The major effects that the Vietnam war had on America were that America spent 168 billion dollars on the war‚ so America was financially in trouble. It also made the people of America think about war differently in general because of the horrible things they thought America was doing in Vietnam. It changed the racial war America was fighting‚ people seeing blacks and whites fight side by side for the same cause really made people see how similar they were. In 1969 President Johnson introduced a
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EQ – 1 The five Indian tribes that lived in the New York State area‚ before English colonists arrived‚ merged together into the Iroquois Confederacy around 1450 in an effort to get rid of fighting between tribes and to create a larger and more peaceful Indian nation. Furthermore‚ the tribes intended to create a form of representative democracy to ensure all of the tribes that joined were happy with the changes that would have to be made to keep the peace among the groups.¬ In an effort to achieve
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Self Discovery Life is made of experiences. It can give one wisdom‚ knowledge‚ and even new goals. Similar to Janie‚ in Zora Neal Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God”‚ the loss of her husband‚ Joe‚ opens her life to discover new desires‚ rather than material things. Janie’s reaction to her husband’s loss‚ confidently expresses the changes that occurred within her. Symbolism‚ point of view‚ and imagery illustrate Janie’s internal change. Janie’s loss of her husband was a gateway for new opportunities
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Baldwin- “The Discovery of what it means to be an American”(1959) A title is an intriguing and prominent part of any composition‚ which can captivate the reader into a trance on the subject and words given in the title. The title “The Discovery of what it means to be an American” was published in the suburban areas of the starting of the Civil Right in 1959 by James Baldwin‚ which allures the readers understanding and historical observance as well. For instance‚ the words as “Discovery” and “American”
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On the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918‚ the Great War ended. Germany‚ lacking the supplies‚ firepower‚ support back home‚ support from their allies‚ and facing invasion‚ signed an armistice agreement with the Allies. This brought to end the war which had left nine million soldiers dead‚ and twenty one million wounded. In addition to this approximately five million civilians had been killed by either disease or starvation. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles occurred on June
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“War has a damaging effect on all those involved” Do you agree? I agree with this statement whole heartedly‚ the text’ Dear America’ edited by Bernard Edelman‚ demonstrates the damaging effect of the war in depth. The compilation of letters writer by soldiers serving in Vietnam to family and friends home in America establishers the varying effects war has on the people involved. I will outline the significant cases. War is both brutal and brutalising‚ its dehumanising influence can bee seen in
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The Rise of Europe Contemporary world power‚ and the shift from the East to the West during what historian’s term‚ Medieval/Renaissance Europe‚ shifted the roles of two vastly different empires – the Ming and Ottoman. Even though we barely even touched on the Ming Empire‚ I feel like the significance of it‚ is far too grand to leave out in describing the rise of Europe. Both empires had different types of leadership and core goals – military and social. The Ming Empire was led by brilliant philosophical
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& Effects of Immigration in America Immigrating technically means the act of non-native people moving to a new place to settle there. Waves of immigration have occurred for as long as civilization has existed. In the past few centuries immigration has brought new people from other parts of the world to the U.S. These waves have been comprised of Western Europeans‚ Central Americans‚ Asians and other ethnic groups as well. The causes of immigration are varied and personal‚ the effects are still
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There were many political and technological changes that prompted the world explorations and discovery of the new world. The Portuguese were the main contributors to the technological changes that lead to the discovery of the new world. However‚ the change of the political structure of Spain ultimately lead to the discovery. There were many technological changes that the Portuguese contributed. First of all they observed the way the Arab vessels were designed and then improved on them to make
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Travis Nichols U.S. History 1896 – Present Aaron Weinstein 9-11 & the Effects on America The events that took place on September 11th 2001 changed the way things worked in America. On that day Islamic extremist high jacked four U.S. airplanes with the intent of crashing them into the twin towers‚ the Pentagon and the White House. Two of the planes did indeed crash into the twin towers in New York City and another was used to hit the pentagon. The passengers on the last plane however‚ fought
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