Soldiers in the Civil War recorded many of their experiences, including their dreams. These allow an insight into who they were and, most importantly, what they experienced.
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In 1929, an event shook almost every country’s economy in the world like an earthquake tearing apart a city. In a matter of days, the wealth of billions vanished as the stock markets crashed, banks failed, and prices skyrocketed. That event, known as the Great Depression, came as the result of a long series of events, and it set the world on the path toward World War Two.
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Comparative Analysis of Civil War Pension Systems
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Christians given the mission to spread the gospel contradicted their message with their militant approach that encouraged genocidal behavior and extreme racial prejudice and helped created a toxic masculine culture in the American church still prevalent today. This discussion details the brutality common to church history, pointing out the near constant presence of swords or guns carried with Bibles. Examples include first encounters with European explorers, seizure of land from previous occupants coupled with religious fervor toward the savages’ salvation, and the foundation of a key Protestant denomination on the pillar of southern chattel slavery. This discussion demonstrates how this confrontational culture continued into the 20th and 21st centuries, building on a warrior legacy present since the time of Christ.
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