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    President Nixon won the presidency in 1969. Public opinion polls gave Nixon a big lead over his competitors‚ Humphrey and Wallace. His campaign promises to unify the nation and restore law and order appealed to Americans who feared their country was spinning out of control. He also expressed that he had a plan for ending the war in Vietnam. In the end‚ Nixon’s promises to end the war and restore the nation won him the presidency. On Election Day‚ Nixon defeated Humphrey by more than 100 electoral

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    the civil war shot into action at fort sumter of the shores of virginia‚ the conflict had been building for years and now it has finally began. Why was this pressure there you may ask? It was based of of the topic of slavery and how the north had little use for slavery well the south’s whole economy was built off of it without it they would be nothing. There had been many activists against slavery but one book known as “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” really lite up the eyes of the north and showed how bad they

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    One topic that stuck with me while reading the Cold War was that why wasnt the Cold War avoidable. The first thing that comes to mind is that during the war‚ it was two very powerful countries competing on the world stage to become the next super power. Being as powerful as they are things can get a little out of hand. Something else that also contributed to the war was how conflicting the political philosophies‚ which were Representative Democracy vs Communism‚ and for that a fear of the opponant

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    German targets. Then‚ Britain and France joined the war with the willing of ending the war and keeping the peace. But‚ Germany still occupied Poland and turned to attack France on 10 May 1940 and France only kept 35 days then it was defeated. So‚ I believe that France is forced to enter the war‚ and it’s fight for peace and justice during the WWII. There are three reasons for it. Germany attacked Poland‚ and then Britain and France declared the war with Germany to keep the peace. Germany attacked France

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    causing the Spanish to lose power in America. In 1754-1763‚ the seven-year war‚ not limited to a break‚ entailed the British’s expansion of their colonies and encountered the French at the Ohio River valley‚ which is what first initiated the war. As they fought‚ they intertwined the Indians into their conflicts‚ posing as allies on either side. Even though the British did win‚ they have suffered the debts stashed from the war. Despite the idea that since

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    Drew Garrett Dr. Dea Boster Hist 1152-005 20 April 2014 Cold-War During the 1950’s America‚ post WWII‚ our Nation faced major changes under the leading presidency of Truman and Eisenhower. America fell into another time of prosperous feeling with the end of yet another victory in World War II‚ an almost arrogant view of their society in respects to the remainder of other economies. Communism became the American adversary‚ and Americans sought to purge the world of it. Because of the extreme

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    Why did civilization first emerge in the Middle East? The first of civilizations started in the Tigris-Euphrates and Nile valleys. Later‚ civilizations started spreading along the Nile and then to other parts of the Middle East. The beginning of these civilizations provided a framework for most of the developments in the world. Civilizations that began in the Middle East had some distinct reasons which secured the evolution of these civilizations. The cradles of civilizations were river valleys

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    The south and north had both felt confident they both could win the civil war; however the north won the war victoriously. I perceived upon my reading the historic roots of the north union army history and my thoughts regarding why the north union army would indeed win the civil war. George Washington was born in Virginia‚ which was considered a southern state and would be naturally a part of the confederacy. George Washington lived and died in Mount Vernon Virginia; however during his life span

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    Caribbean Ocean. Upon arrival at Hispaniola‚ Columbus and his crew discovered the Navidad settlement had been destroyed with all the sailors massacred. the wishes of the queen‚ who found slavery offensive‚ Columbus established a forced labor policy over the native population to rebuild the settlement and explore for gold‚ before returning to Spain‚ Columbus left his brothers Bartholomew and Diego to govern the settlement on Hispaniola and sailed briefly around the larger Caribbean islands further

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    Political parties play an important role in the development of our government. The Framers of the Constitution did not include any information relating to political groups‚ with fear that political groups would encourage controversy and disagreement. Various issues soon arose and political parties began to emerge. The development of these political parties in the new nation of the United States became inevitable as many different philosophies of important leaders surfaced.         On one side

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