of the great war‚ or as we know it War World I. This was a long and very serious war that happened in 1914. One of the long term causes known as MAIN. Militarism‚ alliance system‚ imperialism and nationalism. But these were all old caused for the war. But another reason why the great war started was sparked in and nationalism. Nationalism is a country’s pride in itself. At the time all countries had nationalism and fought over who is better. Besides this‚ another reason why the great war started
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A Walk Across America: Summary A Walk Across America is an adventurous story of how Peter Jenkins and his best pal‚ his pet Malamute‚ Cooper‚ discover America on their journey from Alfred‚ New York to the Gulf of Mexico. Peter Jenkins is the author and main character. Throughout the story‚ Jenkins experiences hardships and enjoyable events. Jenkins’ personality and perspective on life changes throughout the course of the story by the influence of characters he meets along the way. In the beginning
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her son Pong Suk and use him as an interpreter. After the war he came to America with a military student visa. Chapter 2 follows the Alarcon family move to America from Bolivia‚ but only because of their grandma Edu. Edu wants to work in the big city to earn money‚ she is still a teenager. She’s a very good worker‚ and stayed living in the city. Later she moved to La Paz‚ the capital. Her children and grandchildren all moved to America and then Edu moved with
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“The Vietnam War and How It Changed America” At the end of World War II Military and Political tensions between the USSR (Russia) and the US greatly increased. Communism in the USSR presented itself as a big threat to the US’s national security. Fearing that the Communism would spread to Vietnam and other countries‚ the US opposed the independence movement there. The US first began by financially supporting France in the first Indochina War. The French defeat in Dein Bien Phu led to a peace
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In the article‚ The War on Elephants‚ Alastair Leithead provides a comprehensive view of the ivory trade in Africa by considering the perspectives of park rangers‚ poachers‚ hunters‚ traffickers‚ wildlife experts and the people themselves. The article starts by portraying the graphic‚ unsettling imagery of the poaching of elephants. Park rangers from Garamba‚ one of the oldest national parks in Africa‚ explain firsthand accounts of the rampant death of fellow rangers by poachers. The poachers had
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3 July 2013 A New Jazz “Post-war America‚ Jazz and Heroin” by Zenga Longmore and James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” Life after the Second World War changed for many‚ including the previously jolly jazzmen in Harlem. Whether through conspiracy‚ a search to remedy the anxieties of a ‘struggling for image’ musician‚ or just something that was pressed as a requirement to belong‚ heroin certainly made its bleak presence known. Trumpeter Red Rodney once said‚ “Heroin became the thing that made
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THE COLD WAR in the 1960’s * MAD Theory (Mutually Assured Destruction) * The Cuban Missile Crisis (Oct. 1962) * Why the crisis happened? (Khrushchev‚ Fidel Castro & Cuba) * Was JFK a hawk or a dove? * Impacts of the crisis: flexible response & trend toward détente * Missles out of Cuba * Missles out of Germany * Can’t invade Cuba with force. THE WAR IN VIETNAM * It was America’s longest war * Some numbers: $ 150 billion ($600
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United States of America‚ one of the greatest countries in the world‚ is an extremely diverse melting pot of different cultures‚ races‚ and ethnicities that all come together as one. It is a place filled with adventures waiting to happen and where people come from all over the world to live the ideal “American Dream”. They want to do better in life‚ just like our ancestors did when they came across the Atlantic on the Mayflower. Now think of how it is in “today’s’ America”. Is America still a melting
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In the following “A Drone War Is Still a War” by Michael Kinsley speaks of the issue that using military drones causes civilian casualty and an unfair advantage. Kinsley addresses that we have already become used to the use of drones and that we treat the fact like a usual tactic of combat. The advantages of using drones is quite obvious. No American lives are put at risk‚ and the precision minimizes collateral damage‚ including the deaths of innocents who happen to be nearby. Kinsley states that
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The discussion of education in America is one of the most important topics that our nation faces today. America’s economic future and ability to compete with the rest of the world depends on having a highly educated populace and well trained workforce. Our education system has had its problems but I feel that over time with the right elected officials‚ we can turn around and rank in the top ten to compete globally. Growing up and going to high school in Alaska‚ I never really thought much about
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