All posts tagged War

Civil War Battles- Bull Run, Shiloh and VicksburgThe American Civil War- 1861 to 1895. A terrible four years. Four years of victory, defeat and death. Though, without it where would the United States of America be? Pulled apart or reconstructed and as one?When asked what is the Civil War people . . . Read more

My Understanding of the American Revolutionary War and The Beginnings of the New RepublicThe American Revolution was inevitably going to occur, but was how the American Indians treated really inevitable or just another sign of the colonists greed? Throughout the American colonists stay in America they consistently had a hunger . . . Read more

How America Came to WarByJames A. GillmoreIntroductionOn December 29, 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a speech to the country that was like a ?fireside chat? but was not. Roosevelt talked about in his speech statements about Germany’s plans to engulf the world during World War II:??The Nazi masters of Germany . . . Read more

aboutand why he is there. But he learned this grim reality after a traumatizing event. He beginsto see the devastation and agony the war brings accompanied with its empty heart. After being reassigned to a flank that is brought in whenever the battleplans go wrong, Paul prepares for battle. But . . . Read more

At daybreak on the first day of September, 1939, the residents of Poland awakened to grave news. A juggernaut force of tanks, guns, and countless grey-clad soldiers from nearby Germany had torn across the countryside and were making a total invasion of the Pole’s homelands. Germany’s actions on that fateful . . . Read more

War Of 1812 Worst Fought WarA.P. History Essay on the War of 1812The War of 1812 also know as The Second American War for Independance (Bailey pg. 233) was fought between the meeger forces of the American government and the supreme power of Great Britain. The war ended in 1815 . . . Read more

RichardNixon and The Vietnam WarEntering the executive office in 1969,Richard Milhaus Nixon would have to “pick up the slack” of his predecessorLyndon Johnson who had left office while the Vietnam War was still wagingon. Expected to be the “peaceful-president”, Nixon was visualizedby many Americans as being the one who would . . . Read more

Document Based Question 1Question: After the French and Indian War, the separation of colonies from England was inevitable. To what extent do you agree?The struggle between France and England for North American sea power and colonial rule ended by the French and Indian War. The war began in 1754 in . . . Read more

Ullysses S. GrantUlysses Simpson Grant served effectively with Zachary Taylor’s army at Monterey during the Mexican war. Right when the war began Grant obtained a position on the staff of General George McClellan. During the war he showed courage in both physically and morally manners. In February 1862 Grant captured . . . Read more