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Although there are many reasons why the Spanish-American war took place, the most important was Spain's resentment of Cuba's desire to also become an independent nation. Since Cuba was one of Spain's last territories, they were unwilling to allow independence. As a result, conflict between the two parties erupted. Since Cuba was smaller and less equipped to fight than Spain, their economy took a tumble. Due to the fact that the United States had a great deal of money invested in Cuba's sugar resources, many Americans felt the need to wage war. Additionally, there were separate events that caused anger to American Citizens. One such event was the destruction of a U.S. ship used to protect the American citizens in Cuba. Although the ship's

Romantic literature champions the beauty of the world and the inherent goodness of human beings, and Romantic verse is highly structured and

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The Slopes Of War, by N.A Perez is a historical fiction book. There were lots of people who got damaged emotionally and physically in war, the slopes of war shows examples of how they got hurt.

Negotiating Conquest is a scholarly work written by Miroslava Chavez-Garcia, which analyzes women 's roles in history, and discusses how the political system has affected their roles. It covers the period between the 1770 's to the 1880 's, the periods before and after American Conquest. Likewise, this book is divided into two sections, chapters 1-3 discusses "Women in Spanish and Mexican California," and chapters 4-6 discusses "Women in American California." This work analyzes the major ideas present within each period and how it affected women 's roles and power. The time and effort put into this book, is something that the author enjoyed, calling it a "labor of love." Overall, she then claims that her purpose in writing this work is to, "honor and recognize woman of all ethnic backgrounds, social classes, and regions, who established households, nurtured and reared families, and rose above personal adversity in societies that often ignored, overlooked, and rendered them invisible."

The Civil War caused a shift in the ways that many Americans thought about slavery and race. Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over helps readers understand how soldiers viewed slavery during the Civil War. The book is a narrative, which follows the life of Union soldier who is from Massachusetts. Chandra Manning used letters, diaries and regimental newspapers to gain an understanding of soldiers’ views of slavery. The main character, Charles Brewster has never encountered slaves. However, he believes that Negroes are inferior. He does not meet slaves until he enters the war in the southern states of Maryland and Virginia. Charles Brewster views the slaves first as contraband. He believes the slaves are a burden and should be sent back to their owners because of the fugitive slave laws. Union soldiers focus shifted before the end of the war. They believed slavery was cruel and inhumane, expressing strong desire to liberate the slaves. As the war progresses, soldiers view slaves and slavery in a different light. This paper, by referring to the themes and characters presented in Chandra Manning’s What this Cruel War Was Over, analyzes how the issue of slavery and race shifted in the eyes of white Union soldiers’ during Civil War times.

In 1840, the first baseball diamond was laid out in Cooperstown, NY, less than ten years later, the Mexican War began. The Mexican War took place during 1846 - 1848. It happened in Texas when Mexican troops fired at trespassing American troops. Events leading to the war are the Texas Revolution and the Texas and American treaty. So the question is, was the United States justified to go to war with Mexico. The United States was not justified to go to war with Mexico. They maybe could have been justified, but they weren’t. The United states was not justified to go to war with Mexico because they stole Texas from Mexico, they broke Mexican law, and they trespassed on their land.

Berry's life has been consumed by both poetry and farming. He has written over 30 works of writing, all consisting of trying to convince oblivious people of how bad our American farming is deteriorating, and explaining how harmful most livestock is to humans. He has seen

From the American Revolution to more modern wars like Vietnam and Iraq; wars have always been controversial subjects for Americans. One American war that had very apparent sides with strong opinions was the Mexican-American war. This war was started after James Polk was elected president in 1844. He wished to extend the American territory to the pacific ocean; congress also voted to annex Texas. Because of this, he decided to send troops to Texas and an envoy into Mexico, but this angered the Mexicans, so the envoy was asked to leave Mexico. Polk was angered by this treatment so on May 9, 1846, the war began. The united states were not justified in going to war with Mexico for multiple reasons, including that the

The Mexican War of 1846 was not a justifiable war based on the Just War Theory of jus ad bellum principles. The Just War Theory addresses the political leaders that are in charge of initiating war with another entity. The rules of applying the jus ad bellum to a war are based on six areas that address whether a war can be considered a just or unjust war. The most important rule is examining Just Cause as it sets the way for the rules that follow. Right Intention to go to war based on their Just Cause, Proper Authority and Public Declaration to determine if they could declare war and Last Resort being the final decision made if all other outlets were exhausted. As well as determining the Probability of Success in the

War is a dangerous game, many people would likely agree to this, however, very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war, no matter how awful we can imagine it, is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Robert Ross, the protagonist,­ faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with, and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel, he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests, through the life of Robert Ross, that one’s need to reconcile the uncertainties of past experiences dominate our actions when such situations come up again in our lives. In the words of Hiram Johnson, a US Senator during the First World War,

Imagine a candle-lit dinner on a starry night in Paris, the Eiffel Tower just in view with dazzling lights shining into the night. This image is probably what you think of when you hear the word “romantic,” correct. However, this image is a stumbling block when people think of the “Romanticism Period” in literature. Where “romantic” means having a lovely time with the person you love the most, “Romanticism” is a piece of literature written with key themes in mind. Those themes tend to be a strong emotion, imagery or worship of nature, and individuality and subjectivity. The peak of inspiration for these pieces was in the years 1800-1850, and there are famous poems that are well loved today from this period. Many of the poets that you enjoy reading and know are, in actuality, Romanticism writers, and instill the themes above in our minds.

the piece begins with him talking with him picking the guitar in the background and then he starts to sing. The tempo of the piece starts of Andante and then by the end of the piece is Vivace as he sings each verse faster and faster music. Which when picking cotton, the faster they sang, the faster they picked the cotton. The piece is monophonic as both the guitar and vocal are used for the same melody. The form of the piece is in thirty-two-bar form. this helps to portray the message of the piece as it has a repetitive structure which makes it very catchy and as such could be called an “ear worm” as it is very easily stuck in the audience’s head and can be easily hummed

Often times when people hear the word romance, they think in matters of the cultural definition; this consisting of passionate love, companion love, and infatuation. Cultural romance is a common theme in today’s society, and it is often the only form of romance that people today are familiar with or even aware of. However, romance can also be thought of in terms of its dictionary definition. Romance can be described as a specific time period, art style or genre, events, one’s imagination, or someone’s private escape from the world. It can be demonstrated through many different art forms such as paintings, movies, literary forms such as poetry, and music, all of which was discussed in this class (Romance Theme: Definitions). On specific art piece that depicts the dictionary definition is Francis Danby’s painting “The Deluge.” In this painting, the famous flood that occurs in the book of Genesis of the Old Testament is the center point of the events in this painting. It shows people and animals in the water, struggling against the powerful waves of the storm. They are trying to cling to trees, land, and rocks in order to be saved from the deathly water that surrounds them. In the far distance you can make out the shape of Noah’s Arc and a bright red sun. Noah and his family, along with animals, were safe from the storm because God had commanded Noah to build the arc in order for him, his family, and two of each animal to be saved. Because it is showing an event that happened

Alliteration is used quite often in the poem. Throughout the whole poem, there is a frequent repetition of “b” words, such as “big dark blobs burned”. In the readers mind, this creates a more powerful image of the berries, and gives a strong impression of their shape