Interactive timeline that tests turning points: pick the American Civil War or the Cold War, choose a battle or crisis, and see whether the direction of the conflict changed and whether the change lasted
Lee’s greatest win changed almost nothing. A turning point is judged by what comes next
A turning point is a moment after which a conflict runs a different way and keeps going that way. A crisis is a moment of peak danger that can force that change. Pick a conflict, then step through its battles and crises and test each one: did the direction change, and did it last?
Which way the conflict ranMomentum: Union
Pick a conflict. Move to an event. Read what came after it.
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Jul 1863
● after it, kept the new direction◆ after it, ran the other wayShape only, not a measurement
EventJul 1863
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A turning point is judged by what changed afterwards, and a crisis often matters most for the turn that follows it.