commitment of the [Soviet Union]… it would then be evident that World War III is imminent.” The Containment Policy was a way to keep communism from spreading without having to fight the most powerful communist countries outright. Wars that occurred during the Containment Policy never had direct fighting between the United States and the major communist influence‚ the Soviet Union. The Containment Policy was effective at stopping the spread of communism‚ and was the right choice to prevent World War III
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of it ended up being. The Vietnam War‚ which was the longest war since the Cold War‚ was a war between Southern Vietnam and Northern Vietnam in which the United States became involved in on South Vietnam’s side. It was originally fought because Vietnam wanted to declare its independence from France stating‚ “Vietnam has the right to be free and independent country and in fact is so already‚” but the conflict quickly converted to a civil war between North and South Vietnam (Doc. 1- Declaration of Independence-
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Vietnam DBQ Essay While some argue that America was right and has just justification for entering the war to preserve democracy and to fight for some greater good for peace it is quite simple to see that the U.S involvement in the Vietnam War was greatly unjustified‚ due to the fact that the war was originally a civil war between two different governments in Vietnam‚ in addition to that the majority of Vietnam’s citizens were on the “enemy’s” side. The only reason American leaders stayed in
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After the catastrophic Civil War‚ the Reconstruction era struggled to repair the shattered nation. In the beginning of the time period‚ Congress passed new amendments into the Constitution to integrate former slaves into America’s society. The 14th Amendment was one of these new additions to the Constitution‚ which gave equal rights to freedmen. The 15th Amendment allowed blacks to vote and express their views on politics. The Reconstruction Amendments aimed to give citizenship rights and the ability
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Amanda McLain Dr. Harbour POSC 150-05 November 5‚ 2013 The Presidents: Successes and Failures The United States has had 44 presidents. The first one was George Washington in 1789‚ and the most recent is Barack Obama in 2009. The President of the United States is one of the most powerful men in the world. He is the chief executive of a political institution which employs several million civil servants and has control over the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world. Therefore‚ the level of
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After Kennedy’s assassination‚ President Johnson was in a rush to get the Civil Rights Act signed. Johnson did not approve of the Act in the beginning of his senate years. Later after being pushed by the citizens‚ politics drove him into approving the Act in order to make America happy again. President Lyndon Johnson was driven by politics‚ In a discussion; a Book by Robert Dallek Roy wilkins says President Johnson “If he felt so strongly about the issue‚ Why had it taken him so long to act on it
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The domestic policies of Kennedy and Johnson had large affect on the nation. John F. Kennedy’s domestic policy was the New Frontier. Johnson’s policy was known as the Great Society. The affects of both programs were felt by the nation. The New Frontier was Kennedy’s vision for America’s domestic situation. All though most of Kennedy’s attempts were destroyed by a republican congress he was able to be successful in some areas. The first step he took was creating the Peace Corps. Another program that
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Banned from Vietnam iii. Help Vietnam get independence from USSR b. Ngo Dinh Diem iv. Anti-Communist v. President of South Vietnam c. Vietcong vi. South Vietnamese Communists vii. Fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War d. William Westmoreland viii. American commander in South Vietnam e. Napalm ix. Gasoline based substance used in bombs that US planes dropped in Vietnam
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December ‚ 2012 Candidate: Words:1998 Working Title: Lyndon B. Johnson’s Policies on Vietnam Thesis Question: To what extent did Johnson continue Kennedy’s foreign policy concerning Vietnam? Thesis statement: Johnson starts to follow Kennedy’s policies of containment in Vietnam but realizing the commitment needed to win the war‚ he eventually causes a much larger American involvement in Vietnam. Table of Contents Section Page Part A:Plan of Investigation
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The Vietnam War was the U.S’ longest and most exhausting war- the only war the U.S had ever lost‚ had far-reaching consequences and impact on most American life from the economy‚ culture to domestic politics and foreign policy- some of which continue to do so today. The American military had entered Vietnam as a world superpower from World War 2 but left Vietnam with a humiliating defeat‚ shockingly high casualties‚ the American public sharply divided and its leaders uncertain of who to trust with
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