“Who is the best president?”. That question has been debated for years upon years now. From Woodrow Wilson to Barack Obama‚ there are a plethora of presidents who can be named the worst or best throughout the last 100 years or so. Many people argue over who was best. President Harry Truman‚ and Franklin Roosevelt were two powerhouses. From Truman being credited in helping the creation of NATO and the CIA‚ to Roosevelt’s times from the Great Depression to WWII. Both presidents were fantastic‚ but
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Military 3) Articles of Confederation French Alliance 1778 Minutemen 1) Declaration of Independence Treaty of Paris‚ 1783 Bunker Hill June 1776 Second Continental Congress Benjamin Franklin‚ ambassador to France No effective British blockade of American Coast 2) Locke and the enlightenment George Washington Saratoga‚ October 1777; led to French Alliance Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or give me Death” John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ John Jay Trenton‚ December 1776 4) Thomas Paine
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Analyzing the Victory of the Union in the Civil War The American Civil War‚ was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was caused by the disagreement over the future of slavery between the industrialized North and the agrarian South. That dispute led to secession. The North’s initial political objective was clear: to restore the Union. Later‚ emancipation‚ or freeing the slaves‚ became another objective. The Confederacy (South) wanted its independence. The Secession led to the Civil War. The victory of Union
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Americans have since been subject to fierce revisionist denialism that there was not an over riding need to employ such a controversial tactic. By 1945 Japan was in ruins. America had continuously bombed strategic Japanese locations‚ and implemented a blockade that had dramatic effects on the nations civilians‚ suggesting that the Japanese were close to surrender without the implantation of the A bomb. Conversely‚ the US had witnessed the Japanese’s determination to fight to the bitter end ‚ rather than
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Cold War Revision A war short of full scale war because of the development of the Atomic bomb. CAUSES OF THE COLD WAR [BARE] 1. Beliefs: Russia was a Communist country‚ ruled by a dictator who cared little about human rights. America was a capitalist democracy‚ which valued freedom. 2. Aims: Stalin wanted reparations from Germany/ a buffer of friendly states. Britain and the USA [led by President Truman] wanted to help Germany recover/ to prevent large areas of Europe from coming under
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president. Wilson quickly declared Huerta’s government illegitimate and called for free elections. Mexican Constitutionalists quickly raised an army and defeated Huerta in several battles but were unable to capture Mexico City. Wilson ordered a naval blockade of the port of Veracruz and after three months‚ Huerta surrendered and the American forces withdrew. This Mexican intervention was a test case for the so-called Wilsonian ideals. American foreign policy would not be one of isolationism but rather
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assumed control of parts of German and Berlin and cut of American‚ British‚ and French access to Berlin and Germany in both road and railroads‚ America came up with an eleven month airlift to provide food and fuel to these zones‚ Stalin then lifted the blockade which was a huge victory to the Truman administration. The soviets then caused a huge stir when they tested their first atomic bomb in 1949. The U.S.‚ Canada‚ and ten other western European nations came together and created NATO‚ pledging mutual
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The last of the thirteen colonies‚ and named after King George II‚ Colonial Georgia served as a safe haven and as a means to protect South Carolina. Colonial Georgia was established in 1733‚ fifty years after the original twelve by General James Oglethorpe. He and a trusted group of colonists intended to create the colony as a safe haven for persecuted Protestant sects‚ less wealthy Europeans and debtors wanting to re-esablish themselves. Georgia’s economy was deeply imbedded in agriculture‚
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The American Civil war was fought from April 12th 1861 through May 9th 1865. During these four bloody years nearly 10‚500 battles‚ engagements‚ bombardments‚ sieges‚ and reconnaissance operations took place. These battles occurred in 23 different states‚ and resulted in over 650‚000 casualties (Historynet.com Contributors‚ 2017). The American Civil War was fought on many fronts‚ and in many theaters. Nearly all historians agree that the most decisive battle was at Gettysburg. However‚ the eventual
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who saw the placement of nuclear bombs as a form of protection against more American invasions. Luckily‚ during a surveillance fly over America found these sights and the Cuban Missile crisis began. Kennedy decided to alert the American people to a blockade surrounding Cuba’s nuclear bomb construction sites‚ effectively cutting them off from USSR supplies. The Soviet Union did not slow down their supply ships and instead continued them on their course for Cuba. Khrushchev sent a letter to Kennedy to
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