The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi.
Studying history is important because it allows us to understand our past, which in turn allows us to understand our present. ... Studying history can provide us with insight into our cultures of origin as well as cultures with which we might be less familiar, thereby increasing cross-cultural awareness and understanding.
Answer: The civil war was definitely a traumatic experience tens of thousands of lives were lost. But the civil war also had many positive long term affects that we still feel on America today for example the civil war abolished slavery and have freed slaves the right to vote.
Inventions of the electric light, steam engine and railroads helped in the growth of U.S's Industrial boom in the 1900s during the Industrial Revolution bringing a rise for more labor. The invention of the railroad system, for example, made it possible to transport goods over long distances or a short period resulting in the creation of more jobs in various industries (Mantoux, 2013). These inventions of the industrial revolution affected workers, i.e., workers were paid poorly, child labor was introduced, cities were crowded and filled with diseases (Nelson, 1996).
Mantoux, P. (2013). The industrial revolution in the eighteenth century: An outline of the beginnings of the modern factory system in England. Routledge.
Nelson, D. (1996). Managers and workers: origins of the twentieth-century factory system in the United States, 1880–1920<span>. Univ of Wisconsin Press.</span>
