VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE April 27th‚ 1975‚ North Vietnamese soldiers had finally reached the outskirt of the southern capital‚ Saigon. The war in Viet Nam that lasted 20 years is about to come to an end with communism taking over. It was all over‚ Saigon was surrounded by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Presiden Nguyen Van Thieu resigned as president and gave his farewell speech and denounced the United States for failing in aiding the South before the North would later come into the city
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After World War 1 a time known as the Interwar period occurred‚ and from 1918 to 1939 the world saw unprecedented revolution as many powerful leaders made their way into the public arena. Historic figures such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Joseph Stalin‚ Ataturk‚ Mahatma Gandhi‚ and Ibn Saud all made their voices heard throughout the world. Some of these leaders had benevolent intentions‚ and others were certainly heinous to the core‚ however the visions all these
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Politics in The Developing World 21 November 2012 Cold War Alliances and the Transition into Today’s World Economy Throughout the twentieth century during the Cold War era the world has seen many revolutions‚ especially in developing countries. Whether they be for independence from colonialism or for a new change‚ we have seen how those developing nations have constantly been transforming themselves into the nations we now know them by in today’s world. Moreover‚ we see the superpowers they
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Effects of the Cold War on Canada The distrust between the Western World and Communists‚ as well as the conditions after WWII caused the Cold War to begin. From 1946 to 1991 a mass arms race rose and Canada was stuck in between the grudge of capitalism and communism. The Cold War affected Canada through Canadian citizens fear of being nuked‚ sexism against women and the unfair treatment towards communists & socialists. With Canada’s ally the United States partaking in the Cold War with the Soviet
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The cold war was one of the most influential in the United States (US) history. It reached in to citizen’s lives more than any event‚ person‚ item‚ or action. Nobody was safe from its effects‚ not even the president. The cold war drove everything‚ from television (TV) to Agriculture and civil disturbances occurred throughout the US‚ some in part due to Mutually Assured Destruction‚ a product of the cold war and the anger and panic it sown. In the years before the cold war‚ the US government
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Time Period 8 Study Guide 1. The economic growth following World War II was caused primarily by the efforts of the president and the federal government in response to fears about another Great Depression as 1946-1947 put America into a postwar recession. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944‚ otherwise known as the GI Bill of Rights‚ allowed the 15 million veterans returning from the war to continue their education through government grants. The federal government also allowed veterans over $16
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The Cold War triggered an explosion of growth and interconnectivity. And it came close to triggering several other literal explosions. Global economy changed abundantly because of the cold war. Fighting broke out in many developing countries‚ stunting the growth of their economy‚ and widening the gap between the poor and rich. Other developed countries spent exorbitant amounts of money stockpiling weapons. Although the cold war did not have all good effects on the economy‚ it did lead to
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Known for its cultural diversity‚ tropical climate and agricultural lands‚ Guatemala is also home to economic unbalance‚ political corruption and severe gang wars. Guatemala is a developing country with a population of sixteen million inhabitants‚ which makes it the most populated country in Central America. Approximately seventy six percent (twelve million) of the population of Guatemala lives under the poverty line and expresses no trust in the police. (Taft-Morales) Guatemala is considered one
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The complex dynamic between the Soviet Union and the United States of America was not ever present‚ but evolved out of a series of key disagreements during World War II. With the onset of Operation Barbarossa‚ Nazi Germany shifted emphasis from an already dominated Western Europe to its eastern border with Russia. The betrayal of the Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact came as a surprise to Stalin‚ who quickly began mobilizing fighting aged men to bolster his vulnerable ground defenses. The resulting
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The Cold War is considered to be a significant event in Modern World History. The Cold War dominated a rather long time period: between 1945‚ or the end of the World War II‚ and 1990‚ the collapse of the USSR. This period involved the relationships between two superpowers: the United States and the USSR. The Cold War began in Eastern Europe and Germany‚ according to the researchers of the Institute of Contemporary British History (Warner 15). Researchers state that “the USSR and the United States
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