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from the spiral grooves inside the barrel: this is called "rifling" and is designed to make the bullet spin; it is believed that t...

to believe that he was the cause of the war (Caesar, 2007). He went so far as to offer to disband his army, provided Pompey did ...

by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...

One of the most concerning of the reactions to 9-11 is the attacks that we have been subjected to in terms of our legal...

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...

occasion, "his master had the nails of his fingers and toes beaten off" (Blassingame 331). A slave who accidentally bumped a white...

the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...

by the 1970s, mostly left-wing groups (International Crisis Group July). By the 1980s, right-wing groups emerged and by then, the ...

"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

navy of the Confederate States of America. Roughly one-fifth of US naval officers resigned and joined the Southern rebels. In hi...

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...

liberties they believe that the Constitution allows freedom in all areas that the society deems necessary. However, there are cond...

Sudanese government can be trusted to look after its own citizens there" ("No Help Needed, Thank You Very Much"). The outlook for ...

analysis and interpretation of the material led him to conclude that the Restoration was a success, particularly in light of the p...

have any solid answer. The following paper examines reasons why the South lost, and focuses on the fact that it likely lost due to...

can be used to help prevent another company from benefiting from Bugs efforts. 2. Industrial Espionage Corporate spying alw...

American people, Thoreau argues that the government "does not settle the West. It does no educate" that it is the American people...

lived simply, many people were middle class as well. In the South the focus was on plantations, farming, and the people were essen...

were now equal, they put into place a system of support that would forever keep many African Americans in a position of submission...

notes, "Serious scholars still debate whether the Civil War was necessary" (Kagan, 2005; B07). At the same time one can speculat...

of the overlap (Wenk, 1971). With the expert knowledge it can be argued that the role of the civil engineer ins changing, especia...

Their purpose was to have Parliament abolish slave trade, rather than declare slavery to be illegal. As an incremental play, this ...

for all of the changes and as the result of the changes and the rise of the populist movement there was the use of paternalist des...

would secede from the Union and thus would indicate they did not care about his demands or his desires (Abraham Lincoln and the Ci...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

In five pages this important Civil War battle is described in an overview of events. Four sources are cited in the bibliography....