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The Lost War Vietnam
1,850 words
I can still imagine the powerful blasts echoing
through my grandfathers mind as he dove for cover
in one of our trenches. The year was 1972 and our
great nation of Vietnam was at war with the
Yankees, the United States. In the end it was a
war that we won even though the Americans argue
that it was the other way around. The war was not
an easy one to win though. Thousands of lives were
lost and millions more were impacted. It all began
with the United States intervening in our
political relation...
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Poor And Working Class Spread Of Communism
1,407 words
Vietnam was a small Asian country, 9000 miles away
from the United States. Yet America felt that its
national interest was threatened strongly enough
to fight a war there. The explanation for this
lies in the fear caused by the spread of communism
at that time. The role of communism was extremely
important in this conflict. You see, the US had to
enter the war to stop the spread of communism in
Asia since North Vietnam was communist. If North
Vietnam was to succeed in converting Vietnam into
a c...
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Social Security Act Stock Market Crash
1,025 words
The stock market crash of 1929 helped launch the
United States and many other nations into the
worst economic depression in history. The severity
of the Great Depression called for federal
government programs to protect the general welfare
of citizens. The New Deal programs created by
Franklin D. Roosevelt provided the framework for
the welfare state that still serves as a basis for
American public policy. All aspects of American
society suffered during the Great Depression. By
1932, there were ...
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High School Students Library Of Congress
1,403 words
... nternational, fundamentally, as a useful and
well-organized book stack "encircled with work
spaces. " It was designed by the Washington
architectural organization of Pierson & Wilson
with Alexander Buel Trowbridge as a consulting
designer. The contract was completed by June 24,
1938, but the structure was not ready for use
until December 2, 1938. The move of the Card
Division started on December 12, and it opened its
doors for production to the public in the new
building on January 3, 1939. ...
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Bush Address To Congress Environment Charity And Education
1,498 words
After this years chaotic election, the country is
divided and furious. It is up to our new president
to heal the wounds. To do so, it is obvious he
must alter his original plans a bit to make the
entire nation, both liberals and conservatives,
content. Naturally, the first chance he had to
express his plans to congress and the rest of the
country was immensely important, as it could have
been a uniting or dividing step. Luckily, it
appeared as though Bush was trying his best to
compromise on man...
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Mao Tse Tung Franklin Delano Roosevelt
1,366 words
The history of the 20 th century can be defined by
the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Vladimir Lenin,
Adolf Hitler, Mao Tse Tung, and Josef Stalin. Each
of these men had a lasting significant involvement
in world affairs. This essay will focus on the
significance each individual had on the ideologies
of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six
individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic
state, and three of these led a communist country.
Also four ...
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War In Vietnam Heart Of Darkness
1,454 words
Vietnam was a war fought by the unwillingly, for
the ungrateful, led by the unqualified. Apocalypse
Now is Coppola's film based on Heart of Darkness,
but set in the Vietnam jungle. The major theme in
the novel is the examination of Americas
involvement, militarily, in Vietnam. However, like
Conrad's novel, it also shows the potential
inherent darkness in all human hearts. Coppola
retains the basic structure of Conrad's novel for
his film. As Marlow, in Heart of Darkness, travels
up the Congo eve...
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Twenty First Century Space Shuttle
1,078 words
... o Lunar Module had a computer in it, as we all
know. According to Gene Kranz in Failure is Not an
Option, this computer, the most advanced one that
they could possibly fit into the diminutive LM,
had an amazing capacity of 36, 864 words of fixed
storage and 2, 048 words of erasable storage. (A
"word" is a variable amount of computer storage;
it's the chunk that a computer is most comfortable
working with. The LM's words were 16 bits in the
hardware, so that equates to 4, 096 bytes of
erasabl...
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Plays A Major Role Government Programs
1,106 words
In America we value the freedom of the press. The
press is the one place where most Americans go to
get educated on issues facing their community,
state, and most of all nation. Everyone knows that
the media plays a major role in Americans lives;
however their role of gatekeeper is not completely
understood. The press decides which issues to
report and how to report them. In order to improve
the nation and world, the media should present
their unbiased findings to allow people to make up
their o...
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American Flag Constitutional Rights
658 words
Todays military has seen numerous changes that
have taken place since Sept. 11 2001. Why is it
before the 11 th of September, the people that the
military protects was basically badmouthing and
putting us down? Why are they so proud to wave the
American flag? Why wasnt the flag flown high with
pride before the 11 th of September? It amazes the
military because flags are often flown when
terrorists acts take place and not when there is
constitutional freedom. Why is it before the
September 11 th ...
