America became involved in the Korean War. At the end of WWII the Korean peninsula was divided between North Korea supported by the Soviet Union north of the 38th parallel‚ and South Korea with the United States supporting everything south. The two separate governments held claim the entire county not recognizing the division. As tensions escalated‚ North Korea began invading the south. After a couple months the North Korean Army had pushed the few American forces and South Korean Army south to
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The Spanish-American war was the war between Spain and America‚ From April- August‚ 1898. The fight occurred Caribbean (Cuba) and Asia (Philippines). The causes of the war was the De Lome letter‚ Yellow Journalism‚ and USS Maine. The US won the war. The us gained the Philippines‚ Cuba‚ Guam‚ and Puerto Rico (Cuba was not added to the USA). The USA got involved in the Cuba war in 1899‚ Philippines war 1899‚ and the Hawaii war in the early 18th century. Local people had self determination
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intolerant towards slavery. After slavery was abolished in the 1860s and the slaves were emancipated‚ it was clear that those involved in agriculture would have to find another source of cheap labor to pick up the slack (Valdez 1). Luckily for North American farmers there were many sources of cheap labor at this time and many people willing to immigrate to find work. Shortly after the abolishment of slavery there was a very large influx of Chinese immigrants‚ a vast majority of these immigrants were
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7 Turning Point: The McKinley Years From Walter Lafaber’s THE AMERICAN AGE: United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad‚ 1994. (1896-1900) THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATE 1890s As the twentieth century dawned‚ the United States stepped onto the world stage as a great power. Because of the triumphs scored between 1898 and 1900‚ it strode confidently now with Great Britain‚ France‚ Russia‚ Germany‚ and Japan—nations that possessed immense military strength and had used that strength for
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In April 1861‚ the United States declared a state of insurrection against the Confederacy of rebellious southern states. In Europe‚ the ordeal was referred to as "The American Question." The question could not be evaded; a choice had to be made between neutrality and intervention. European attitudes towards the American Civil War would have a significant effect on the war’s ultimate outcome (Randall and Donald 355). Throughout the early months of the conflict‚ the reaction of Europe was of great
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The simple explanation as to the cause of the Spanish-American war is that it was due to the way the Spanish were treating the Cuban people. But things are rarely that simple and the war between Spain and America is no exception. Leading up to the war American’s began to feel that we did not have enough room to grow and American journalists fed the desire for foreign adventure by romanticizing it‚ much the way the frontier had been romanticized. Huge Naval ships were built and Darwinism convinced
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set forth by sailing west to get to Asia. Spain‚ England and France all looked for trade routes to Asia. Columbus suggested crossing the Atlantic believing he would hit Asia‚ not knowing that there would be a country in his way. Every country was at “war” claiming land and trying to colonize. A numbering amount of men died and neglected their expedition by living with other tribes and taking some for wives. Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513 discovered Florida and was later met by a southern Indian tribe
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The American Revolutionary War was fought and won by the Colonists because of an idea. The idea was freedom. There are many reasons why freedom became a pertinent idea to the colonists and in this paper I shall discuss what events lead up to this idea. I shall examine the British theory of mercantilism‚ the French-Indian War‚ and many of the acts that Great Britain sought to make the Colonists to abide by. Through these three events‚ the idea of freedom blossomed within many Colonists ’ thoughts
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The Spanish American War started in 1898 and lasted about four months. Although the war might have seemed focused on freeing Cuba from Spain and gaining independence for Cuba and the Philippines‚ it was actually stimulated by nationalism and commercialism. Commercialism was a major factor when declaring war because the United States depended on Cuba and the Philippines for trade and business with other countries‚ especially in Asia and Latin America. Another major factor for the war was that the
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up to the Vietnam War‚ many factors lead to American interference. For example‚ the policy of Containment proposed by George Kennan allowed Communism to continue existing‚ but aimed to prevent it from spreading. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were both efforts to prevent the spread of Communism with financial aid for countries resisting it‚ but in the case of Vietnam‚ the U.S. decided that military force was necessary to pursue Containment. Thus started the Vietnam War‚ one of the most
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