It is the day that the Civil war began. ... The Civil War is important because it affected African Americans and their future in America. ... African Americans played a major role in the Civil War. ... During World War civil rights groups pressed the government to provide training for black pilots on an equal basis with whites (Memory). ... During the Civil Rights era, blacks organized sit-ins, boycotts and marches. ...

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Without the events that happened during the war black Americans wouldn't be inspired to campaign for the civil rights. ... With the help of World War 2 white people in America became more accepting toward black Americans and majority of the white community supported the civil right movement. ... Montgomery bus boycott was important in getting the civil right act passed as not only did it create awareness about racial discrimination towards coloured people. ... Martin Luther king wasn't only an important person in getting the civil rights acts passed but he was also important in getti...

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The film features the life of Scarlett O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh, during the onset of the American Civil War. ... Scarlett decides that the most important thing from there on out are the survival of her family and her own well-being. ... The entire film was shot from the perspective of southern people, so it makes sense that southern ideals were most prevalent. ... Another biased perspective is that of the American Civil War itself. ... I enjoyed the way the film told the story of the American Civil War without simply spelling out the facts. ...

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The bombing of residential centers, meanwhile, would collapse the civilian will, which might lead to the desired collapse of production and civil life. ... People stayed solidary: they were helping each other during the bomb attacks; they worked together in anti aircraft batteries and etc. ... People shared numerous duties in order to endure the difficulties of war: children collected war materials, civilians were subjected to rationing of most goods, and nearly all were expected to buy government issued bonds to fund the war. ... The British and the Americans knew that Dresden was an import...

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I find it sad that until recently the majority of my knowledge of Spain's Civil War came from Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." ... It seems to me that from the beginning of the Spanish civil war, until recently the United States has completely ignored Spain. ... Around 800,000 people died in the Spanish Civil War and almost 750 of them were Americans yet this is information I've had to discover on my own. ... Almost 3,000 American volunteers fought for the Spanish Republic during the war. ... A small revolt, beginning with Franco in Morocco quickly turned into a...

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In other words, the author states that the experience of internment and war for the Japanese people left the community with a sense of ethnic identity to which that community is able to create a new civil religion around. The Japanese American experience during World War II was the catalyst to a new form of civil religion within the United States of America. ... Then, after this, the author goes back into the importance of the preservation of memory and the experience that has come to form a civil religion for the Japanese American people. ... Cultural and ethnic identities are an importan...

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Another civil war, mainly because of power struggle occurred during this period (680-694), in which Alis son Hussein was killed by Muawiyyas son and successor named Yazid at Karbala in Iraq. b) Economic Warfare: Economic factors play a vastly important role as underlying cause of war. The Russian Revolution of 1917- the Russian civil war, is commonly traced with the ideological warfare of the people stemmed from the influence of Marxism-Leninism. ... Indeed, Tokugawa Ieyasus period was a very peaceful without almost any civil war. ... More t...

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The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... The movie Gettysburg is an epic retelling of personal and historical events surrounding the decisive battle of the Civil War (Gettysburg). ... In the end all of these disagreements on both sides led to the Civil War. ... During this time a surge of democratic reform swept the North and West. ... The South felt these views were not important. ...

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During World War I, an extreme patriotism took hold in the United States. ... But, the suspicion and distrust was also directed against German-Americans (Germany was the main enemy of the U.S. and its allies in World War), immigrants, and people who were considered to have "radical"" or extreme political beliefs that were thought to be "anti-American." ... Another event that occurred during World War I, and continued in the immediate years following the war, was the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the successful formation of a Communist or Socialist state in Russia. ... Arrests, searches withou...

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The Navajo Code Talkers were supported by Philip Johnston, a civil engineer WWI veteran. ... The Navajo Code Talkers were needed during World War II due to the fact that the Japanese were excellent code breakers. ... Philip Johnston, a retired US Army Civil Engineer, helped in promoting the use of the Navajo people as the code talker by the Marine Corps. ... The ability to send and translate messages during important battles such as Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal. The Code Talkers were also crucial to American victory during World War II by creating an unbreakable code for the Japanese to try to bre...

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Defense Secretary Robert McNamara during the Vietnam era admits in his memoirs that Vietnam War was a mistake. ... From current point of view advocated by many people including myself, War was terrible mistake and it cannot be justified. ... During cold war world split into two blocks, each of them maintaining existing order and recruit new members. ... "In Vietnam, the last sustained war the nation fought, the United States spent $111 billion during the eight years of the war, from 1964 to 1972. ... He like many people of that had doubts what is true reason why United States entered Vietnam W...

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However, adopting an insurance principle had important consequences. ... Government intervention became part of everyday life, rationing was introduced; people were urged by the government to take prudent measures, regardless of their class to contribute to the war. ... "A people's war had to produce a people's peace." ... However, due to population growth and industrialization, coupled with the first and second world war, civil rest became apparent. Housing had become the major domestic issue during World War 1 after the wave of strikes by housing tenants protesting against land...

