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    What were the effects of the Vietnam War on United States? Thomas Liao U.S. History Mr. Magill February 18‚ 2010 Word Count 2785 Table of Contents The Paper 3 Works Cited 12 From 1959 to 1975‚ America has been engaged in her longest and most disappointing war she has ever been in‚ the Vietnam War. The war heavily taxed the country’s patience and will of the government. There were several bad decisions which led to the ultimate defeat and retreat of U.S. The Vietnam

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    There were many problems‚ events‚ and situations that led to the Civil War. One of the major reasons for the outbreak of the war was sectionalism. Once the United States was split‚ many of the country’s fundamental issues were disputed‚ with slavery being at the top of the list. Some of the other major issues in dispute were representation‚ tariffs‚ and states’ rights. Sectionalism is defined as‚ the sharp socio-economic differences that divided the Northern and the Southern states in the U.S.

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    The term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import where the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". [1] Thus an import is any good (e.g. a commodity) or service brought in from one country to another country in a legitimate fashion‚ typically for use in trade. It is a good that is brought in from another country for sale

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    believe I have missed her first words‚ her first smile‚ her first steps. What I wouldn’t give to go back home and be able to hug my baby girl‚ lay her down at night‚ and let her know that daddy is here to protect her. I would give away the 30 years of my life just to get 10 precious minutes with her. All of the soldiers here at Valley Forge are trying to decide whether they should stay or go back home‚ myself included. You can hear soldiers crying out “Give me liberty or give me death!!” all throughout

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    prosperous or united during the 1920’s. Although there were reasons to show that The United States were prosperous during this time‚ there are stronger arguments and ‘harder’ evidence to show that most of population were neither prosperous nor united. These arguments are‚ the collapse of the American economy in the late 1920’s and the countries economical situation‚ prohibition and the truth in society a large part of this being racism. There are signs of prosperity and unity in the 1920’s for the Americans;

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    Beni | Benefits of Insourcing & Reshoreing Production From China to The United States | | Patrick Bain‚ Stephen Parker‚ Daniel Walsh‚ & Rodolphe Gauthier | 12/11/2012 | | Table of Contents Introduction 1 Operational Security 1 Intellectual Security 1 Network Security 2 Political Security 3 Quality 4 Length of the Supply Chain 4 Culture 5 Technological Differences 7 Society 8 Environment 8 Air pollution 8 Water pollution 9 Land Pollution 10 Economic

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    The United States‚ one of the most powerful and wealthiest countries in the world‚ 1 in 5 people suffer from the effects of poverty most of them being children and teens. Back in 1964‚ the government said‚”that 23% of kids in the United States go to be hungry or without basic human needs”(LA Times). Another study done by the Census Bureau shows‚”The official poverty rate is 13.5 percent...” and “...an estimated 43.1 million Americans lived in poverty according to the official measure”(UC Davis).

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    Import substitution industrialization‚ or ISI‚ is an economic development program in which reliance on imports to a specific nation is subordinated to the development of local industries within that nation. This theory was put into practice by developing nations throughout the 20th century as a response to economic inferiority to nations with significant industrial output. By producing manufactured goods locally for local consumption‚ import substitution industrialization is intended to provide employment

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    Scenario: World War 4 has just occurred and you and 5 other people find yourselves to be the only people left on the planet earth. You manage to all make it to a bunker‚ however‚ you all realize that if 2 of you wish to survive for many years‚ 4 of you will have to leave soon because there are not enough resources for all of you to survive. If all of you stay‚ then you will all live only for a maximum of 2 years. In your bunker‚ you have the following facilities: sewage system water seeds

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    Nevertheless‚ when we look at the United States we see many of those cultures among us‚ for instance we have Hispanics‚ Muslims‚ African Americans‚ Indians‚ and English here in the U.S. However‚ when we put so many different cultures here in the U.S‚ there tends to be issues like prejudice‚ racist remarks‚ and discrimination. When learning about culture diversity‚ I thought I knew everything there was about it. Well to be honest I never knew the half of things‚ when it came to what all the different cultures

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