[pic]Poverty in the United States From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search |[pic] |Parts of this article (those related to the 2010 poverty definition reform) are outdated. Please update this article to | | |reflect recent events or newly available information. Please see the talk page for more information. (November 2010) | [pic] [pic] Impoverished area near 125th Street in Harlem‚ New York‚ which was subsequently demolished for new commercial
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The war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq differ in many ways such as; the reason for war‚ US support‚ the cost‚ number of deaths‚ and the time and place. In this essay I am going to compare the Vietnam War with the war in Iraq describing three ways in which the war in Vietnam differs from the war in Iraq. Three ways the two wars differ are the reason for war‚ number of deaths‚ and the cost. The Vietnam War was a war over communism that started in 1950‚ when Ho Chi Minh‚ the national leader of
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the front of the war from visuals of death to the destruction the war brought to her homeland. She is an advocate for democratic reform and her novels speak against the communist regime. The Vietnamese communist party expelled her for her protests and ordered that none of her books be published in Vietnam. She served prison time for her protests and later was allowed to travel to France where she lives in exile to this day. None of her work is allowed to be sold or read in Vietnam. The root of the
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Brief summary The Vietnam War commonly known as the Second Indochina War began as a conflict in 1959‚ after five years of the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. The United States and other members of the SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) joined forces with South Vietnam in contesting communist forces comprised of South Vietnamese supporters of the communist National Liberation Front known as Viet Cong (VC)‚ and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). In addition‚ the North had benefited
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It is basic learning that The United States of America started in the wake of winning its freedom from Great Britain in the Revolutionary War. The chances were stacked high against the homesteaders‚ who some way or another figured out how to pull off a shocking bombshell of the British. Albeit‚ how the war was really won is up for theory. Regardless of whether the Americans triumphed by winning the war themselves‚ or won by Britain bumbling without end their opportunity to crush the revolutionists
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT What is government Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) said the purpose of government is to establish peace and security for the people. Government: The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people. Main components are people‚ policies‚ and powers. Government consists of elected officials who have the authority and control over others and the other half are the public servants who carry out the daily functions. Power is the government’s
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November 1‚ 1955‚ when North and South Vietnam began the fight to reunify Vietnam for good. South Vietnam knew that they needed aid in order to fight this fight‚ so they turned to the U.S. for help. U.S. aid became a crucial part of South Vietnamese strategies in this war. Although‚ the start of U.S. help/aid did not come easily‚ it took a lot of loss for America to give it’s support. Add another sentence here! Ultimately‚ U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was a gradual process that led up to becoming
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Reality of the Vietnam War During the Vietnam War the reality of warfare brought many soldiers back to a home that didn’t want them. Their feelings torn by atrocities‚ the loss of friends‚ and the condition of loneliness only made the experience worse. Did the issues on the home front affect the issues on the frontline? The novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers is a perfect example of the conflict and diversity among other soldiers during the Vietnam War. It shows the reality many soldiers
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major effects that the Vietnam war had on America were that America spent 168 billion dollars on the war‚ so America was financially in trouble. It also made the people of America think about war differently in general because of the horrible things they thought America was doing in Vietnam. It changed the racial war America was fighting‚ people seeing blacks and whites fight side by side for the same cause really made people see how similar they were. In 1969 President Johnson introduced a 10% income
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After the war to cut off from Britain America made sure to become a nation different from Britian but soon they became just like the nation they ran away from. The United States government did start off strong hold onto their principles strongly‚ but not strong enough. Soon‚ their principles‚ their claims‚ and speeches began to contradict. Sides would be split‚ the same people who rebelled against what they sought was wrong would be rebelled against. Those who sought change were not the government
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