“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the
United States of America.”
When defining United States History we commonly think of past significant events that have shaped the course of the future. It is through these events that our nation has worked hard to overcome struggles for justice and freedom and security. From 1865 to the present our nation has proved to be extremely vigorous and capable of overcoming challenges through race, gender, social movements, economical transformations,
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These helped everyone from farmers to war veterans
and people just out of work. But it was not until the onset of World War II that the Great
Depression ended.
The wars that have taken place throughout history have proven our allegiance to
our nation and showed that we do everything possible to ensure the safety and protection
of our country. The Civil War was the war that determined the kind of nation we are. The
war resolved two fundamental questions left pending by the revolution: whether the
United States was to be a confederation of sovereign states or a united nation with a
higher power national government, and whether the nation, born of natural rights that all
men were created with an equal right to freedom, would continue practicing slavery. By
the spring of 1865, the confederated surrendered and slavery had been abolished. The
first global conflict the world experienced, the “Great War,” also known as World War I
put in opposition the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman
Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy
and Japan. The advantages of the war included more freedom for women, the
The Civil War was a defining time in American history as the outcome of the war determined what kind of nation America would become. Due to uncompromising
World War 1 or the Great War was one of the most brutal if not the most war the world has faced so far. It originated in Europe which quickly went global, the war started on the 28th of July 1914 and ended November 11th 1918. The war consisted of many weapons and deadly gases. The weapons include;
World war 1 was known as the end of all wars, the great war and a total war that started on July 28, 1914, and ended on November 11, 1918. World war 1 caused everyone to revolve, increase in new technology, civilians, rations, war bonds, and funding the war. Throughout World War 1 there were destructions in nations which involved people dying, roads being destroyed and contributed to many soldiers facing hunger and injuries. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is what caused World War 1 to commence. Therefore, World War 1 was pervaded with the presence of destruction contributing to the misfortune of civilians, and the involvement of propaganda which established the war to be a total war.
The Great War , or as it is known now, World War One was a global conflict fought between the Allied Powers ; Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States along will other smaller nations and the Central Powers ; Germany, Austria – Hungary, Turkey/Ottoman Empire and other small nations from 1914 to 1918. World War One began from a series of tumultuous events, that in turn affected the balance of alliances that had been made between countries at that time in the world.
World War I was often referred to as "The Great War". It began in 1914 and ended in 1918. America witnessed much devastation in this time period. In these four years alone nearly 9 million people died and millions more were maimed, crippled, grief stricken, or psychologically scarred, World War I is considered by many historians, the first man-made catastrophe of the twentieth century.There are many things that contributed to the war these causes were militarism, alliances, imperialism, and na's attempt to normalcy to be a challenge.
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”1 These words, spoken by Abraham Lincoln, foreshadowed the war that became the bloodiest in all of the United State's history. The Civil War was a brutal conflict between the North and South; brother against brother. With slavery as the root cause, Southern states had seceded from the Union and were fighting for their independence. They became the Confederate States of America (CSA) and were a force to be reckoned with. The Union, however, put up a fierce struggle to preserve the country. If the Civil War was to be a war of attrition, the North had the upper hand because of its large population, industrialization, raw materials, railroad mileage, and navy. But if the war was short lived, the
The U.S Constitution’s original purpose was to organize a federal government with strong limited powers. Local governments on the other hand, have powers that are out of those in the state constitutions. One example is the plenary power, where the state government’s powers are not limited to those in the U.S. Constitution or on their state constitutions. On the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, all powers not delegated or forbidden to the federal government are reserved for the states. This does not limit the power of what states have to do or not. It states they can do whatever they want, as long as they do not infringe the U.S. Constitution (Smith 62).
Throughout American history there have been many challenges and successes that have made the Unites States what it is today. Without the role of important figures, long wars, and hard work the country we love might not be where it is at today. Learning about the past of our nation is crucial in order for us to move forward, learn from our mistakes, and continue to the “best country in the world.” Luckily, because the founders of our nation knew how important it was to hold on to significant documents we have access to read how our nation shifted into what it is today first hand. There are numerous documents available for anyone to study and become more acquainted with our past. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, Boston King’s Memoir, and James
The Civil War was one of the most trying moments in American history. Two opinions trying to outweigh each other caused citizens to choose to be united under two different flags instead of one. Both sides, the Union and the Confederacy, have their own interpretation of how the war happened. For example, a citizen (although their identity is unknown) noted that “The civil war was a whole new type of warfare. Unfortunately, the only way one could learn how to fight in this new type of war was to actually fight in this new type of war.”
The main purpose of the U.S. Constitution is to provide the basic rights of all citizens and provide direction how the government should work.The Constitution also provides the structure for law. and it has three branches; federal judiciary branch, legislative branch and executive branch.
While the Civil War was the most tragic of wars to occur on American soil to date, based on the events leading to its onset, it is hard to deny its inevitability. Yet, there is no doubt that the Civil War had a significant impact on our history and set the course for the many needed changes that so many were unsure how to address. However, due to the multitude of grievances that occurred at that time, it seems many are misguided as to the real reason why the Civil
It is known that as time passes by humans tend to change the meanings of certain events that have occurred in the past, they add a new connotation to it. This isn’t much different when regarding U.S History. Every time we go through a tragedy or something we aren’t specifically proud of we try to see the positive side of it in order to not be ashamed of ourselves just like Blight’s prologue states a quote by William Dean Howells, “What the American public always wants is a tragedy with a happy ending.” Moreover, through the Civil War and the years it follow we see how the idea of what the Civil War means is revolutionized. At the beginning when the Civil War broke out many thought that they were fighting the South because they seceded from the Union. However, towards the end like Blight states, “In the final months of the Civil War, all participants knew they were living through transformations” (23). One needed to know what the far was going to be about in order to make it clear of the coming steps that would be developed after the Civil War. Just on key Lincoln gives the war a new meaning, the war was fought to emancipate slaves and to bestow upon them their basic rights. Blight states in his The Dead and the Living, “Lincoln seemed to see fitfully that rebirth would be rooted in the challenge of human equality in a nation” (13). This became the most reasonable meaning to the Civil War since it was one of the main reasons that tension continued to grow. Moreover, it was
Explain the primary purpose of the Constitution and identify the main rights we as US Citizens all share due to our Constitution. ( CO 3)
The First World War of 1914-1918, also known as the Great War, was the first total war in history. What began as a European struggle over the balance of power between the triple alliance of France, Britain and Russia on one side and the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other, soon became a global conflict that involved the imperial powers of Europe, their colonies and lands such as the Ottoman Empire, Japan and the United States. Although the sheer number of countries involved in the conflict is enough to describe the First World War as a mass war, what makes it total is the fact that it was waged not only against the enemy’s armies, but also against the civilian
War One, a huge conflict that sparked in 1914 and lasting all the way until 1918. The war was between the world’s greatest powers as two opposing sides; the Central Powers and the Allies. It was a chain of events that had started this was which consist of key features such as imperialism, alliances, growth of militarism, crisis, and nationalism. It was the result of these accumulating factors that had eventually evoked war. The effects on World War One included over 8 million deaths, higher taxes, rationing of food, and etc.