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Seven Years War Act Was Passed
1,812 words
The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the
American colonies in the decade prior to the
outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The
mishandling of the colonies, the taxation policies
that violated the colonist right's, the
distractions of foreign wars and politics in
England and mercantilist policies that benefited
the British to a much greater magnitude than the
colonists; all demonstrate British negligence and
incompetence in terms of colonial management.
These policies and distractions...
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York Times President Bush
1,440 words
The primary source of political information in
America is the media. There is an extent to which
one may consider this merely information, however;
the facts presented and the way in which the story
is written is not free of political bias. Certain
publications and the articles which they contain
are often presented to a certain audience,
tailored to elicit specific feelings, and are
written to force the reader to adopt the same
political views as those contained in that
publication. Of these pu...
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American Heritage Created By The Revolutionary War Years
708 words
After the end of the Seven Years War (manifested
in the colonies as the French and Indian War)
between Great Britain and France in 1763, the
British needed a way to finance their war debt.
Its own inhabitants already overtaxed, Britain
looked to the prosperous American colonies as a
potential source of revenue. Under a policy of
salutary neglect, the colonists had been allowed
to live in relative peace and self-government
since they were first established during the
seventeenth and early eightee...
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History On The United Involvement In Vietnam War
1,655 words
This paper will examine the history of united
states Vietnam involvement during 1964 to 1968 it
will emphasize the evolution of the national
policy and objectives during that period. The
Vietnam War twisted out to be Americans longest
war with massive commitment of men and material,
but most consider it a failure for the United
States. The Vietnam War resulted in the deaths of
more than 50, 000 American and serious loss
national reputation. Vietnam had an intense and
negative effect on Americans...
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Tom And Daisy Full Of Money
1,451 words
Fitzgerald's dominant theme in The Great Gatsby
focuses on the corruption of the American Dream.
By analyzing high society during the 1920 s
through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway, the
author reveals that the American Dream has
transformed from a pure ideal of security into a
convoluted scheme of materialistic power. In
support of this message, Fitzgerald highlights the
original aspects as well as the new aspects of the
American Dream in his tragic story to illustrate
that a once impervious ...
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The Political Career Of Richard Nixon
1,226 words
... tes' relationship with communist countries
around the globe as he became the first US
president to visit the city of Moscow on May 20,
1972. He met with the Soviet leader Brezhnev and
signed the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
treaty (Aitken, 1993, 438). As the presidential
election of 1972 came close, Nixon was almost
guaranteed of re-election, as his visits to
Beijing and Moscow won him great popularity back
home. The American economy had also been improving
steadily under the Nixon...
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Tactics During The Revolutionary War
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Eric Heppen Period 7 AP American History February
1, 2000 The American Tactics of the Revolutionary
War Biography and Footnotes Research Critical
Analysis Historical Interpretation Technical
Content Originality Style of writing Prove thesis
Eric Heppen American History Term Paper December
13, 1999 Period 7 The American Tactics of the
Revolutionary War Most of Europe thought that the
British with their immense amount of capital,
soldiers and supplies would beat the American
resistance in the Amer...
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Affirmative Action Immigration Reform
1,091 words
Michael Czyzniejewski English 111 Sec. 013
February 24, 2000 May The Best Man Win After you
graduate from college, you will be putting in your
application for a job that you went to college
for. Even though you might be the most qualified
for the job you still might not obtain the
position. Affirmative Action sometimes causes this
because companies have to hire a certain number of
minorities relative to the size of the company.
This means that if there are no minority citizens
available, immigra...
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Cold War Middle East
368 words
Are the cold war and the war against terrorism
really analogous in the way Bush suggests? Wasnt
the lesson of the cold war that containment,
rather than military engagement, worked? As U. S.
casualties mount in Iraq and the prospect of a
relatively short, smooth transition to democracy
dims, the president is confronted with the
manifold contradictions of his policies. Having
convinced the American people war was justified
because Hussein's weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) posed an imminent thre...
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Department Of Justice Civil Liberties
608 words
Meanwhile, related to the civil rights of people,
there are oppositions regarding President Bush's
nomination of General Michael V. Hayden because of
his involvement with the warrantless program to
spy on Americans. The American Civil Liberties
Union are keen on Hayden's credibility prompting
Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director to say,
"The appointment of General Hayden is the latest
example of President Bush giving promotions to
those who have led the greatest attacks on our
Constitution...
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