The statement is false, as the Battle of Gettysburg resulted in a defeat for the southern Army.
The Battle of Gettysburg was a battle of the Civil War, fought between July 1 and 3, 1863 around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg campaign. It was the battle with more casualties in the United States, and it is considered the turning point of the Civil War along with the siege of Vicksburg. It marked the beginning of the Union's offensive. It was a great victory for the Army of the Union and a disastrous event for the Confederation.
Polk believed that it was the destiny of the U.S. to expand
entire continent as part of its Manifest Destiny. He believed that the war with
Mexico fitted well with that vision.
When the U.S. won it took over several territories from the Mexicans.
Belgium
King Leopold,who treated the colony as a personal estate. He pushed blacks into forced labor to collect rubber for him, as well as other valuable minerals. unlike other imperial powers, Leopold did not invest in the education, and infrastructure of the kingdom, and when he left, the kingdom had a very few elites, and intellectuals.
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