Alberto Nunez ID#: 2744829 George Washington ’s America 10/14/12 Tension City In this book‚ Tension City‚ Jim Lehrer is the interpreter for all the debates of the presidents‚ governors‚ and the nominees for the campaigns. I want to talk about the debate between George H.W. Bush and Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. Ferraro had reasons for not looking forward for the Vice President debate. Ferraro went to the Vice Presidential debate with her knowledge of world affairs. In fact‚ her talk about world
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American West The “American West” is not what many people think of when they hear those words. People think of it as cowboys and Indians fighting on the Great Plains and in the canyons or the travel across rugged terrain traveling as fast as they could for the gold rush. In all honesty the west started as soon as the Americas began to be colonized and many historians say it begins at the Proclamation Line of 1763. They had many struggles with the Native Americans‚ the French trying to take their
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The tiny south pacific nation of East Timor has had a long and tumultuous history. While it has been touted as the first independent country of the 21st century‚ the government originally declared its independence in November of 1975. East Timor had spent over 300 years under Portuguese rule and the colonial influences did much to shape Timorese culture and society. As a result East Timor developed very differently from its neighbours and had little in common with the former Dutch colony that
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Transforming the West -West is the supplier and place where all the raw material comes from -Main supplier of the East CONTENT: Transcontinental Railroad -Completed in the 1870’s‚ over 2 mountain ranges 1 company owned primarily by people who made money as storekeepers -Government Project‚ but owned privately -Land grant railroads -Opened up the west‚ tied California and the East together Indian Affairs -Government took on Indian policy that wanted to get them out of the way Western
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• Political Control by the west led to systemic difference between east and west‚ a conscious process of the creation of an architectonic of international capitalism by the colonial powers and trade networks throughout their settler colonies. Economic domination and political domination go hand in hand. One builds on the other‚ the merchants and the ruling class in collusion. Mere increase in quantity of economic goods and their variety doesn’t tell the full story‚ there has to be an analysis of
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1914-World War 1 begins in Europe. (foreign) 1915-First long distance telephone service‚ between New York and San Francisco‚ is demonstrated (Jan. 25) (Domestic) 1917- Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to Mexico trying to persuade Mexico to go against the United States (foreign) - A German secret telegram‚ that had a coded message from the German Foreign Secretary‚ Alfred Zimmermann‚ to the German minister in Mexico City. This pretty much told the minister to propose an alliance with Mexico
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gradually began to expand into Far East territories in hopes of strengthening their economies off of maritime trade and establishing colonies to accommodate growing populations. Eighteenth century China saw itself under the rule of its last imperial dynasty‚ the Qing Dynasty. The Chinese economy was stable and independent of foreign influence. The Qianlong Emperor‚ who ruled from 1735-1796‚ was quite successful in avoiding trade and diplomacy with the West. However‚ the turn of the century
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together into one factory. In 1846‚ Elias Howe created the sewing machine which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing. All of a sudden‚ clothing began to be made in factories as opposed to at home. Rising industries and factories led people to move from farms to cities. This led to other overcrowding and disease. However‚ agriculture got better including machines and cultivators. For example‚ Cyrus McCormick created the reaper which allowed for quick and cheap harvesting of grain. John Deere then
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Fujio Mitarai was one frustrated executive. He had recently returned to Canon Inc.’s Tokyo headquarters after a 23-year stint in the U.S.‚ where he built Canon’s camera and copier businesses into market leaders and befriended top execs of companies from General Electric Co. to American Express Co. His goal was to push U.S.-style practices through the entire Japanese conglomerate in order to cut costs and clean up its finances. Otherwise‚ Mitarai argued‚ Canon was headed for serious trouble. Few
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sad‚ the realisator succeeded in making this movie lively‚ and rather optimistic. Many scenes are very dramatic and include a lot of humour. Furthermore‚ it offers a progressive outlook through the « happy ending » and the evolution of points of view from
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