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. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that can be seen as a driving force behind the events that led up to the Civil War. One of the most important events caused by the cotton gin was the exile of the Cherokee Indians along the Trail of Tears. ... Whitney's cotton gin, and its ripple effect was having a major imp...

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Is War Necessary? ... 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). ... The South felt these views were not important. ... The event widely accepted, as the trigger event is the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand; heir to the Austrian throne, by Serb nationalists on 28th June 1914....

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... In order to describe the causes of the Cold War, it is important to fully understand what the Cold War actually means. The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ... Most importantly, the "Truman Doctrine" also committed the U.S to play a big part in world affairs: The U.S, not the UN, would be the world's police force. ...

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There had always been events that played major roles for changing the balances in the world throughout history. Unfortunately, most of the time, these events were nothing but the cruel wars that resulted in the loss of millions of people and in waste of huge amount of money. ... Germany, Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, France, New Zealand and Australia and Russia are the most important countries that existed in the name of Gallipoli War. ... One of the most important conflicts about the goals of the rivals in the Gallipoli War is considering England generally. ... First of all, it is impor...

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A great deal of the anti-war movements were a result of the media's inaccurate portrayal of the war. ... The Tet Offensive caused a chain of events that led to the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam and ultimately led to a defeat for the United States armed forces. ... To this day, the Vietnam War is considered one of the most controversial events in American History. ... Unfortunately, the negative image of the Vietnam War is greatly influenced by Hollywood's portrayal of the war. ... The next two years would unsettle the entire country as well as the Johnson administration, but m...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ... The geographical position of the United States played an important role in the prosperity of America in the war years, in the new condition...

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When asked about war some would allude to the Just War Theory. ... Caritas is so important in Augustine's thinking that it justifies wars to convert non-Christians. ... Only he can declare war. ... So for them the just war conditions only apply to aggressive wars. ... The idea of war being fought in a proper manner means that not all is fair to do in war. ...

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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. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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The concept of an international "system" itself implies that events are not random, and units within the system are interrelated in some patterned way. ... However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... The most obvious and famous of the triangles linked the Soviet Union, China and the United States, but the Soviet-US- Japan triangle was also important. ... Indeed the others owed much of their dynamic to...

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This war was a war that they fought in their minds and in their hearts. ... To keep in mind how important each day of being alive was, the soldiers had made calendars that had 365 spaces to mark off, and thus the calendars became a way of judging one another. ... One important fact about the Vietnam War was that it was America's first true integrated war. Women have fought in all of America's wars, even though it might have been unofficial in some of the earliest wars. ... In World War II and almost every other war in United States military history, our military was ...

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"18 However what is important for this essay is the proof that both this inflated sense of uniqueness (which leads to exceptionalism) exists and also that it extends from the constitution. In order to understand exceptionalism in the Cold War, it is important to understand that it is rooted in the values that were established from the foundation of America. So when the USSR's spread of communism threatened these values, it is easy to see that the ideology that encompassed them would play an important role for the Americans in the ideological front line of the Cold War. How Excepti...

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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. ... Efforts at compromise failed, and both sides prepared for war. ... Union men mainly believed the war was to emancipate the slaves. ... National Elections Beginning in the American Revolution and accelerating after the War of 1812, the people of the United States grew in their sense of country as an important example to the world of a national republic of political lib...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Although some historians think the war was the result of political screw-ups and that the issue of slavery did not cause the war. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. Almost as many as the combined dead of all other wars from the Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War (Boritt 634)". ... The invention of the cotton gin made it possible to easily separate the cotton seed, "[ ] this made slavery in the South more profitable, slavery then became an important part of the Southern economy a...

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The Vietnam Revolution was an epilogue of events that started way before the conflict that occurred during the 1960's and 1970's. ... This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. 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. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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In order to understand the Cold War, one must understand Soviet motives for expansion following the WWII and the consequences of such expansion, most importantly in regards to Poland, all of which will be examined. This will be followed by a discussion of the events of the Yalta conference. ... Lastly, it is important to consider how American economic and military concerns provided further motivation for the creation of a new threat. ... Secondly, it would allow the Western powers to directly influence events on the European mainland. ... He was unsuccessful however, as the Poles refused to n...

