over the monopoly of physical force within the country" (p. 3). ... Civil War: Peace or Continued Strife? ... As a result, a long civil war ensued...

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Vietnamese education was based on the Confucian concept of the civil service examination system. ... The Vietnamese liked these values because, they believed that they were important in building a disciplined and powerful nation in Southeast Asia. ... THE PEOPLES OF VIETNAM 8. ... Until the last years of the Vietnam War, more than eighty percent of the Vietnamese people lived on the land. ... Rice farming made the Vietnamese a tough people. ...

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Even as a youngster he was intrigued by his mechanical ability and felt he could do something important. ... Soon after the Revolutionary war ended he started to sell hatpins and men's walking sticks, which turned an even greater profit. ... During the period between 1790 and 1850, the United States was rapidly changing. ... The ripple effect caused by Eli Whitney's cotton gin can be seen as the driving force behind many of the conflicts between North and South, and eventually culminating in the Civil War. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that c...

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In modern times, because of the advances in telecommunications, music took on an even more important place in the world. ... The civil rights movement and the escalating war were two major catalysts for social and musical protest. ... During this "bed-in" Lennon was quoted as saying, "If we say peace often enough, if I, John Lennon, say peace, it's going to make all those people who love me say peace. ... John Lennon was hoping his celebrity status combined with a number of protests against the war would have an influence on how people proceeded with the war efforts. ... During this era, ...

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Since the Cold War lasted for so long, engulfed in it is many other important historical factors. ... Truman was overtly aware that the people of the United States rallied behind his doctrine, and wanted any and every nation to have a choice in their political happenings; however, he was also aware that the people of the United States were tired of war, and especially war for European benefit. ... The decision on the part of Truman to stay in Berlin and airlift the supplies to the people of Berlin was a significant point in history. ... Regardless once again to what side you agree with rega...

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The powers establishing hegemony over the society use an important part of the people known as intellectuals to impose their world-view. ... Undoubtedly the most important topic of an investigation into a historical occurrence is its inception. ... At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... Some organizations such as the National Civil Liberties Bureau, which would later be renamed the American Civil Liberties Union, took up the task of standing up for the rig...

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During the 1950s and 1960s, Birmingham was one of the most segregated cities in the South with strict city ordinances that made it unlawful for different races to mix and mingle in almost all social settings. ... s concept of active resistance/civil disobedience. ... This is an important distinction as it differentiates this type of action from other forms of ideological or revolutionary behavior. ... During the 1960s there were over 40 unsolved bombings. ... The scale of protest and police brutality of the Birmingham Campaign created a new level of visibility for the civil rights movement an...

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He died on the 3rd of June, 1963 and was succeeded by Pope Paul VI, who convened the remaining three sessions of Vatican II after playing an important part in the first session. ... This change to a more circular and inclusive model gave people refuge from the fear of the eruption of a nuclear war. ... Only a select few who spoke Latin were aware of what was being said during liturgies. ... This was abolished during Vatican II, meaning that any happy and heterosexual couple could be married within a Church with permission from a local Bishop. ... " This change came about due to the dropp...

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In the Leviathan, Hobbes makes an analogy which parallels the civil state to the parts of a human body. ... When describing human nature, Hobbes argues that, in the absence of civil society, every action we perform is done for reasons which are selfish. The state of nature in Leviathan is derived from Hobbes' speculation as to how people (who are inherently selfish) would behave prior to the formation of any civil society. ... According to Hobbes, in such a condition, "it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in a condition w...

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Therefore, during this time period and because of the obstacles and hindrances relating the the time period, a powerful empire could best establish and occupy a strong regional hegemony. ... But it's important to note that to go to war the end result but be more significant than the cost to make it worth it since we view that war means the loss of tremendous resources such as human beings and land that maintains the entirety of a powerful empire. In fact, according to Meniscus, " a defensive war is justified only if an actually or potentially virtuous and capable ruler (one who aims...

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The study of law based on the Corpus Juris was instituted at European universities, and the Corpus Juris became an important part of Continental law. ... During the 17th and 18th centuries the authority of the Corpus Juris began to decline as it was reexamined. ... Complaints and agitation by the plebes, the common people, led to the reduction to writing of the existing legal customs and the addition of new principles unknown in the customary law. ... (Civil Law, Compton's 96) During the last century of the republic the rules of the new system were generally made applicable to controversi...

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There was bitter civil war in France, which finally ended with the reign of Henry of Navarre and the Edict of Nantes in 1598. ... "One faith was viewed as essential to civil order. ... During Francois the Second's brief reign, Guise power was absolute. ... The young Admiral de Coligny managed to withdraw most of the Protestant forces to Orleans, which was then besieged during the winter of 62-63. ... During this tour, she passed through Bayonne and met with the Duke of Alva, the King of Spain's "hard man" in the subjugation of the Netherlands. ...

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It was not until King Henry VIII (1509-1547) that the English interference took its toll on the Irish people. ... Some, feeding of the ideals espoused in the American and French revolutions, and taking advantage of England's weakness during the American Revolution, saw the reasons and opportunity for independence from Britain. ... Secondly, rebels had a new determination to change the situation for Ireland and her people. ... As British perceptions of the Irish during the 1840's was one of inferiority, they believed that forcing the Irish to fend for themselves in time of dearth a...

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However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. ... The cause of the Civil War was tension between the North and the South. ... It also provided that when the people of each territory o! ... It is civil war, the worst of all wars, that has unveiled its savage and wrinkled front among us. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ...

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