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American Civil War

Outbreak of the war

The election of Lincoln provoked the legislature of South Carolina to call a state convention to consider secession. Before the war, South Carolina did more

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World War 1

Pope Benedict XV Peace efforts

Benedict XV’s pontificate was dominated by World War I, which he termed, along with its turbulent aftermath, “the suicide of Europe.”[25] Benedict’s first encyclical extended

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American Civil War

American Civil War Prison Camps

Between 1861 and 1865, American Civil War prison camps were operated by the Union and the Confederacy to detain over 400,000 captured soldiers. From the

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American Revolution

Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress was a late-18th-century meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that united in support of the American Revolutionary War. The Congress

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Vietnam War

Operation Vulture

Table of Contents Operation Vulture was the name of a US operation planned to rescue French troops from a B-29 raid into the Philippines during

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Korean War

Korean Armistice Agreement

The Korean Armistice Agreement is an armistice that brought about a complete cessation of hostilities of the Korean War. It was signed by United States

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American Revolution

Creating United States Constitution

In the United States, each state has its own written constitution. They are much longer than the United States Constitution, which only contains 4,543 words.