The Rough Riders were a volunteer cavalry military unit from the US, raised in 1898 to participate in combats during the Spanish-American War. The US had decided to intervene in the conflict between Cuba and Spain after the explosion of the cruise USS Maine, for which the Spanish were blamed.
President McKingley had called for volunteers due to the situation of the army, which was small and understaffed, if compared to previous conflicts. <u>Being constituted by volunteers</u> fostered the sucess of this military unit as they were fueled by an inner passion towards defending their country and its prestige, therefore they fought with this extra motivation.
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male citizens - the most important group of the society, attended the assembly, could vote
women - had no rights, couldn’t own property, couldn’t take part in the government
slaves - the lowest class of people in Athens, had no rights, did manual labor
metics - free people, but not citizens, born outside of Athens
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Although Athens is regarded as the first democracy in the world as we can see it didn't apply to everyone. Only Athenians who were born in that city-state over the age of 18 had political rights and could participate in the decision making process. Women as we can see couldn't vote. It also applies to foreigners (metics) and slaves. Still, position of slaves in Athens was much better than position of slaves in Sparta for example.
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The War in Europe. World War II in Europe began when Hitler's Nazi Germany attacked Poland. ... The countries that fought against Germany and the Axis Powers in Europe were called the Allied Powers. The main Allied Powers in Europe were Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and France
