Paragraph 1: Why did the United State get involved in Iran? Iran is a country in the Middle East that got petroleum. For many years‚ Iran was ruled by shah and now it is ruled by a Muslim cleric. For many years the United States had oil companies in Iran. In 1950‚ all that changed when Mohammad Mossadegh became the leader of Iran. The United States got involved in Iran because of petroleum. Paragraph 2: Mohammad Mosaddegh was a secular democrat that was elected during the 1950 in Iraq as
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Why do people migrate? Thousands of people over the world leave their homeland every year to journey to he United States‚ a country that offers them better opprotunities than thei countries of origin. Why do these people leave their native country? There are many different reasons why particular immigrants emigrate to the United States. Economic‚ personal or political reasons may have convinced these people to immigrate to the United States. The common understandings of why immigrants come to
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time for Prosperity for countries like the United States. America will roar in the 1920’s. It was an age of melodramatic and political change. The Cleveland Indians won their first world series in 1920.On January 1‚ 1920 - For the first time‚ the 1920 census indicates a population in the United States over 100
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Hawaii is known as the go to Paradise for most people who want to travel the country without leaving the United States. Over 150 years ago this was not the case‚ Hawaii was controlled by monarchs that were established by European explorers. Even before this Hawaii was controlled by groups of indigenous people known as the Polynesians. Every island had a distinct cultures‚ beliefs‚ and leaders. The Kingdom of Hawaii lasted a little less than a century with two distinct dynasties. Liliʻuokalani was
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hand.”-Harry S. Truman. Among the many presidents who accomplished great things‚Harry S. Truman sticks out with his amazing feats. Truman went from being an ordinary young man in the military into dropping an atomic bomb‚starting the korean war‚and almost being assassinated. Not many people can say they have done all that in a lifetime. Many people couldn’t accomplish what Truman did in 4 lifetimes. How did Truman go from a man deciding to go to the United States Military Academy because he was
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On August 6 and 9‚ 1945 United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ during the end of World War II. The two bombings‚ killed around 199‚000 people‚ and until today has been the only use use of nuclear weapons in battle. Why did the United States drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and what was the aftermath? After the war in Europe had concluded when Nazi Germany surrendered on May 8‚ 1945‚ and Hitler committed suicide. The Japanese‚ refused to
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada‚ Mexico‚ and the United States‚ creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1‚ 1994. It superseded the Canada – United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined GDP of its members‚ as of 2010 the trade bloc is the largest in the world. NAFTA has two supplements: the North American
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War was a strung-out‚ vicious‚ and costly war that went on between the communist government of North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The Northern army was supported by Soviet Union‚ China‚ and other communist countries. The Southern army was supported by the United States of America‚ Australia‚ Thailand‚ and other anti-communist countries. During this time‚ the Cold War was also going on between the United States and the Soviet Union and just added on the intensity of the
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NAFTA Case Report The North American Free Trade Agreement‚ also known as “NAFTA” took effect January 1‚ 1994. It is a trade agreement between the three countries of North America‚ which are The United States‚ Canada‚ and Mexico. The Canadian Prime Minister‚ Brian Mulroney‚ the Mexican President‚ Carlos Salinas de Gortari‚ and former United States President George H. Bush organized the agreement. The relationship between the countries were already on good terms‚ especially between the two northern
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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? When the year 1973 came around‚ the most powerful economic and military force America‚ were being forced to come to terms with the fact that they had suffered defeat in their war in Vietnam. Despite the vast gulf in financial and military prowess which swung in favour of the Americans‚ 57‚000 of their troops1 had lost their lives or were missing in action2‚ in a defeat so unanimous that the American armed forces today‚ use Vietnam as their key example on how
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