In this era, the youth are both encouraged and feel more inclined to participate in politics than ever before. The internet, as well as public areas such as colleges and universities, all provide a space for self-expression. However, the media and youth have also taken it upon themselves to deem what is politically correct, leading to mass self-censorship amongst those...
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Honest Abe, as many of us call him, got elected on November 6, 1860. The guy who issued the Emancipation Proclamation, the guy who fought for the rights of slaves to be free, who thought secession illegal, and who was willing to use force to defend Federal law and the union (1). All of this was part of Abraham Lincoln's...
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When Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860, seven slave states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, with four more joinings when the North and South went to war. The nation was soon engulfed in a violent civil war, with Lincoln vowing to protect the Union, uphold the laws of the United States, and put...
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On March 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office for the second time. The setting itself reflected how much had changed in the past four years. When Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address, the new Capitol dome, which replaced the original wooden one, was only half-complete. Now the Statue of Freedom crowned the finished edifice, symbolizing the reconstitution...
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President Abraham Lincoln introduced Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 had only freed slaves that were held in the Confederate states and only in the portion of states not already under Union control.9 Lincoln truly abolished slavery when the Thirteenth amendment was put in place in 1865, ‘Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall...
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You would consider Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas as lifelong enemies. They competed for many things such as the success of their political schemes, respect for their peers, for women’s liking, debated for the United States Senate seat, debated on the office of President of the United States, etc. Stephen Douglas was born on April 23, 1813, in Vermont. His...
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Who is your leader and what leadership role/s has this person had? For this term, I have chosen Abraham Lincoln as my leader. His hard work and passion for his commitment have made me select him as my leader. Abraham Lincoln was a great example and inspiring leader to select him as a role model and knowledge leader and he...
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Hew Strachan is the Chichele Professor of the History of War and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford University. Strachan is the editor of The Oxford History of the First World War, which would lead to this three-volume history of the First World War. Strachan did not focus on covering the war in its worldwide aspect; therefore, we lose...
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The First World War was central to the coming of the 1917 revolution in Russia because it put enormous strains on the population and dramatically increased popular discontent. It also undermined the discipline of the Russian army, thereby reducing the government’s ability to use force to suppress the increased discontent. – whether or not Russia would have avoided revolution had...
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The Holocaust was an inevitable atrocity in the 20th Century and consisted of the mass genocide of the Jewish people and other minorities caused by Nazi Germany during WW2. The Holocaust started in 1941 (no specific date was recorded) and ended on 8 May 1945 during which Nazi Germany murdered around 6 million Jews and around 5 million other minorities...
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World War I, a time of massive killings and destruction, was not the product of a single, immediate event. Rather, multiple long-term causes, including the effects of Nationalism, produced the war. While liberals believed that a peaceful Europe would emerge from using national lines to organize Europe, the opposite happened. There was no cooperation amongst Europe's great powers; instead, there...
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“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was...
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The Allies won ww1 mostly because they had a bigger advantage in their quantity and quality. They had also got a bigger industry for weapons and many other things. The allies were Russia, France, Britain, the United States, and some other smaller countries states. France had 777,000 French troops and 46,000 regional troops, Russia had 5,971,000 men in the Russian...
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After Germany’s defeat in World War I, many believed it was the Jewish soldiers who were at fault. However, anti-semitism and the overall mistreatment of the Jewish religion and beliefs was not a new concept in fact it had been around for many years prior to the events of the Holocaust. Due to this defeat in WWI Germany’s economy suffered...
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In the 1920s, new manufacturing methods and industries made the American economy grow because it was able to produce more commodities and equipment. Many citizens have increased profits, especially in the stock market. However, this period lasted only 8 years and in the ninth year, the economy began to decline, and this led to panic among the citizens. Therefore, the...
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Total war is when countries use any warfare that includes any civilian resources, uses all of society’s resources to fight the war, and the priority is towards warfare over non-combatant needs. World War One is considered a total war due to the fact that societies, economies, and labor were all seconded to the war effort. In World War One, the...
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Introduction The Second World War lasted 6 years, however, the impact it had on the wider world still exists in the modern day. The largest of these many impacts is the monstrous events of the Holocaust which were implemented by Adolf Hitler and resulted in the extensive murder of over 6 million Jewish people. Hitler and his Nazi Party, therefore...
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This book report will be based on the book, World War 1 Told Through 100 Artifacts by Gary Sheffield. This book has informational research from Gary Sheffield, Philomena H. Badsey, Spencer Jones, and Michael LoCicero presenting multiple pages worth of information about known and not very-known items, weapons, places, and vehicles of World War 1, a war where millions of...
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The Great War, generally known as World War I, began in 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. His assassination triggered a European war that lasted until 1918. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) battled against the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan, and the United States during the war (the...
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“The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation” - Woodrow Wilson. The American Revolution was revolutionary by definition because it was successful regarding political, economic, women's rights and freedom for African Americans. In fact, despite all of the obvious costs and excesses brought throughout this historical event, it also brought numerous benefits not just for citizens living in the...
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Introduction The Holocaust is one of the most important events of the 20th century. It occurred during the 1930s and 1940s and unfolded alongside the major events of World War II in Europe. It was carried out by the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler and was part of their anti-Semitic beliefs and values that centered on racial superiority and Social...
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The poem The Wasteland provides a negative portrayal of the cultural and environmental state of the modern world. Through the use of polyphony, it compiles a shared sense of cultural doom, the landscaping which is utilized is often barren and dry, which indicates the view that Eliot felt pessimistic about the state of the environment. As well as this, the...
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In 1928, the stock market crash occurred and put our country in an economic depression; our 31st president, Herbert Hoover, a Republican that didn’t do much during this time of disparity, term would soon be up. On November 8, 1932, the presidential election was held with the two running candidates Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. This election was held...
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The Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in America’s history. The President at the time was President Herbert Hoover. He underestimated the power of the Great Depression. He figured it was going to pass after a while. He and others in his administration believed the economy was going to cure itself, all America had to do was sit back...
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What happens when a country, put through continuous mistreatment from a sovereign power and pushed to its limit, must either choose total submission or total independence through all-out war? One historical event that serves as a significant example of this dilemma is the American Revolutionary War. The American Revolution was a lengthy conflict that occurred during the second half of...
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Introduction World War I, also known as ‘The Great War’ or ‘The War To End All Wars’, lasted from 1914 until November of 1918. This war involved over 65 million soldiers, with 9 million killed and 21 million wounded. With 5 million citizens dead, ideas of war shifted drastically during this time, after people realized how horrific warfare really is...
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In order for anyone to understand how The United States of America was founded, then one must understand the key causes of the American Revolution, and also not only that but in order to understand the Revolution, one must also know how the key ideals of America are reflected in the Declaration of Independence. Now in order to begin talking...
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To evaluate whether the concept of ‘total war’ can be applied to describing World War I, it is first important to provide a clear definition as to what we mean by the ‘total war’ concept. A similar concept, ‘absolute war’, was first proposed by the Prussian General Carl Von Clausewitz. Absolute war was the concept whereby each side would aim...
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World War I changed America's character forever. Participation in the war confirmed the leading role of the United States in international affairs. World War I marked the first war in which American women were allowed to enlist in the armed forces. While thousands of women did join branches of the army in an official capacity, receiving veterans status and benefits...
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The holocaust is one of the most well-documented genocides in history and singlehandedly the most traumatic event for Jewish people in the 20th century. Millions of people were murdered in just under 4 years. Yet, there is much debate on how and why it happened. People question why others allowed it or didn't resist the nazis. It may seem like...
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