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Vor einem Tag · Produced by the U.S. Army Special Service Division, and directed by Frank Capra, Why We Fight is a seven part propaganda/documentary series that traces the e...
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Vor einem Tag · TURN ON SOUND. Americans’ mistrust of new immigrants is hardly new. In fact, it exhibits a striking resemblance to the prevailing fears 100 years ago. The country might soon need to “station a ...
Vor einem Tag · The Immigration Act of 1924 shaped the U.S. population over the course of the 20th century, greatly restricting immigration and ensuring that arriving immigrants were mostly from Northern and Western Europe. The century-old law was one of the most restrictive in U.S. history and helped create the framework for key provisions of the U.S. immigration system that remain in place a century later ...
Vor 3 Tagen · In “Civil War,” tanks trample democracy. The film depicts a near-future America that has been torn apart by seceding regions and militia violence. It features a fascist leader in the White ...
Vor 4 Tagen · April 12, 1861 - April 26, 1865. Location: United States. Participants: Confederate States of America. United States. Major Events: Battle of Antietam. Fort Pillow Massacre. Battle of Gettysburg. Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack. Battle of Monocacy. Key People: James Buchanan. Ulysses S. Grant. Robert E. Lee.
- The American Civil War was the culmination of the struggle between the advocates and opponents of slavery that dated from the founding of the Unite...
- The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Unio...
- It is estimated that from 752,000 to 851,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. This figure represents approximately 2 percent of the Ame...
- Important people during the American Civil War included Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, whose election prompted the seces...
- The modern usage of Confederate symbols, especially the Confederate Battle Flag and statues of Confederate leaders, is considered controversial bec...
Vor 6 Tagen · Post-Spanish–American War map of "Greater America," including Cuba and the Philippines. Spain had once controlled a vast colonial empire , but by the second half of the 19th century only Cuba , Puerto Rico , the Philippines , and some African possessions remained: Spanish West Africa ( Spanish Sahara ), Spanish Guinea , Spanish Morocco and the Canary Islands .
Vor 2 Tagen · t. e. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would ...
