The Minie ball greatly influenced the Civil War‚ causing many people to die‚ and changes in many other areas. Like all the wars before it‚ during the Civil War many large technological breakthroughs occurred. One of the biggest‚ and most influential changes for personal weapons was the evolution from the smoothbore muskets to rifles‚ and even more so‚ the Minie ball that allowed the rifling to realistically be used in a battle situation. The bullets also had another plus: causing huge damage to anyone
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still reeling from containment and its domino policy‚ leading it to believe that it had the right to exercise influence in foreign affair. One foreign affair was known as Vietnam. The Vietnam War was the longest war in the nation’s history. This war‚ from both abroad and at home‚ drastically changed the society of America‚ socially‚ economically‚ and politically. It caused for much anti-war sentiment and fueled the counter culture movement‚ it caused inflation and contributed to the stagflation‚ and
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The Vietnam War and Its Legacy The Vietnam War is one of the most shocking eras in American history. Not only did the utmost world power in the world get bested by an almost third-world country‚ but we lost badly. This war could have been won‚ or even prohibited in the first place. The United States should have won this war‚ with a blend of better weapons usage‚ better maneuvers‚ and better support from their home country. Many people do not know the reason for the U.S involvement in getting into
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The cold war was marked by a conflict that spanned from 1947 to1991 involving subtle surveillance in the biggest cities of the world to violent battles in the tropical jungles of Vietnam. Its general ideas were for the United States to hinder the spread of communism or for the Soviet Union to expand their communist government. With this the cold war largely influenced the economic‚ revolutionary‚ and humanitarian aid of both rivaling nations for areas that suffered the most after World War II. Their
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Abstract While it takes societies to start wars‚ war changes societies. Whether it be the loss of life‚ wealth or influence‚ war determines what a society becomes. This paper will look at some of the effects on U.S. society following the war in Viet Nam. The Effects of the Vietnam War on American Society The Conflict in Southeast Asia had lasting effects on the United States society. It was sold to the American people as necessary to stop the spread of Communism
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The Vietnam War was a long armed conflict that the communist regime of North Vietnam and its South Vietnam allies. By 1996 peak of the United States led to divisions among. . Ho Chi minh launched a campaign in South Vietnam. The Vietnam War was the war where children had to attend after high school who didn’t have enough money to attend college. The Vietnam War also have roots Vietnam’s century’s imperial powers‚ and colonial which took over ancient Vietnam‚ then France took over of Vietnam in
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THE VIETNAM WAR Did you know about 1.5 million people died during the Vietnam War‚ which was more than the population of New Mexico in the 1960s? Vietnam‚ which is relative in size to New Mexico‚ is a country in Asia that borders the Gulf of Tonkin. The Vietnam War was a result of people in Vietnam wanting independence from France. The US supported the French so that all of Vietnam would not become a communist country and so this would not lead to other countries following in their footsteps
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involvement in Vietnam. 1953 January 20‚ 1953- Former five-star Army general‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ becomes the 34th U.S President. This event is important because he becomes America’s new President and because he does a lot with the Vietnam War. 1954 April 7‚ 1954- President Eisenhower introduced the Domino Theory in response to a news conference. This event is important because it was a reason for war in the 1950’s. It speculated that if one state in a region became under the influence of communism
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Impacts of The Vietnam War The Vietnam War lasted twenty years. It took more than two million lives away including many American soldiers and citizens (Rohn). The United States involvement in the Vietnam War caused many unnecessary deaths. The United States used twenty million gallons of herbicides and many bombs to attack the Viet Cong (Rohn).American soldiers were fighting the Viet Cong in Vietnam. America destroyed crops from villages and reduced the wooded areas where the Viet Cong could hide
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America in Vietnam: The War at Home There were several administrations and policies leading up to the war in Vietnam. Under President Truman the United States developed a policy of containment during the Cold War in an attempt to contain communism in the Soviet Union. During President Eisenhower’s administration the foreign policy of containment was expanded to a military strategy of deterrence. The United States believed in what they called the Domino Theory‚ wherein if Vietnam was to fall entirely
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