Although very popular the Vietnam war was huge conflict during the years of 1964 through 1975‚ this single incident changed many Americans opinions about the nation’s role both in foreign affairs and domestic ones. The Vietnam war failed in its primary purpose which was to assists in the defense against north Vietnamese communism‚ just like the cold war previously this proved to be another example of escalation. The US involvement in Vietnam damaged the us reputation due to very misguided and complex
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earth‚ knew just how bad and long this war would drag on. Many questions are still unanswered today. Why did America participate in this war? Why were our soldiers treated with such disrespect and unwanted love? The many lives that were lost‚ including our troops‚ cannot be brought back. This history cannot be change. But if we could go back in time. Would United States choose the same decision? Many things have gone wrong in this war. And this so call "war"‚ is the fight of Vietnam war. One of the many
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The First World War impacted significantly on the homefronts of the participating nations in many different social‚ political and economic areas. There was a widespread restructuring of primary industry with a large orientation towards militarism. There was massive political change where new systems of power were introduced that gave governments a range of new powers including the control over industry. The civilian population had severe restrictions placed upon their rights and liberties due to
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period that Louisiana emerged from the Great Depression and entered into the most prosperous era‚ yet many continued to lead second class lives. The Leche Administration‚ 1936-1939 Huey Long ruled Louisiana with an iron hand. Long based his political dictatorship on cultivating popular support‚ which became known as his “bread and circuses” program. Long proclaimed himself champion of the poor. Long kept his campaign promises to provide Louisiana free school textbooks‚ new roads‚ bridges‚ hospitals
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Simple suspicion and a clash of political ideology led to the first division within a united party. This party was originally united under one common cause- the freedom of a new and growing nation. However‚ as the nation began to spread its wings‚ conflicts arose and the two parties separated from one. This split was inevitable because of the contradicting ideologies each founding "brother" fought to uphold. Each had a different idea‚ each had a different vision‚ and each sought to make his vision
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today as a nation‚ one of those moments is the civil war. The civil war is a pivotal moment in the U.S history which has impacted our constitutional‚ political‚ and social way of being. The civil war led to the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments and established vital key people in the confederate victory such as Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in history. Although the civil war did not end racism on African Americans‚ it did end slavery and it opened people’s perspectives on slavery
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World War I was a significant historical military war started on 1914 and ended on 1918.Looking for the major cause of the war‚ we can find the first world war began as the war between Austria-Hungary .At first the USA was constant and was not directly involved in the war‚ at first stood as a neutral and isolated part but after German tried to attack the allies of the United States‚ so in the fear of losing the benefits that The united States was getting from its allies‚ it caused the United States
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Protests Against the Vietnam War The 1960s and 1970s were a turbulent time for Americans as the country entered in the Vietnam War‚ from 1965 to 1975. The lives of young men were drastically changed as they were entered into the draft lottery. Others were outraged by the United States entering yet another war. Americans across the country came together and formed huge‚ diverse protests to stop the Vietnam War and save the lives of the soldiers and innocent civilians. Protesters weakened America’s
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The Vietnam War was the longest deployment of U.S. forces in hostile action in the history of the United States‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. Although there is no formal declaration of war from which to date U.S. entry‚ President John F. Kennedy’s decision to send over 2‚000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat. The war also had great effects on the American people at home. It was the first war ever to broadcast on television. The
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Prompt: What were the long-term economic‚ social‚ and political effects of Reconstruction? The United States was challenged with many issues after the Civil War like crop lien work contracts‚ segregation‚ and unresolved problems with the seceded states. This period was called Reconstruction. After the Civil War‚ African Americans were free but with no place to live in or to work at‚ they settled with their former ‘masters’. African Americans were technically free‚ but no one wanted to hire a colored
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