What prompted the terrorist attacks of 9/11? Has the united states response to these attacks made our country safer? On September 11‚ 2001 a group of terrorist called Al-Qaeda hijacked 4 airliners and made a devastating attack against the United States. One plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City‚ and the other plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington‚ D.C. Close to 3‚000 people died in the World Trade
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The War That Made America: The French and Indian war went on from 1756 to 1763. It was also known as the Seven Years’ War‚ it lasted seven years. It greatly involved the Native Americans and affected the relationship that they had with the French. The British and the French were fighting to see who would take over the colonies in North America. The British won. After the British won the French and Indian war‚ they began taking over the colonies and started to take some rights away from the Americans
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Vietnam Fact Sheet After World War II‚ the United States was still playing tug of war with Communism. The enemy was China and the USSR‚ it soon gained the name “cold war”‚ as they were trying to keep Communism at bay‚ and try to spread the way of Democracy. As Communism was spreading‚ it had its eyes on a new victory; Vietnam. The US feared that if Vietnam was to fall to Communism‚ it would lead all of Southwest Asia to fall to Communism as well. The US described it as “falling dominoes”‚ which
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American history has commanded a morep rominent place in the public consciousness than the Vietnam War” (Hall xi)‚ a rightfully said statement. Lasting from 1960-1975‚ it is America’s longest war and changed the United States politically‚ socially‚ and culturally during that period. In the early 1970s‚ the voting age was lowered to 18‚ largely because of the war. Also‚ Vietnam was one of the first wars in which African Americans largely participated. Lastly‚ Vietnam changed America culturally by causing
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The Vietnam War is one that is not remembered proudly by most. Many Americans today actually believe that in hindsight‚ U.S. troops should never have been brought in to keep South Vietnam contained from Communism—since it ended in complete failure. Over half a million Americans ended up losing their lives‚ many adolescent Vietnamese were killed‚ and the efforts of our troops appeared to be in vain. However‚ in the 1950s‚ there is no way that a lasting outcome such as this could have been foreseen—and
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June 14‚ 2015 Is Financial Aid Distributed Fairly to Every Social Class? In a society where a college education is necessary to attain a job‚ people will pay any price to get a degree. Since 1965 government assistance programs such as FAFSA have made attending college much more simple for the working class. However‚ such programs focus much of their efforts on assisting lower income students and fail to contribute to students from middle class families. Middle class students or their parents are
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The constant exposure to life and death throughout the Vietnam War altered several American soldiers perspective on society. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried‚ author Tim O’Brien uses characters such as Rat Kiley‚ Tim O’Brien‚ and Norman Bowker to prove this point. While all the characters have very different personalities‚ skills‚ and future goals‚ each one of them are moved by the war similarly. However‚ Vietnam also has a specific effect on each soldier causing them to feel a certain way.
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September 11th has affected everyone in America. The date has great historical significance‚ and could be considered the most remembered date of the millennium. After all‚ the experience of terrorist-flown planes crashing into the Twin Towers‚ whether personal or known through recollections of others‚ is quite emotional. In addition‚ important changes have happened as a result. The changes brought by September 11th directly involve our nation’s media and immigration. First of all‚ television
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The Vietnam War was one of‚ if not the most controversial wars to date‚ including the wars on terrorism still happening today. There are many views and opinions on what went wrong with the Vietnam War and after reading Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 and “Article 46 & 47” in America Firsthand I will tell you what my views are. The main issues that I see with the war was the lack of the United States government to know the history of Vietnam and learning from the French’s mistakes
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The Greeks and Romans had one thing in common and that was war. Wars through the centuries change events and the mindsets of people experiencing them. Many wars occurred through the centuries and have affected the United States in various ways. One particular war that changed the outlook of America would be the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War affected the culture in the United States during 1950 to 1960’s by citizens striving for love and compassion instead of hate and violence throughout every home
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