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What is ironic about America helping the French against Ho Chi Minh?

The United States were fighting patriotic revolutionaries, who were fighting for Vietnamese independence. The United States was founded by patriotic revolutionaries, who fought for American independence.


What was ironic about the battle of new Orleans?

This battle was ironic because two weeks before the Battle of New Orleans was fought a Peace Treaty was signed in Britain to end the war, but US and British soldiers fighting in America did not find out about it yet. So to put it simply, the Battle was fought after the War had already officially ended.


What was ironic about Hiram Revels filling Jefferson Davis' senate seat after the civil war?

Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War, therefore it's safe to assume that he was in favor of allowing African Americans to be owned as slaves and granted very few rights. The fact that his vacated senate seat was eventually filled by the first African American senator is ironic in that the ability to participate in the government and politics was precisely the kind of power that the racist southern whites had fought so hard to keep out of the hands of the African Americans.


What ironic consequence did William penn's policies such as religious toleration and inexpensive land have?

They contributed to the increasing reliance of Virginia and Maryland on African slave labor


Why is it ironic that Benedict Arnold escaped on the HMS vulture?

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that it would be ironic that this traitor would sail on a ship that is named after a bird that is disgusting and a scavenger, it shows how low this once great hero dropped to.

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What was ironic about Charles Drew?

He was the first African American in the time to accomplish many things in the field of medicine.


What is ironic about America helping the French against Ho Chi Minh?

The United States were fighting patriotic revolutionaries, who were fighting for Vietnamese independence. The United States was founded by patriotic revolutionaries, who fought for American independence.


How is the title Soldiers Home ironic for Krebs?

The title is ironic beause krebs no longer fits in with his family and town now that he is back home.


Why is it somewhat ironic that Jews and Arabs are half brothers?

They are always fighting each other.


Why is it ironic that miss gates hates Hitler?

It is ironic that Miss Gates hates Hitler because she demonstrates prejudice and injustice towards the African American community in Maycomb, while criticizing the injustices committed by Hitler in Germany. This shows a lack of self-awareness and hypocrisy in her character.


What is ironic about Thomas Jefferson and the declaration of independence?

it was about slave owners fighting for political freedom?


What shape are African elephants ears?

They are shaped like the continent of Africa! How ironic...


Is there a chance that adolf Hitler is black?

Unlikely. Historians have traced his bloodline back hundreds of years, and found no evidence of African-American roots (there were a few links to Judaism, though - ironic, no?).


What has the author Beatrice Horn Royster written?

Beatrice Horn Royster has written: 'The ironic vision of four Black women novelists' -- subject(s): American fiction, History and criticism, Women authors, African American authors


What was ironic about the battle of new Orleans?

This battle was ironic because two weeks before the Battle of New Orleans was fought a Peace Treaty was signed in Britain to end the war, but US and British soldiers fighting in America did not find out about it yet. So to put it simply, the Battle was fought after the War had already officially ended.


What is ironic about the arrangement of the Armies for the battle in The Hobbit?

Although the Elves and Dwarfs hate each other, they are fighting for the same "side".


Why is Anne Frank father fighting against Germans ironic?

There's some muddle here ... Please see the related question.