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elements in the civil rights movement. Malcolm X had become a member of the Nation of Islam in his earlier years. The Islamic faith borrows basic ideas from the orthodox teachings of Islam and combines them with the very racist views regarding whites
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caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political and economic differences between the North and the South.
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faced severe economic hardships. States refused to pay wages, attempts of raising money were futile, and many complained about the tyranny of "King Congress". Unfortunately for the economy, interest on the nation's debt increased while its credit decreas
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of 1900 to 1917 was a triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism." I disagree with this statement. The basic philosophy of "conservatism" is that change is bad. The basic "historian" definition of progressivism is: a movement for
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occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by the time it ended, it involved 160,00 Americans.
Before the battle, major cities in the North such
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took place in making goods and transport, which has moulded the way our world works today. These changes made big differences to many people's lives and work methods; and put together these are called the Industrial Revolution. They started in Britain
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environments. King was raised in a comfortable middle-class family where education was stressed. On the other hand, Malcolm X came from and underprivileged home. He was a self-taught man who received little schooling and rose to greatness on his
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The American Civil war in 1861 divided the United States of America into two sides, the Unionists in the northern states and the Confederates in the Southern States. At the same time in British North America the colonies were discussing the idea
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unhappy with the way the Government of Canada has treated them over the years. Three of the major unsatisfied groups were the Aboriginals of Canada, the Westerners, and the Quebecois. Out of the three aforementioned groups, it is clear that one
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Virginia were engaged in farming and livestock operations in which slavery was not economical, there were parts of the region which did use slave labor. In addition to the small farms, the South Branch, Greenbrier, Monongahela, and Kanawha valleys also
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