“The ideology of expansion was widespread in the upper circles of military men, politicians, businessmen—and even among some of the leaders of farmers’ movements who thought foreign markets would help them,” (Zinn 298). The rest of the chapter explains the war with Spain and the injustices done to various groups of diverse soldiers and laborers. It would seem this was a difficult time for America, though, as by the beginning of the twentieth century, people would begin to feel unpatriotic and underappreciated. My reaction to this chapter is that I honestly feel bad for whoever had to organize this country during this time. The country was splitting up, with some people thinking and believing this and other people disagreeing and believing that.
Lincoln writes, “Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure.” This sentence creates a coordination of words and importance as it does with the utilization of asyndenton. Synchises is seen again in Lincoln's writing when he states, “The world will little note or long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” This sentence and the use of synchises stresses that the American people must honor the lives that had been lost to preserve America's freedom. The Gettysburg address not only plays with the audience's emotion with the application of repetition devices, such as anaphora and epistrophe, tautology, and synchises, but also creates solemn tone yet passionate tone that encourages American's to remember soldiers lost, and to continue to fight for the freedom of
In Why Nations Go to War, Dr.John G Stoessinger talks about the role of individuals in starting wars. He is of the view that factors like economics, nationalism, alliance networks and even fate are often put forward as the primary reasons for the outbreak of a war, but the human element, the personalities, the hopes and fears and the particular worldview of the individual leaders of the country are not given nearly as much importance. The writer points out that wars are after all, started by people and to a large extent, the book deals with the lead up to the moment when people finally decide to go to war. The author holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and has taught at Harvard, M.I.T, Columbia and Princeton. He won the Bancroft Prize for his book, The Might of Nations and he has served as acting director for the political affairs division at the United Nations.
When it came time for war, Great Britain was so influenced by the book that they had a hard time supporting the Confederacy, even though they are economically tied to them. This was a big factor in war because both sides needed more support than ever and if the book could influence a country so much to change whoʼs side their on, it could be a huge game changer. ! With all the copies of the book sold to the North and the South, “Uncle Tomʼs Cabin” was defiantly a big component in causing the Civil War. The differences of views in the North and the South were so contrasting that tension was inevitable.
Nevertheless, Lincoln was and still is a hero. However, there are reasons to believe that Lincoln was reluctant towards the emancipation. Even though he recited in speech after speech that his main motive for the Civil War was for the slaves to be “forever free”, he had his own surreptitious reasoning which was to preserve the Union. Since the beginning, Lincoln’s life was always portrayed as unsatisfactory. When he ran for election people believed that he was poor which helped some relate to him.
I think that what should be done is what Sen. McCain proposes, I have gone many times through his plan and I think that is better than Sen. Obama’s plan. Sen. McCain explains clearly that withdrawing would bring total instability to Iraq which is true because right now there is not a stable government yet. If Sen. Obama’s Plan was followed then there would be a big problem because then it would be a fact that Iraq
Vietnam War Prior to Vietnam, the American populous held their Schools, Congressman, and official institutions in a high regard. Some Americans felt that even though the intentions of the Government were good when entering the conflict, it was a battle that could never be won and there was too great of a burden on the country economically and social to continue the war. Others felt that the United States was in Vietnam for a purpose and should stay until their task was accomplished. It’s hard to determine the long-term effects of Vietnam to the American public. Although many students were moved by the war, it also caused great changes to politics in the United States.
The effect of these factors ultimately led to the Civil War because both the Northern and Southern sections were blinded by their emotions. Each party didn’t realize that many of the other reasons posed by different historians (such as different economic systems, slavery, etc) could have been solved in a peaceful manner. There is a very reasonable connection between the cause and effect of this
Yes, American history would repeat itself making an interesting cause of stress between North and South. It was America's nature to fight for a specific cause and that is just what the country was willing to do. However, they could not because the dispute was between two regions of country or could they? This is how the American Civil War began. One section of the nation was passionate towards one side of an argument and when the other section adapted the opposing viewpoint, a civil war occured.
Professor Henderson History 130 6 December 2013 Précis Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, is best known for his tall hat and abolishing slavery. Lincoln seemed to be a man of the people. Appealing to the majority and the minority when the circumstances called for it. Although he did free the slaves, that was not his intention and the blacks knew that. Abraham Lincoln based his ideas and beliefs from former president Henry Clay.