While another form of rebels' desires to get rid of certain people or ethnic that has been ruling the nation arbitrarily, or some people with unfair governance (Collier 1999). Greed and grievance are an important element that is inseparable in explaining conflicts that escalate to Civil War. ... Once a country falls into the trap of civil war, it becomes a continuous conflict. ... Charles Taylor's trial and conviction by the International Criminal Court for aiding and abetting civil war in Sierra Leone lingers on in peoples mind with a victim saying "This is a happy day. ... Civil ...

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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. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geograph...

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The Civil War pitted Americans against each other. The sectional divisions between the North and South caused tensions leading up to the Civil War, but the issue of slavery would ultimately lead to war. Tensions evolved between the North and South before the Civil War due to their difference in economic structure, and political views. ... During the 1830s, abolitionist movements tried to reach and convert a mass audience. ... As historian Ted Alexander notes, in his essay on the causes of the civil war, "Beneath this great wealth and prosperity, America seethed. ...

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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. ... Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. ... Root Causes Slavery Contemporary actors, the Union and Confederate leadership and fighting soldiers on both sides believed that slavery caused the Civil War. ... Subsequent writers on the American Civil War looked to several factors explaining the geographi...

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Causes of the Civil War Was slavery the only cause of the Civil War? ... Many historians say that slavery was the main issue of the Civil War. ... "Approximately 620,000 soldiers died during the Civil War. ... We had fought the Revolutionary War to be free of the English, but slavery had always been legal during that time. ... Grant, a prominent general in the Civil War had a slave (Jordon 12)". ...

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With the eventual success of the civil rights movement, it is important to trace back to its origins and the people and organizations that played a vital role in making the African American people's dreams become a reality. ... Before getting into the African American Freemason's specifically, it is important to understand the origins and beliefs of Freemasonry. ... This was during the height of the enlightenment in the 18th century. ... The Prince Hall masons of New York helped serve as a route for non-political economic and social organizations to support the ongoing protests takin...

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This struggle occurred before, during, and after the Civil Rights Movement, and it has impacted history through its events, its ideas, and its people. ... At the end of the Civil War, the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery (Boyer, et al. 502). ... McKissack 62)" Lastly, African-Americans developed a determination for progress during the Progressive Era, utilizing ideals from the minds of W. ... The people from before the Civil Rights Movement were widely variegated in their beliefs and contributed to the turmoil that gave birth to the Civil Rights Movement. Abraham Lincoln brought the nat...

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This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American astronauts landing on the moon, the Arms Race with Russia, the Civil Rights Movement, the assignation of Martin Luther King, Jr., and on and on. ... On the third day more than sixty people came to the store for the sit-in. ... The next big event that took place during the civil rights movement was the March on Washington. ... There wer...

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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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Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. ... During the summer of 1962, U. ... During the sixties, the Civil Rights Movement was in full force. 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. ... Kennedy's death was the fall of the "American Camelot" The War on Poverty was also another movement important to the sixties. ...

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Equality was an important issue in many countries, especially Britain and America between the 1850's to 1950's and feminism and race equality major issues campaigned for. ... Liberalism was a political idea adopted by many countries during the 19th and 20th century and has been the source of many economic and social policies. ... However some people find it difficult to distinguish between socialist policies and liberal policies. ... The Kensington Society didn't however, because the feminist movement was soon taken up by many more people and for the first time in British hi...

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Historians estimate that Francoists executed at least 150,000 during and after the war. ... The Spanish Civil War continues to shape people's lives. At the time, too, people recognised the significance of the war. ... Hitler also knew that a Nationalist victory would give him an important ally in his struggle with Britain and France. ... During the Spanish Civil War Italy sent 80,000 men, of whom almost 6,000 belonged to the Italian Air Force, 45,000 to the army and 29,000 to the fascist militia. ...

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It is important to recall that between 1619 and 1926, African Americans and other peoples of African descent were classified as a race that had not made any contribution to human civilization. ... It is not uncommon, during these weeks in February, for African students in the U.S. to receive a number of invitations to speak at gatherings, schools and in community churches. ... In the words of Ralph Crowder, "the observance must be a testimony to those African pioneers who struggled to affirm the humanity of African peoples and a challenge to the present generation to protect and preserve...t...

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Caritas is so important in Augustine's thinking that it justifies wars to convert non-Christians. ... It involves sovereign nations, which rules out civil wars and riots. ... People during war can be divided into various categories. ... Also there are neutral people who are not part of either warring party and are not involved in the hostilities. ... Direct killing of such people is murder, that is, when it is intentional and avoidable. ...

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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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It was not until after the Civil War, however, that a permanent railroad bridge was constructed across the Ohio River. After the Civil War, the pace of railroad building increased. The Pacific railroads, the Union Pacific building from Omaha, Nebraska, and the Central Pacific building from Sacramento, California, had started to build a transcontinental railroad during the war to help promote national unity. ... The Pacific Railroads were founded when the Civil War was in progress. ... In addition to the Homestead Act, there was the realization on the part of informed people that the era ...

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With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. ... Abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, Fredrick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for the first civil rights movement that occurred after the Civil War, during Reconstruction. ... Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sh...

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As a society, we have made so many improvements in so many different fields, yet the black man is arguably equally if not more oppressed than he was during the civil rights movement. ... Similarly, in The New Jim Crow, Alexander examined the racial differences during the period in American history often titled as the war on drugs. ... During this time, whites had to justify what they were doing. ... The civil rights movement began in the late 1950's. By the 1960's, the Civil Rights Movement ...

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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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The French Revolution, opened up peoples minds to enlightenment, and World War I was the first to have battles of modern warfare. ... " Many people view the (First Indochina) war as a Vietnamese fight for independence and a French fight to keep a colony, but it was far more than this. ... 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. ... Yet, the actions of the United States determined much of the outcomes during the war. ... There was an increasing sense among many people t...

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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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Vietnamese education was based on the Confucian concept of the civil service examination system. ... The Vietnamese liked these values because, they believed that they were important in building a disciplined and powerful nation in Southeast Asia. ... THE PEOPLES OF VIETNAM 8. ... Until the last years of the Vietnam War, more than eighty percent of the Vietnamese people lived on the land. ... Rice farming made the Vietnamese a tough people. ...

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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. ... During the period between 1790 and 1850, the United States was rapidly changing. ... The ripple effect caused by Eli Whitney's cotton gin can be seen as the driving force behind many of the conflicts between North and South, and eventually culminating in the Civil War. ... This continuation of slavery by the South led to a ripple effect that c...

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One of the most tragic of all wars is civil war. ... One of the few wars fought in North America was the Civil War. ... The history of Civil War continues to be marked by these terms. ... Medical attention was also very poor during Civil War times; new age pain relievers and specialized surgeries were not available to wounded soldiers. The consequences of the Civil War effected the soldiers during the war and during postwar. ...

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In modern times, because of the advances in telecommunications, music took on an even more important place in the world. ... The civil rights movement and the escalating war were two major catalysts for social and musical protest. ... During this "bed-in" Lennon was quoted as saying, "If we say peace often enough, if I, John Lennon, say peace, it's going to make all those people who love me say peace. ... John Lennon was hoping his celebrity status combined with a number of protests against the war would have an influence on how people proceeded with the war efforts. ... During this era, ...

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