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Hace 4 días · American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lincoln was elected president (1860), the Southern states seceded.
Hace 3 días · William Tecumseh Sherman (/ t ɪ ˈ k ʌ m s ə / tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he ...
Hace 4 días · This state became a part of the union on January 9, 1788, as the fifth in a row. 1999 Quarters Details: Face value: Twenty-five cents ($0.25) Compound: 91.67% copper plus nickel or 90% silver plus copper (proofs) Coin weight: 0.20 ounces (5.67 g) or 0.20094 troy ounces (6.25 g), depending on their composition:
Hace 1 día · French Guiana (/ ɡ i ˈ ɑː n ə / or / ɡ i ˈ æ n ə /; French: Guyane, ⓘ; French Guianese Creole: Lagwiyann or Gwiyann, [la.ɡwi.jãn]) is an overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies.Bordered by Suriname to the west and Brazil to the east and south, French Guiana covers a total area of 84,000 km 2 (32,000 ...
Hace 4 días · The last state to join the Union in the 20th century was Hawaiʻi. When British explorer James Cook first visited Hawaiʻi in 1778, he discovered an established native population. In 1795, Kamehameha the Great united the islands of Oʻahu, Mauʻi, Molokaʻi, and Lânaʻi under his rule, creating the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
Hace 4 días · The history of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982, referred to as the Brezhnev Era, covers the period of Leonid Brezhnev's rule of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This period began with high economic growth and soaring prosperity, but gradually significant problems in social, political, and economic areas accumulated, so that the period is often described as the Era of Stagnation .
Hace 2 días · In the part of its grand strategy known as the "Anaconda Plan", the Union hoped to isolate the South from outside aid by means of a blockade along the coast and control of the Mississippi River. The North also planned on invading Southern territory on many different fronts, disrupting the South's economy, destroying its material means of waging war, and, eventually, liberating the country's ...
