History; 2. ... Though most of tariff laws had been changed by the time of the Civil War, the Southern people still remembered how they were treated by the Northern people. ... The people of the Southern States did not like the Northern people telling them that owning slaves was a great wrong. ... They had no way of knowing how important cotton agriculture would become in the 19th Century, or to what extent the South would become dependent on the institution of slavery. ... If Bill Clinton had been president in 1861, we"d probably have 2 or more countries and world history would be differ...

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World War II's impact On the Homefront "Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy-The United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval air forces of the Empire of Japan...I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Empire of Japan... The American people were questioning what they had in there lives in America on which they had based their lives.(2) The feeling of security in your own house had melted away from people. ....

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"(2) I see those words and it draws my attention to look back in our recent historic events that relate to this idea. The two biggest events that come to mind is World War II and the events of 9/11 (September 11th, 2001) and the similar contrast between the two. ... This country economically was in dire straights and its people were suffering. ... Entering the war fulfilled those gaps by creating a much needed shot in the arm to the economy by providing jobs and the push to defend our country instilled our nations people with a new found patriotism unlike every befor...

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