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    Civil war and how food actually affected the war? With the fundamental to life we all need food‚ water‚ and shelter maybe the necessities of life‚ but some may argue also love is needed to live a life we want. With some great home cooking with a little love in that food you can never be mad at anyone while eating this‚ but what happens when that food isn’t available. Today‚ I researched what these civil war solders ate during this terrible time trying to steer this new nation in the their path

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    Throughout the course of history‚ wars and battles have raged between humans. One of these historic wars was the Vietnam War‚ a war fought between the North and South Vietnamese. About 58‚220 Americans died in the Vietnam War. As a matter of fact‚ many Americans questioned the United State’s involvement in the war. Because of this‚ America became increasingly divided on whether troops should be continually sent to Vietnam. Some Americans were opposed to the draft because of the use of a draft‚ America

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    the US and the Soviet Union quickly turned from allies to enemies. When the war ended the Soviet Union was the greatest communist power and the US was the greatest capitalist power. During this time anti-communism greatly increased in the US‚ which was shown through events such as the rise of McCarthyism and trials such as the Rosenbergs. Each of these two powers wanted to expand their power by getting other countries to develop their system of government and economy; that led to the Cold War. Due

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    The Cold War and U.S Diplomacy politic 300 07/31/2011 The Cold War Diplomacy When most people think of President Kennedy’s Diplomacy efforts‚ they will often refer to situations that were resolved using the doctrine of flexible response. This is when the military and White House planners implemented a policy that offered them a range of options to choose from: in dealing with a host of threats. These included: the increased use of conventional forces to small and large nuclear weapons

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    the late 1950’s. As time passed‚ the US was drawn deeper into the unstable politics of this unstable new nation. In 1960‚ the Vietminh started an armed struggle for national unification. Under orders from Hanoi‚ the Vietminh soldiers created the National LIberation front (NLF) and had both materials and manpower support from North Vietnam to begin military operation in the south. This marked the beginning of what Americans know as the Vietnam War. The US role steadily changed from aid support

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    The Civil War started April 12‚ 1861 and ended May 9‚ 1865. This war was fought because people in the North wanted to end slavery whereas‚ people in the deep south wanted slavery to continue. On January 1‚ 1863‚ President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation‚ this declared that “all persons held as slaves are‚ and henceforward shall be free.” Jefferson Davis “was the president of the confederate states of America.” He wanted slavery to continue in the confederate states of America

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    The Vietnam War (1955-1975) was a proxy war fought in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and Cambodia between the North Vietnamese—supported by the Soviet Union‚ China and other communist allies—and the government of South Vietnam—supported by the US‚ the Philippines and other anti-communist allies. The war was causing deep division in the US (Nixon‚ 1969) and so during the elections of 1968‚ the main issue in question was America’s involvement in Vietnam. Richard Nixon promised to ‘end the war and win the peace‚’

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    Historians have different opinions on how the Civil War impacted the nation’s industrialization: positively or negatively. During the war‚ manufacturing increased greatly and the number of factories in the North doubled. However‚ men were also being shipped off to both armies to fight‚ leaving empty spaces in the factories‚ which historians believe hurt industrialization. The demand for weapons and supplies during the Civil War was high and caused both the Union and the Confederacy

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    The Vietnam War had many other names‚ such as the Second Indochina War. It was known as the Indochina War‚ as it was the name of the land in which Vietnam‚ Laos‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Thailand and Burma sat. “The cold war was a state of political and military tension after World War II‚ between powers in the Western Bloc (US‚ NATO allies and others)‚ and the powers in the Eastern Bloc (The Soviet Union‚ and its allies in the Warsaw pact).” The cold war had shaped international relations in many ways

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    United States Involvement in the Vietnam War History 308: The Vietnam War May 1‚ 2013 Did the United States blindly plunged into an unnecessary conflict for wider Cold War considerations? Some characterize the conflict as a limited war fought to defend South Vietnam and its neighbors against communist aggression and bring a united peace for a self-governing Vietnam. But was it necessary and justifiable for the U.S. to intervene in Vietnam: to defend freedom and liberty

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