After watching the movie Glory, my thoughts about the Union and the battles had changed. I began to notice that the Union needed more people so they allowed free slaves to help participate in the war. The thing I liked most about this was that black people had the right to fight in wars and got lots of respect from the generals. I felt really good when they were being appreciated just before going in a battle. There were many generals I liked because of their hard work to put their army together.
Many were killed, many loved ones had died and many were mentally moved. The Flag Raising at Iwo Jima taken by Joe Rosenthal helped those people who lost and helped Americans get through this war. Memorial based on this picture was made and it was put into more museums than one could count. It was not only a picture to show the real war, but it served as a propaganda to the USA. Pictures can win awards not wars, but that is exactly what this picture did for the U.S in 1945.
It threw many people together from various backgrounds who might not have met if not for the war.- Working class and middle class, black and white, different religions and ethnic groups. The African Americans fought in the war for their country and believed that their contribution to the war should get them recognized as American citizens. They were recognized as heroes, but couldn’t be served in restaurants back home. In the UK, it is popularly believed that for the first time, wealthy middle class country dwellers actually got to see the state of poor town children who were evacuated out of the town because of threat of bombing. Women, also, had been forced to do former men's work: munitions, farming, factory work etc.
Why Nations go to War “Mortals made these decisions. They made them in fear and in trembling, but they made them nonetheless” (Stoessinger 4). This is something that Dr. John G. Stoessinger implies in his book Why Nations go to War. Stoessinger organized his book to look at the events that led to specific wars of the twentieth century. He discusses prime wars such as, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam, and the wars in the Middle East.
Then the rioters turned their murderous wrath against the black community (Bernstein 3). By the end of the riots on July 16-17 1863, at least 105 people were killed (Bernstein 259). This is one example of how American citizens acted toward the draft and their retaliation against it. When a national tragedy strikes, the number of citizens volunteering for military service seems to go up. This was the case after both Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11 (Rich and Gerson 1).
Comparing American Voices: The Toll of War Matthew Siegert History 1025 Professor Villarreal November 13, 2009 The Vietnam War was a place in history of brutal killings and political shamble. The whole war was fought over a political crisis yet America won every battle, but not the war. Four American voices are heard in the Toll of War and their voices lay out a timeline of gruesome events and the reality of the Vietnam War. From being forced into fighting for economic reasons to having no choice but to join the war, the four voices show us what it was really like for soldiers on the field. Donald L. Whitfield was a southern Alabama boy who grew up a confederate and worked on cars for a living.
The baby boomers were a persuasive generation that changed political and ethnical views and various academic, cultural, industrial, and political activities. They were living in the times of post-war and have fought for change because they were living in a period of time where the war on inequality was still predominant. In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. voiced at a march with his now famous I have a dream speech in Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, where more than 300,000 multi-colored faces marched as one to protest for racial equality. They also fought against the war instigated against Vietnam because they were very active when it came to politics. They were contemplated of their emphasize on freedom, and they banned employment discriminations in firms.
As people begin a conversation about war, someone always inquires about how the war started. There are several reasons that can cause a war to breakout between nations. World War I was fought in the years of 1914-1918. Several people described this war as the Great War because it was the first war that they had ever witnessed. World War I began because of many obstacles that America would have to sustain in order for the war to diminish.
He released his first hit “My Heart Echoes” with great success. Osborne used contemporary ballads as a strategy in his famous hits such as “The Death Of Little Kathy Fiscus” about a tragic loss of a child ,and during the outbreak of the Korean war; such as “God Please Protect America”,” Thank God For Victory In Korea”, and “ The Korean Story”. Some of Osborne songs conveyed sadness, grief, and warnings about possibilities of the increase in mortality during tragic incidents distributed in contemporary societies, while others expressed romantic melodies. He had made some performances in Nashville’s
Many Indians were recruited in the army, 1.200.000 soldiers, and as a result the effects of the war accelerated India’s self-independence for 50 years as stated by Madan Mohan Malaviya. Source 15 suggests that during the war Indians had to fight in ‘conditions of appalling hardship’ reminding us the battle of Ypres in the Western Front, where Indians had heavy losses and as a result of their low morale and the cold winters they were transferred to the Middle East. This suggests that after the war Indians would like a reward for their services to the British Empire and for what they passed through; but also suggest that they would demand for a fairer treatment and more rights as members of the British Empire. Furthermore we can see that when the Turks joined the War, the Muslim Indians had to fight against their own religion, and in the eyes of Muslims the British were going at war against a Muslim Power. This suggests that the Muslims within India would like the war to end as soon as possible, and so they immediately began to ask for independence from the British Empire.