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Youth Protest In Vietnam War
1,092 wordsIn 1961 president Kennedy decided to send American troops to Vietnam to stop the spread of Communism and to show the United States's trent of resolve. At the time he did not know the turmoil he would bring to his own country. The United States was split between those who believed it was our part to get involved in Vietnam and those who thought it was none of our business. As the war continued people's opinions intensified, especially student's. Youth protests during the 1960 's changed the way m...
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End The War British Merchants
1,187 words... n sidered the pinnacle of success for a privateer voyage. These captured vessels were the primary reason upward mobility was so possible. A captain might return to port with a total of three captured ships on one voyage. He began his adventures as an employee of the investors who furnished him with his original ship and crew. When divvying the spoils, it was not uncommon for a privateer captain to request one of the captured ships for the bulk of his compensation. He could take this ship, hi...
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Ho Chi Minh U S Troops
1,282 wordsIn the late 1800 s a French missionary had raised a missionary force to help Nguyen Anh become Vietnam's emperor in hope that the new emperor would look favorably upon France as a trading partner. After this new bond was formed France fought for possession of Vietnamese land so they granted the French land in the Mekong Delta. France grew greedy and proceeded to fight for North Vietnam as well, but the North created the Vietminh to fight off the French and their influence (Karnow). The impositio...
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