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Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... But his economic reforms came at a huge price - his enforced collective farming led to a famine in the early 1930s that is thought to have killed at least six million people. ... Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Francis Bacon Because of Bacon, people began to think differently and question ideas like the church, which had previously been the biggest, unquestionable stre...

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Someone in a leadership position is understanding and has respect for people. ... They are Civil Rights Leaders. ... One of the greatest Civil Rights Leaders of all time was Dr. ... F.D.R. was an energetic and inspiring leader during the dark days of the Depression; a tough, single-minded Commander in Chief during World War II; and a statesman. ... They have strong willpower and make many sacrifices to better the world for themselves, but more importantly, for others. ...

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In the first three days during X-ray seventy-eight Americans lost their lives, one hundred and twenty one were wounded with zero MIA. ... Secretary of State Robert Lansing on June 18, 1919, he was looking for help in freeing his people from French colonial domination after the First World War. ... Once again America had just finished a great war in which France was an important ally. ... It is important to remember that the leaders at this time thought they were doing the right thing. ... The Vietnam War was not a very popular war with the American people and due to the prolonged United State...

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Although not directly stated, the United States can be seen to use the same techniques outlined in Sun Tzu's book, The Art of War, to deceive, manipulate and ultimately defeat their opponents in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and both World Wars. ... Spies are the most important element in war, because upon them depends an army's ability to move (Tzu 82). ... Soon, the American people were unhappy and decided to take action against the British. ... Also, during this time the U.S. created MI-8, a code cypher bureau. ... First, these connections can be drawn from the decisions ma...

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The government's paranoia of the Communist party escalated once again during the war of Vietnam. ... This oath was extremely important because if America did not hold to this promise the worlds view on America could be forever damaged. ... No one has demonstrated of whatever size can win a guerrilla war- which is at the same time a civil was between Asians- in jungle terrain in the midst of a population that refuses cooperation to the white forces and provides a great intelligence advantage to the other side-(option 3). ... This war was guerrilla war. ... The war did not only affect the...

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This supremely important thing we must call the spirit of civilization.... The 1870s ushered an era of bunmei kaika, or "Civilization and Enlightenment," into Japan.2 During this decade the works of great philosophers such as the de Tocqueville and Rousseau found their way into Japanese translation to the profound interest of the Japanese population, especially the youth.3 Students in Japan learned of the theories regarding civil liberties and natural rights, and began to claim that such rights were not only fundamental to Western societies, but to Japan as well. ... They immediately...

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In the novel Obasan, written by Joy Kogawa, an important event occurred that changed the lives of many Japanese Canadians during World War II. ... The treatment of Japanese Canadians during the war was an unjustified act on the part of the Canadian government and due to the Charter of Rights and Freedom the act committed by the government would not be tolerated by anyone in today's modern society. ... The excuse Canada had for this action was that "Japanese people were not white and could be Japanese 'spies'".2 In the novel Obasan, one of the letters from Aunt Emily ...

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It was not long before the media had the American people resenting the war and anyone involved in it. The Tet offensive was arguably the most controversial incident that took place during the Vietnam War. ... The United States is more successful during warfare with the support for the American people. ... One of the most significant aspects of the Vietnam War as a whole was the culture in America during the time period. ... The next two years would unsettle the entire country as well as the Johnson administration, but most importantly, the soldiers on the front line.8 With this resentment be...

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Subsequently, in the post-war years, The Representation of the People Act gave women the right to vote provided that they were of the age of 30 and they were married to a householder. ... This showed that women were able to be trusted to make important decisions that affected society and themselves responsibly. ... This was done to keep national unity in Britain during the interwar years. ... They were now eligible to work as members of the Civil Service, local government representatives and they had the opportunity to do jury service. This was part of a trend in British economy which contin...

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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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Leading up to World War II, minority Americans have had a long history facing racial discrimination in the United States, such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws against African Americans after the Civil War. ... Instead the War Department allowed minority Americans to join the military and then segregated these soldiers into their own units to fight during World War II. ... More importantly, they proved their loyalty and willingness to fight for the United States with their performance during World War II. ... Under pressure from early civil rights leaders like Walter White of the NAACP and A...

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Many Germans' believed they were treated unfairly during the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, and Britain and France were also at fault should take blame for the war as well. ... Also the number of people and equipment in the army and navy had been drastically reduced. ... Hitler promised the people of Germany a better life in which they would be proud to call themselves German. ... His laws set out to suppress trade unions, deny civil rights, and censor any opposition to his ruling, usually relying on violence and terror tactics. ... Italy also signed the Tripartite Pact on September...

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Rockwell put such effort and diligence into making his paintings that he created art in such a way he was able to send an important message subtly. This was a very uncommon technique during the time period which he painted. ... Norman Rockwell enlisted in the navy during World War I, and used the war and post war as the subject of many of his paintings. ... The Problem We All Live With is one of Rockwell's most famous illustrations concerning civil rights; it embodies the hardships that black children went through during the period of desegregation in schools. ... This set of four m...

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