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Race War The Second World War impacted American lives both at home and on the war front. ... Looking at the beginning, middle, and end of the war, displays three points in the war where American ethnic groups faced racial changes. ... Both Jeanne and Ira's initial war experiences show how their respective races were treated early in the war. ... Ira and other Native Americans saw the war as a new opportunity to be recognized by the rest of America as a contributing and important culture. ... The end of the war demonstrated how each ethnic group was affected by the war. ...

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Timothy Findley pieced The Wars together much like a puzzle. ... As when trying to understand the novel it is necessary to realize what the most important aspects are. ... It is her interpretations and ensuing reactions to the tragic events of the novel that reveal the most to the reader about Robert's relationship with her. ... Before Rowena's death and Robert leaving for the war Mrs. ... Ross missed her son when he went to war. ...

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Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. This essay explains the events and people of the sixties from 1960 to 1970. ... 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. ... Sadly his life came to an end by a bullet from his assign, James Earl Ray, on April 4, 1968 Important events in the movement involved the many sit-ins, riots, and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968 passed. ... Kennedy's death was the fall of the "American Camelot" The War on Poverty was also another movem...

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Rome fought three Punic Wars. ... The Second Punic War was the hardest war the Romans ever fought and resulted in huge losses for the Romans in materials and manpower. ... The Romans were slow because the Roman senate hesitated sending help, because they thought it was improper to support what was pretty much a robber-state, and because the Senate feared war with a great sea-power, and also because if they interfered they would be in breach of the treaty which had strictly forbidden the Romans to enter into the Sicilian sphere, they were tired of war and a most important factor-they had no fle...

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Even though Russia and the U.S. had tension for many years, Russia is now backing the United States in Operation Iraqi Freedom even though during events leading up to the war with Iraq, Russia did not back the U.S. ... The Nuclear arms race, covert operations, and the Korean War all played rolls in the tension which led to the Cold War. ... The Army stayed in Germany until 1994 when the Prince said during a speech on October 28th, 1994, concerning the disarmament of the army: "the momentous events in Russia, Central Europe and Germany have brought changes for us all in Western Eur...

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"All's fair in love and war" said Francis Edward Smedley. ... Tolstoy's War and Peace. ... Tolstoy tenaciously held on to his belief that "the common people, workers and peasants, were the important factors in resolving the national crises of country." ... Such was Tolstoy's view of Napoleon, who is considered a great figure in history but in Tolstoy's reality had little to do with influencing historical events. ... In Tolstoy's portrayal of Kutuzov, the general "recognizes the impossibility of controlling events." ...

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Although this rally was not one of the largest events for the counterculture it was one event that inspired the events of that summer which became known was the Summer of Love and the Human Be-In movement which took place in the Golden Gate Park as well. ... This event was one of the largest movements during the counterculture area and was really the kick start to the counterculture. ... Although the traditional things associated with the hippies were present at this event it really did have a deeper and more important goal to bring together the political activists against the Vietnam War th...

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On the surface, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, seemed to be the cause of the events that led to a European and, eventually, a world war. Although the assassination precipitated the events that led to war, the true causes of the Great War were much deeper and much more convoluted than a gunshot and the death of a statesman. In order to fully grasp the causes of the First World War, and in order to eventually determine responsibility for the war, the state of affairs before its inception, including the events and intellectual climate in the previous century, ...

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Rua Kenana's passive resistance against Maori enlistment and conscription during the First World War was an important event that affected New Zealanders, especially at the time. The most significant factor that contributed to this event was the government's confiscation of Tuhoe land along with the prophet movement and Te Kooti's legacy. ... Other events that also affected New Zealand society include Rua's subsequent imprisonment as well as the social and economic decline of Maungapohatu. ... More importantly, the influence of the prophet movement, in particular Te Kooti&#x...

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There is lots of evidence to show that they impact was extremely important and the Games changed everything in Europe. ... It is important to first look at the Olympics and how they had an impact at the turn on the 20th century. ... The Final event that crosses my mind is the Olympics. ... Croquet was the most popular of the few Women events. ... The 1900 games did not let up when it came to the difficulty of the events. ...

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