Death and destruction was not the only outcomes that derived from World War II. Discontent with the economy‚ the United States defeat in Vietnam‚ and decolonization were the pertinent issues of 1945 to 1975. In 1944‚ much reform was being made to the way the western part of the world conducted their trade practices. The western capitalist countries created a new international monetary system in which supply and demand determined prices. This prevented producers from manufacturing more of a certain
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Ethan Allen was a farmer‚ businessman‚ land speculator‚ philosopher‚ writer‚ and American Revolutionary War patriot‚ hero‚ and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont‚ and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the American Revolutionary War. Born in rural Connecticut‚ Allen had a frontier upbringing but also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants‚ buying
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World War II started as an act of hatred directed towards the Jewish people. Since the leader of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ blamed them for Germany’s loss during World War I and for the economic crisis they were having. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1‚ 1939 and claimed he did this for Lebensraum Living space for German people even though it was because he wanted to kill Jewish people. After this mistake‚ war was declared on Nazi Germany and the Axis powers to win what was considered‚ the war
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that the US must learn from to prevent themselves from being deceived by enemies‚ both foreign and domestic. For example‚ during the Cold War‚ the United States wanted to “contain” communism to the regimes that had initially declared it as their standard of government‚ which is why the United States pleaded to the United Nations to intervene in the Korean War. Initially the United States was only to intervene under the containment doctrine which provided a limit as to how far the United States could
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Institution Baltimore Crisis The Baltimore crisis was a political episode that took place between the United States and Chile after the Chilean Civil War of 1891. The major cause of the crisis was a rising influence of the United States in the Pacific Coast region of Latin America in the 1890s. The crisis was because of the death of two navy sailors from the USS Baltimore who were stabbed to death and
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Honors U.S History The beginning of the 1900s marked the start of the Second World War Although the U.S did not want to become involved in this war‚ it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany‚ the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb
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of the lunar New Year’s Day. This surprise attack is known as the Tet Offensive and many people viewed this as a turning point in the Vietnam War. Militarily‚ the Tet Offensive showed the significance of Vietcong/Vietminh’s military power and nowhere in South Vietnam was safe. On 31st of January 1968‚ the simultaneous attack the towns and cities in South Vietnam began and this went on for 3 days. Over 35 towns and cities including 13 provincial capitals were seized and shockingly‚ the US embassy
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The Vietnam War began in 1954 after the rise of the communist party in North Vietnam and continued throughout the 50’s and 60’s. As the Cold War intensified‚ America strengthened their policies against the Soviet Union and anyone who was allied with them and in 1955 President Eisenhower pledged to support South Vietnam and Diem‚ their leader. Diem was a dictator who found anyone who sympathized with the North Vietnamese and tortured and executed them. In 1961 President Kennedy sent a team to build
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One of the first’s conflict management technique that was able to reduce the intensity of the UK and USSR protracted conflict was the withdrawal of British troops in the Russian Civil War. The first decisions made by David Lloyd George government was to scale back its military efforts from the Caspian and the Caucuses regions in March of 1919. Even though the British would reduce military resources in the fight against Communism‚ British military personnel would remain in Russia until the autumn
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The Social Impact of the Vietnam War Annotated Bibliography DeVry University Introduction to Humanities M M 09/29/2013 The Social Impact of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was undoubtedly an event that had an impact on the overall culture of the American society. The hippie movement in particular was the most visible effect of that impact. It can be regarded as one of the most powerful counterculture movements in the American History. Many of its ideas and values permeated into
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