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Union Essays and Term Papers
The Petersburg CampaignThe Siege of Petersburg began on June 12th, 1864 and ended on April 3rd 1865, lasting a total of 292 days. To put the siege into perspective, I have included brief summaries of the Overland Campaign, the Shenandoah Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign.
The struggle for Petersburg has no equal in ...
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Gorbachev: Analysis Of Three Books About GorbachevThe history of the Soviet Union is complicated and fascinating. In the course
of only seventy years this country has seen the development of the totally new
system of state, economic growth, the growth of hopes for the "brighter future",
and then the sudden and expected by no one collapse of the ...
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The Battle Of Gettysburg"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great Civil War; testing whether this
nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can ...
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GulagThe term "GULAG" is an acronym for the Soviet bureaucratic institution, Glavnoe Upravlenie ispravitel'no-trudovykh LAGerei (Main Administration of Corrective Labor Camps) that operated the Soviet system of forced labor camps in the Stalin era. Since the publication of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The ...
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A Canadian Flag For CanadaA CANADIAN FLAG FOR CANADA
Introduction
The sole function of any flag is to send a message. A national flag sends the message of nationality. In doing so, it forms the nation's premier graphic symbol, second in importance only to the nation's premier linguistic symbol: its name.
Yet, for ...
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Civil War CausesCivil War
The Civil War was fought primarily due to the issue of Slavery. When the constitution was drafted, both North and South States owned slaves. Whites valued independence and racial superiority. The South saw the issue of slavery as a necessary evil and had adopted it as a way of life as ...
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Problems Involved In Developing International OrganizationsProblems Involved In Developing International Organizations
In my opinion, the most difficult issue at hand is that the construction of an institutional structure comprising all 25 states (with an extension to 27 with the future joining of Romania and Bulgaria) will certainly cause some national ...
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The Battle Of MonocacyFrederick County has a lot of history to it. Many major events in the history of the United States of America have taken place here. During the Civil War, many troops crossed through Frederick County. During one instance, there was a major battle, which many say saved Washington from being ...
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The Roles African American InIn the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly ...
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African-Americans In The Civil WarThe foundation for black participation in the Civil War began more than a hundred years before the outbreak of the war. Blacks in America had been in bondage since early colonial times. In 1776, when Jefferson proclaimed mankind’s inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, ...
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African Americans In The CivilIn the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. When Africans first came to America, they were taken against their will and forced to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, greedy, lazy Americans. They were given no pay and often badly ...
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The Nation’s Sectional Discord And The Unity Within The NationWhen the Constitution of the United States was first created in 1787, its purpose was to unify our country. However, by 1850, the United States had become ‘source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created.’ What happened during the 63 ...
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Sixteen Most Significant Events In US History Between 1789 To 1975After a review of United States' history from 1789 to 1975, I have
identified what I believe are the sixteen most significant events of that
time period. The attached sheet identifies the events and places them in
brackets by time period. The following discussion provides my reasoning
for ...
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The Constitution: Discord And Tension In 1850When the Constitution of the United States was first created in 1787, its purpose was to unify our country. However, by 1850, the United States had become ‘source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created.’ What happened during the 63 ...
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The Turning Point Of The Civil WarGettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. It was
a battle that would change the future of the Civil War. The stage was set
for an immense struggle at Gettysburg after the May 1863 Battle of
Chancellorsville. The Battle of Gettysburg was a prolonged three day,
bloody battle, a ...
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After The Atomic BombThe development and usage of the first atomic bombs has caused a change in military, political, and public functionality of the world today. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki revolutionized warfare by killing large masses of civilian population with a single strike. The bombs’ effects from ...
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Stalinthey say he knew only two punishments for disobedience quick death by shooting or slow death by starvation, and overwork. He may justly be numbered 2 of 3 worst men who ever lived; outdoing even Hitler whom he admired and who admired him. Joseph was not an impressive figure, not the sort of ...
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The Civil WarDuring both and civil war reconstruction time periods,
there were many changes going on in the Union. The Emancipation Proclamation,
as well as legislation such as the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments, was causing a new awakening of democracy; while the renouncing of
secession by ...
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The Battle Of GettysburgIn July of 1863, General Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia of 75,000 men and the 97,000 man Union Army Of The Potomac under General George G. Meade met, by chance, when a Confederate brigade sent forward for supplies observed a forward column of Meade's cavalry.
Of the more than 2,000 land ...
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Comparing the M-16 and AK-47The great military debate that has existed for decades attributes to which firearm has the better rifle platform, Eugene Stoner’s M-16 or Mikhail Kalishnikov’s AK-47? Both are used extensively by police and military forces around the world. These two weapons platforms have been going head to head ...
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