After World War One was over‚ everyone was happy that they could go back to their country in peace. Everyone was spending‚ people were working‚ almost everyone was (relatively) happy. However‚ there were people that were not so happy. There were those who wanted to stop funding the Germans with the proceeds from their beer. There were those wanted the opportunity to tell differing views on creation in their classrooms. Also‚ most notably‚ there were women who were tired of being forced to be housewives
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The Vietnam War had long lasting‚ disruptive effects on everyone involved whether it was the United States or Vietnam. Social tensions‚ more specifically the media‚ arose that affected the United States throughout the beginning and ending of the war‚ which was 1964 to 1975.Many things were brought into question during the war like why the war being fought‚ who is in charge of the war‚ and how much money was being invested in the war. The Vietnam War was a consecutive battle against communism. For
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of the Pearl Harbor bombing victims by donating a total of $65‚200 that he earned from a fight. Within a period of fewer than three months after the donation‚ he donated $45‚882 that he had also earned from a fight to the Army Relief Fund. When the war was over‚ Louis was determined to retire from professional boxing having to save enough money in the bank and with his dignity still high. However‚ he lost both. The reason behind this was that Louis overlooked the enlarged role of the government. Further
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The world is a lot smaller than it used to be. Today I can hop on a plane‚ and be in China tomorrow. I can call a friend in Africa and talk in real time. The world we live in is vastly different than the world our great grandparents grew up in. Advancement in technology is a tale as old as time. But this change has come about extremely quickly. However‚ there is a reason. The Cold War triggered an explosion of growth and interconnectivity. And it came close to triggering several other literal explosions
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Between 1870-1920‚ The progressive era emerged as a way to fix many of the ills of American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century. This was done through multiple reformers who spoke out on issues such as temperance‚ sex education‚ rights for workers‚ and overall activists. Two of the most prominent movements were the Women’s and African American’s movements. Though both groups may have had different means of achieving the goals
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The Cold War and U.S. Diplomacy The Reagan Doctrine In the political history of the United States‚ the Presidential Doctrines hold an important position. Presidential Doctrine can be defined as a set of principles or practices applied by a President to a particular situation‚ region‚ or government‚ and a President may formulate a doctrine alone or with the help of advisers within the entire administration (Jones‚ 2013). According to the Monroe Doctrine to the Reagan Doctrine‚ in the realm of
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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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In 1914 when war was declared in Europe‚ America adopted a policy of neutrality and isolation. When news of trench warfare and the horrors associated with it reached the shores of America‚ it confirmed to the government that they had made the right choice. Their approach had the full support of a majority of Americans‚ many of which could not believe that Europe‚ a civilized entity‚ could descend into the depths of carnage as depicted by trench warfare. On August 4th‚ 1914 President Wilson
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The Opium War in the year 1839 to 1856 changed China’s trade policy with other countries especially with the British. The Opium War was a major turning point for China affecting a great number of their population of 400 million. China changed from being self-sufficient to being forced to sign the Nanking and Tientsin treaties with the British and the French. Due to China’s overconfidence and unwelcome attitude toward foreigners and opium‚ it caused the British to declare the Opium War against China
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when the Allied Powers won World War 1‚ because of the Axis powers loss they had to give up a substantial amount of land for other countries like latvia‚ Lithuania and etc. The economy collapsed and the political instability caused by World War 1 lead to the rise of fascism in Europe to World War 2. The Nazi version of fascism was dedicated to the reversal of the Versailles Treaty which was signed to end the first war‚ and the establishment of a German Empire by means of war and conquest. Germany
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