He found it necessary because Lincoln was only transferring food to the Northern army at the fort. However, once the ship came to the fort, it was believed (or assumed) by the south that inside the ship were supplies of weapons, soldiers, anything besides food. The South then opened fire, catching the North off guard and the first battle of the Civil war began.
Federalism has evolved over the course of American history. At different points in time, the balance and boundaries between the national and state government have changed substantially. In the twentieth century, the role of the national government expanded dramatically, and it continues to expand in the twenty-first century.
It was the Potsdam Conference that decided on how to address the issues arising from the surrender of Nazi Germany. The conference was attended by <span>The Big Three — Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (replaced on July 26 by Prime Minister Clement Attlee), and U.S. President Harry Truman — in which they met in </span>Potsdam<span>, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945, to negotiate terms for the end of World War II.</span>
<span>1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo.
2. </span><span>Russia mobilizes its vast army to intervene against Austria-Hungary in favor of its ally, Serbia. This move starts a chain reaction that leads to the mobilization of the rest of the European Great Powers, and inevitably to the outbreak of hostilities.
3. </span><span>Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War I.
4. </span><span>A German submarine sinks the passenger liner </span>Lusitania<span>. The ship carries 1,198 people, 128 of them Americans.
5. </span><span>The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Delville Wood. Although they are useful at breaking through barbed wire and clearing a path for the infantry, tanks are still primitive and they fail to be the decisive weapon, as their designers thought they would be.
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