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- 5141: Civil War - The War Of Northern Aggression
- ... just like they are the truth of the creation vs. evolution debate. They’re blinded in the same way as well, misleading text books. The truth is that the North, Lincoln, etc. weren’t as great as they claimed to be, and that they went to illegal measures for an unjust cause. The public school system was used as a tool of the government and still is to skew the American ... is morally right, and at the same time favorable to, or at least not against, our interests to transfer the African to his native clime, and we shall find a way to do it, however great the task may be" (Kennedy 28). It sounds like everyone will rejoice at Lincoln picking the splinter out of the South’s eye, but they all miss the plank in his. The Northern hypocrites were ...
- 5142: Civil War - The Battle Of Vicksburg
- ... forces took forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers respectfully and opened the pathway of invasion to the south. Efforts by Union land and navel forces to capture Vicksburg and open the great waterway to navigation ended in failure. It was only a matter of time before war centered in on Vicksburg. The first threat developed in May 1862, when the ships from the West Gulf Blockading Squadron ... Mississippi of Confederate resistance. Grant’s long campaign to capture Vicksburg on the Mississippi was one of the most important series of connected battles during the Civil War. So long as the Confederacy controlled the great river, it could prevent the Union from bringing its full weight to bear against Lee in Virginia. Viclesburg’s situation on a bend of the river made it extremely hard to attack. Navel assaults were ...
- 5143: Civil War
- ... against Augusta and the other would march northeast toward Charleston. However the one true objective would be Columbia. Sherman's force arrived in Columbia on February 16. The city was burned to the ground and great controversy was to arise. The Confederates claimed that Sherman's men set the fires "deliberately, systematically, and atrociously". However, Sherman claimed that the fires were burning when they arrived. The fires had been set to ... numbered 360,222 and only 110,000 of them died in battle. Confederate dead were estimated at 258,000 including 94,000 who actually died on the field of battle. The Civil War was a great waste in terms of human life and possible accomplishment and should be considered shameful. Before its first centennial, tragedy struck a new country and stained it for eternity. It will never be forgotten but adversity ...
- 5144: Bay Of Pigs
- ... Soviet JS-2 51-ton tanks, SU-100 assault guns, T-34 35-ton tanks, 76-mm field guns, 85-mm field guns, and 122-mm field guns (Goode, Stephen 75&76). Fidel Castro took great pride in the armed forces. He expanded the ground forces from 250,000 to 400,000 troops. These figures put one out of every thirty Cubans in the armed forces, compared to one out of ... Castro’s militia. The militia had heavy reinforcements which meant a quicker surrender for these exiles (Goode, Stephen 81). On Monday, April 17, the remaining planes of Castro’s air force were able to impose great damage on the ships and their invaders (Bay of Pigs Revisited, The 4). Two of the Liberation Army’s ships were sunk, The Houston and The Rio Candido, which sank with most of the Army ...
- 5145: Andrew Carnegie
- ... large as half a billion dollars. From that time on, with the philosophy that the rich have a moral obligation to give away their money, he devoted himself to philanthropy. Although ironic, this man of great fortune strongly believed in the merits of poverty for the development of character and work ethic, and determined that wealthy men should not leave their fortunes to their children, but should give it away, claiming ... Gospel of Wealth (1900), The Empire of Business (1902), Problems of Today (1908), and an Autobiography (1920) (Mitzen 182). Although Carnegie only stood somewhere between 5’2" and 5’6", he "had to be a great, tough, disciplined giant of a man." His commitment to others is not only seen through his many munificent works, but in the way he lived, including his tombstone in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery of North ...
- 5146: The Spanish-American War
- ... in the Philippines as well as the fleet stationed in Cuba, which they also effectively blockaded. Despite poor planning, the strategic and decisive victory over the Spanish gave the Americans an international recognition as a great power. The significant American ground victories at Las Gu´simas and San Juan Hill showed that the U.S. also had a strong and effective army. With these consistent land and 'at-sea' victories, it ... for U.S. commerce and military activities, and was later completed in 1914 (http://members.tripod.com/Brian_Bloget/V_Corps_1898.html). The eagerness of Americans to build the Panama Canal was due in great part to the victory in the Spanish-American War. The last major positive outcome for the United States that came from the Spanish American War was that it resulted in the U.S. acquisition of ...
- 5147: The New Deal
- ... be taken while running for president, the New Deal was the shinning hope for many Americans who had lost their jobs or were living in poverty. After the United States had plummeted into the greatest depression to face this country while Herbert Hoover lead the country, many voters were looking for anyone with a promising plan and a bright outlook. As banks closed and unemployment rates soared, Roosevelt promised a balanced ... to farmers for growing less acreage, but also provided parity payments for farmers who conformed to restrictions on specific crops like cotton and wheat. In one of the areas in America hit hardest by the Depression, the Tennessee River Valley, an act named after the valley was formed to create a "planned economy." The Tennessee River was to be dammed up in several places to prevent flooding in the area, create ...
- 5148: Tenskwatawa
- ... he became a medicine man in Tecumseh's village. Lalawethika's transformation from a lazy drunkard into a powerful spiritual leader came after a dream in which he claimed to have been visited by the Great Spirit. He proclaimed his new name to be Tenskwatawa meaning "The Open Door." White settlers began to call him The Prophet because he said the gods had shown him the path to salvation for his ... Battle of Tippecanoe was not a major military encounter. Although more American soldiers died in the skirmish than native warriors, Harrison's troops advanced into the village and razed it to the ground, claiming a great victory. After the battle, Tenskwatawa was blamed for allowing the community to be destroyed. One group of warriors, the Winnebagos, were so angry that they tied him up and threatened to kill him. However, "he ...
- 5149: Teddy Roosevelt
- ... perform tasks granted by the Constitution, Roosevelt inverted this and believed that the President should do everything in his power for the people, except what was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. He thus did a great deal to expand the powers of the Chief Executive. Trust Busting The first major issue that would command the full attention of the new President and much of the news of the day was the ... McKinley had stepped in only two years earlier and convinced the owners of the mine to give the miners a 10 percent raise, and thus avoid the more chilling thought of William Jennings Bryan, the Great Commoner, in the White House. The settlement two years prior had made neither side happy, so when Roosevelt approached Hanna to work out another deal, both sides flatly refused. The economic and political ramifications of ...
- 5150: Slavery - Events That Effected Slavery
- ... was a secret complex system of about 3,000 people both blacks and whites, who helped transport escaped slaves. At night "conductors" led runaways to freedom, providing food and safe hiding places. The conductors risked great danger in aiding slaves. The slaves transportation in the Underground Railroad varied. Slaves traveled on foot, in covered wagons, or in boxes. At the stations the slaves would hide in attics, barns, cellars, and even ... the Union with the abolition of slavery in the South would strengthen his support in the North by pointing out the need to protect the country and to make it a country where freedom held great value. On September 22, 1862, he issued his first Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation would free all slaves in areas still in rebellion. It was a statement of intent instead of a law, and slaveholders ...
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