Due to the frustration‚ lack of belief and low morale of US soldiers in post-Tet Vietnam‚ a village named My Lai had been massacred in March 1968. The village had been a stronghold for Vietcong troops and most of the villagers had been communist‚ Vietcong sympathizers. During a routine search and destroy mission‚ Charlie Company‚ led by Lieutenant William L. Calley‚ was ordered to destroy the village. Charlie Company had lost a total 28 men which is almost 1/5 of the companies original size. While
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Most Significant Events Final Project K A University of Phoenix: Axia College Jonathan Tietz November 28‚ 2010 Most Significant Events of the 50`s‚ 60`s 70`s 80`s and 90`s World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945. This was a war that involved most of the world’s nations and all of the world’s greatest powers. When the war ended the events that followed over the next five decades had a great effect on the American people. There are some events that had more of an effect than others
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* China: used China against USSR. * The Warren Court: court took an activist stance‚ helping to shape national policy by taking a forceful stand on a number of key issues of the day. * The Burger Court: a conservative jurist appointed by Nixon that nonetheless continued the judicial activism of the Warren Court as seen by Roe v. Wade; this was due to the other members of the court rather than his own liberal beliefs. * Abortion: the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order
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Servicemen’s Readjustment Act – 1944 GI Bill Coal Strike – 1946 Fair Deal Labor Management Relations Act – 1947 Progressive Party Thomas Dewey Korean War Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur HUAC The Hollywood 10 Alger Hiss Whittaker Chambers Richard Nixon J. Edgar Hoover Klaus Fuchs Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Joseph McCarthy Red Scare Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Sputnik NASA National Defense Education Act John Foster Dulles “Massive Retaliation” “Brinkmanship” Shah of Iran Gammel
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taken more into consideration than the one’s of actual candidates. As elections pass‚ more and more attention is being put on the looks of individuals rather than on their words and beliefs. When John F. Kennedy ran for president against Richard M. Nixon‚ it is said that he was immensely victorious in the debates‚ and this was “largely a triumph of image over content.” (Menand) He didn’t necessarily speak the most convincing words; he just looked more attractive on everyone’s television screens.
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Voices from Vietnam Voices from Vietnam‚ a book by Barry Denenberg to some it can be comforting‚ some gruesome‚ and to some informative. This book is not just a group of facts with the main events of the war‚ it talks with many different people that had very important jobs during the war. To me this book was very informative because I knew very little about the war. A few well known people have writings in this book such as President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It is very interesting to see the very
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The war was a twenty year war starting in 1954 and ending in 1975. The Vietnam War‚ a long war between North and South Vietnam over communism‚ impacted all generations by changing the way Americans viewed war and by hurting the Vietnamese people; furthermore‚ the U.S. presidents during the Vietnam War had many different views‚ which affected U.S. polices and the country for many years after. The United States supported Diem and wanted him to win the election. The Vietnam War began as a result of
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Corinne 23). Ford was the only U.S. President ever to not be elected (Blue and Corinne 20). In the early 1970s‚ Gerald Ford’s schedule was very unplanned and surprising. Ford also had a unique start to his presidency. First‚ president Richard M. Nixon resigned
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Eng 1 Eng � PAGE �4� Eng 3 The Twenty-sixth Amendment The Twenty-sixth Amendment was proposed March 23‚ 1971‚ to lower the voting age from twenty-one to eighteen. It was decisively authorized on July 1‚ 1971. The official amendment is‚ "Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
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T Jackson DBQ How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? •- -j- "* - * j ^ i ^ i- •>"• \ v * • i ’ " ’ * ** "- A Document Based Question (DBQ) 65 © 2002 The DBQ Project L 1 Jackson DBQ STUDENT GUIDE SHEET How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Directions: Many great names in American history are closely connected with an idea or an event - George Washington and the Revolution‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War‚ Martin Luther King and Civil Rights. Andrew Jackson’s name is tied very closely to democracy
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