Should the United States Have annexed the Philippines? The annexation on the Philippines was an arduous time . During 1898 ‚ United States had fought a short war with Spain. Several Spanish colonies fell into American hands. The Americans were successful. They had become a major world power. It was time where imperialism ‚ education ‚ and trading ran into this period of time. First of all‚ it was the right decision for U.S to annex the Philippines because it was beneficial for Filipinos through
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for my mom to make Puerto Rican food for almost every holiday. My grandmother and my Aunt taught my mom how to make Puerto Rican rice. My grandmother and aunt also taught her how to make empinyatats it is ground beef with Puerto Rican seasonings and its wrapped in a tortilla like wrap and is fried it is so good. My grandma that taught my mom is my dad’s mom. And my aunt is my dad’s sister my dad’s mom and dad were born in Puerto Rico. My mom is a little bit Mexican and Puerto Rican. Next‚ my mom
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army and the United States had the powerful Atomic bomb‚ leading to both of the countries distrusting each other. The United States did not want the Soviet Union to expand its communist views to other countries and believed that other countries should have democracy like the U.S. On the other hand‚ the USSR wanted to expand
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Introduction: PRIVATISATION is a process of transfer of ownership of property or business from a government to a private entity. Privatization is not a new phenomenon in Pakistan. Since 1990‚ Pakistan sold off 167 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) at a price of Rs476 billion. The first phase of privatization in 1992-96 included partial privatization of banks; this was followed by the second phase (1997-2000)‚ resulting in the complete denationalization of the banking sector. And the last phase of privatization
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Australia should become a Republic not a constitutional Monarchy But what is a republic? A nation‚ where the head of state is a citizen of that country and was chosen because of their efforts and achievements‚ is a republic. If the head of state was chosen because of their birthright‚ then the system of government would be called a monarchy. Australia is a monarchy and the Queen of England is our head of state. The Governor-General is the representative of the Queen in Australia and he or she is
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a system in which the people are given power to a government or system in order to represent them‚ and this will be the definition of democracy that I will be using for my paper. During the 1920s the United States became more democratic in various ways. One of the ways that the United States became more democratic is by allowing women the right to vote. There was also culture transformation which was used as a tool “empower ordinary people and transform the style of politics” (pg 674). It was
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The United States should empower the Afghan Government to actively pursue peace negotiations with the Taliban because total victory is neither plausible nor affordable. U.S. and NATO have battled the Taliban for sixteen years. Some defense analysts estimate the Afghan war cost the U.S. between $4 to $6 trillion dollars. Furthermore‚ thousands of Americans sacrificed their lives and limbs in pursuit of victory against the Taliban. Yet‚ the Taliban insurgency remains resilient today. The U.S.
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life sentence is just as bad as a death sentence‚ so why have the death penalty at all? The death penalty is not beneficial. It only creates problems. Within the United States over the years there has been much improvement with the death penalty. Many states have abolished
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CRIMINALITY‚ ORDER AND LAWS You are in the United States on a vacation‚ a nice trip with your family and/or friends. You are walking across the street and a cop takes out a gun‚ it is pointed at your face. He yells: “We have an arrest warrant for you.” You know you didn’t do anything and he tries to arrest you. What do you do? Do you know the rights that you have? The laws of the United States? Probably not‚ only that you have a right to speak to a lawyer. You think to yourself if it would be
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The United States should not join the League of Nations because U.S. involvement in the League would have resulted in more casualties and economic expense with nothing in return. The United States were also in a war in which they had nothing to do with the causes. The Great War had just ended when Woodrow Wilson proposed the idea of the League of Nations. Many countries joined the League but America did not. Congress turned this treaty down. Congress knew that they were in a war in which they had
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