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The Spanish American War was a war between the United States and Spain that took place in Cuba.
Explanation:
The United States got involved in fighting for Cuban independence from Spain after the perceived attack by the Spanish on the USS Maine. It was believed that Spain blew up this American vessel, causing the US to go to war. The joint effort between America and Cuba would be successful, as Spain renounced its claim to Cuba after this war. Along with this, the United States would gain the Phillipines from Spain due to this war. This was the beginning of the American Empire.
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Explanation:
"Four score and seven years ago our father brought forth on this continent, a new nation..."
- Referred to American Revolution (1776)
"...conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to proposition that all men are created equal."
"Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure."
- The Civil War was a test of democracy.
"We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live."
-The reason for the ceremony
"...that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion..."
- The dead inspire the living.
"...and that government of the people, by the people, for the people..."
- Reaffirmed the idea of government by consent of the people
Explanation:
The collapse of Rome have ushered in the other important time in European history capitalism. If Roman empire fell, Europe was thrown into a perpetual state of fighting. For centuries, feudalism probably prevented another powerful centralized government, such as Rome's, from emerging in Europe.
The First Crusade is initiated when Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus requests help in reconquering from the Seljuk Turks the lost territory of Asia Minor . Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont calls upon the princes of Christendom for an armed “pilgrimage” to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims.
