challenges scholars seeking understanding of Unionism they need to study the “environment and economics, that shape political allegiances.” The recent study of these Northern counties, John R. Lundberg’s article, disputes the prominent narrative for why the North Texas counties voted against secession during the secession referendum. Most historians, for example, Buenger, cite the reasons for voting for or against secession stems from the growing Indian raids on the exposed frontier. Also
Not everyone feels that way, however. Charles Adams, in his book, When in the Course of Human Events, is determined to right the wrongs of his “force-fed Lincoln adoration from early school days on into university history courses.” He goes on to call Lincoln a dictator and rips apart the Gettysburg Address, all in an attempt to
A border state, Kentucky attempted to remain neutral during the Civil War but was unsuccessful because of its strategic location and the divided loyalties of its citizens. Farmers who used the Ohio and Mississippi rivers for transporting their produce wanted access to both waterways and the international port of New Orleans. If the South separated itself from the North, this free access would be impeded. On the other hand, influential plantation owners and state rights advocates sided with the Confederacy
SANLAKAS vs. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ANGELO REYES G.R. No. 159085. February 3, 2004 FACTS: They came in the middle of the night. Armed with high-powered ammunitions and explosives, some three hundred junior officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) stormed into the Oakwood Premiere apartments in Makati City in the wee hours of July 27, 2003. Bewailing the corruption in the AFP, the soldiers demanded, among other things, the resignation of the President, the Secretary
------------------------------------------------- New World Order (conspiracy theory) This article is about the use of the term New World Order in conspiracy theory. For other uses, see New World Order (disambiguation). The reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States (1776). The Latin phrase "novus ordo seclorum", appearing on the reverse side of the Great Seal since 1782 and on the back of the U.S one-dollar bill since 1935, means "New Order of the Ages" and only alludes to the beginning
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