President John F. Kennedy was elected in November 8‚ 1960 as the 35th president of the United States. Kennedy is the youngest man ever to be elected president of the United States. Kennedy was 43-year-old when he was elected president. Kennedy also became the the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. John F. Kennedy had many accomplishment through his time in office unfortunately he only served through 1961-1963. On March 1‚ 1961 president John F. Kennedy established the Peace Corps by Executive
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On August 19‚ 1953‚ the Iranian military‚ supported by the United States government‚ overthrew Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstated the Shah of Iran‚ marking the first real instance of U.S covert action and regime change. While the CIA has only recently admitted to U.S involvement‚ the motivations for this coup d’état were quite clear. Mosaddeq came to power in 1951 and almost instantly made his nationalist ideologies publicly known by calling for the expropriation of Iran’s oil fields. This
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United States paid to Latin America in a Cold War context came in Guatemala
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Containment is A-Okay! The struggle for world power between capitalism and communism had the potential to start World War III according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as of November 9th‚ 1950 in document 16 where they state‚ “In the event of the commitment of the [Soviet Union]… it would then be evident that World War III is imminent.” The Containment Policy was a way to keep communism from spreading without having to fight the most powerful communist countries outright. Wars that occurred during
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Causes of Tension Between Cuba and the United States‚ and The Bay of Pigs Invasion On January 9‚ 1959‚ following their successful overthrow of the oppressive Batista regime‚ a band of freedom fighters‚ anchored by Fidel Castro‚ marched through the Cuban capital city of Havana. Upon his arrival‚ Castro immediately seized control of the Cuban government and declared himself the highest executive of the island nation‚ Premier of Cuba. In April of 1959‚ Castro visited the United States in order to gain
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The Fight Within What does it mean to be a revolutionary? A revolutionary is person who actively participates‚ or advocates revolution. Ernestno Che Guevara is an individuals who solely demonstrates the example of a true revolutionary. To some people Ernesto Guevara is an idolized man of the people‚ a freedom fighter for the downtrodden‚ who gave his life in the struggle to free people of the world to live in a “better” society; and to other he was seemed to be a killer who was willing to die
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“The government’s power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the government.... The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people.” —‑U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black‚ New York Times Co. v. United States (6/30/71) Journalism is supposed to hold power to account. That’s the principle implicit in the U.S. Constitution’s singling out a free press for protection. If that principle were respected‚
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The Demographic Data and Future of Honduras Honduras is a Central American country‚ located North of Nicaragua‚ south of Guatemala‚ and East of El Salvador. The country of Honduras spans an area of 112‚492 square kilometers (Encyclopedia of the Nations). The country has a population of 8.4 million people‚ as of 2012 (Population Reference Bureau). Ethnically speaking the country is dominated by the Mestizo ethnicity‚ with it making up 90% of the total population (Ethnicity and Race By Country).
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Ernesto Guevara de Serna was born in Argentina in 1928 into a fairly privileged family. He developed serious asthma at the age of two‚ which would plague him throughout his life. He was home-schooled by his mother‚ Celia de la Serna. It was these early years when he became an eager reader of Marx‚ Engels‚ and Freud which all were all part of his father’s library. He went to secondary school in 1941‚ the Colegio Nacional Dean Funes‚ Cordoba‚ where he excelled in literature and sports. At home
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The Iran-Contra scandal had a big effect on the United States but it had a huge effect on Nicaragua. Through out 1985-86‚ the Reagan administration was selling weapons to Iran illegally in order to encourage Iran to free hostages in the Middle East. Meanwhile‚ the Reagan administration wanted to support the Contras in Nicaragua‚ a rebel group fighting to overthrow the Sandinista government. The administration decided to use the money made from selling arms to Iran‚ and had it sent to the Contras
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