Angolan Civil War

deaths came from combat, injuries, starvation and disease during the time. This was the war were the most American lives were lost even more lives were lost during this time than they were lost in Vietnam. The war ended with the Northern states winning and the rebellious states against the north returned back to the union. There were many causes and triggers that caused the American civil war but the civil war started because of the differences on between the Free states and the slave’s states…

for his vital role as the leader in the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery in the United States. He is also remembered for his character and leadership, his speeches and letters, and as a man of humble origins whose determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office. President Lincoln endured extraordinary pressures during the long Civil War. He carried on despite generals who weren't ready to…

I read Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux by Stanley Vestal, Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota Leader that wouldn't back down from the war. While reading Sitting Bull Champion of the Sioux I found a variety of things that I could compare to but I also found things that aren't similar. The biggest thing that I found that wasn’t similar was the fact that he was a man of his word if I were to say that I'm going to do something I wouldn’t do it but Sitting Bull would. There were countless parts…

The Columbian Exchange took place from 1500-1700 CE and was said to be one of the most important time periods in history. During this period, the world took big steps into defying the society that we are today. Slavery was one of the main influences on trade during that time, which led to the exchanging of foreign goods, increasing in women's rights, and the global flow of silver impacted currency all around the world. The increase of trade, cultural advancements, and the rise and fall of…

In 1838 in the British West Indies, there was a dire need for labour after the Apprenticeship system ended. In the large colonies such as Trinidad and Jamaica, there was a vast amount of land available. The ex-slaves tried obtaining these lands with tactics such as squatting, buying land and renting in order to become independent peasants. In the smaller colonies however, the ex-slaves migrated to the larger colonies for work and available land. Some ex-slaves made the choice of working on the…

Charles Deslondes used his position of power and privilege to lead a slave rebellion in 1811, resulting in his early death at age 31. Like a true upstander, he stood up to the prejudice and discrimination engraved in the lives of slaves. He sacrificed everything he had for the slightest possibility of freedom for his people. Without upstanders like him in history, our world today would be a lot worse than it is now. Deslondes, originally from Hispaniola (today’s Haiti), was inspired to rebel by…

origin of the topic will help enrich our understanding, and enlarge our perspective of the American culture. -The topic will study the American Dream which is an idea that conquered all American mind in the period after the end of the Second World War 1945. Both plays A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller discuss the subject of the American dream with characters who were hypnotized by the idea of success. Both plays give different perspectives, one…

component of the book and its time period. In chapter 10, Whitehead writes “and America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes––believes with all its heart––that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave…

The civil rights movement was started in the 1950s to change the way African Americans were viewed. TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS In the history of African Americans, they have struggled with being treated poorly. Richard Wilson explains, “Civil rights are among the most basic of all conceptions of human individual rights, but they must be paired with civil liberties to be effective”(1). Civil rights should be a privilege that every human being on planet Earth should have, but to have civil…

The Slave Trade was a very brutal thing. Slaves were treated worse than most animals, and had no rights at all. They were shipped off in exchange for raw materials that usually had very little value at all. These human beings were sometimes stolen by their neighbours, or even their family members to be sold. Their way of life was absolutely terrible. Whoever sold the slaves, had no regard to their rank, or possessions. Before they would get on the boat, they were stripped of all the…