At the start of the 20th century Vietnam was of very little concern to the USA but by 1968 the Vietnam War was at its peak with about 500 000 American troops there. This drastic change came about for many reasons. From the mid-19th century Vietnam had been a French colony (known as Indochina) but in 1940‚ during WWII this changed as Japan invaded the country. The USA helped Indochina fight the Japanese as they were the enemy. They secretly joined forces with communist Ho Chi Minh and this resulted
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Before the Vietnam War‚ there was the Civil Rights movement. A movement dedicated to to gain equal right for all. One major difference that was discovered to be preventing racial equality was income. As white families lived in their mail-order homes‚ people of color struggled with making enough money to make ends meet. This realization is what caused the president‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ to take action. Since the President believed in equal right‚ and after he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ he
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Is it possible to have a Utopian society with the human race? A Utopia is a society that is perfect and nothing goes wrong in the society. It is impossible to have a Utopian society with the human race. Reasons for being impossible is because not everyone is going to think the same and agree on everything. Humans have emotions and this is one if the characteristics of making them human. In Brave New World‚ the people are unable to feel sad or upset. The people in Brave New World do not believe in
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Religious Conversion: Mission Impossible? The Society of Jesus‚ the Jesuits‚ had remarkable zeal for missions and they wanted to impact the world by winning souls. The Recollects sent an invitation to the Order that in New France (now Canada) there were Native Indians that needed to be Christianized. The church chose to send Jean Brebeuf who had entered the Society in 1617‚ a man who devoted his life to serve the Lord. This endeavour would not be easy‚ awaiting them was a group of unchurched
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Analyzing the Victory of the Union in the Civil War The American Civil War‚ was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was caused by the disagreement over the future of slavery between the industrialized North and the agrarian South. That dispute led to secession. The North’s initial political objective was clear: to restore the Union. Later‚ emancipation‚ or freeing the slaves‚ became another objective. The Confederacy (South) wanted its independence. The Secession led to the Civil War. The victory of Union in
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Throughout the book‚ Year of Impossible Goodbyes Spokane had a few key moments when she changed while being faced with the following situations. She clapped and cheered when a Korean boy spoke up against the Japanese‚ she distrusted the guide they had hired to take them across the border‚ and while escaping across the border she almost sacrificed herself so Inchun could be free. In these key moments of the book Sookan changed‚ maybe not for the better but it helped create her and keep her alive.
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Assess the reasons for the victory of the Greeks in the Second Persian War (480–479 BC). The Greeks were victorious in the Second Persian War because of a number of factors. These include the superior leadership from commanders such as Themistocles and Leonidas‚ the effective Greek strategy and the cooperation of all the Greek city states to unite against a common threat. Ancient historians such as Aeschylus in his play ‘The Persians’ and Herodotus attribute the Greek victory to the so called ‘hubris’
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Motivation for Investments Companies make investments for at least three reasons. First‚ companies transfer excess cash into investments to produce higher income. Second‚ some entities‚ such as mutual funds and pension funds‚ are set up to produce income from investments. Third‚ companies make investments for strate gic reasons. Short-Term Investments Cash equivalents are investments that are both readily converted to known amounts of cash and mature within three months. Many investments‚ however
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In the 1960’s the US was pushed into a large scale involvement in the crisis in vietnam. This crisis called for thousands of men to be called to duty for the greater good of democracy. While the war was taking place nearly 8‚000 miles off the US shores‚ it was also unfolding in front of the eyes of the US citizen on national television. For the first time in warfare‚ the outcome of what unfolded on television instead of what unfolded on the battlefield played a larger role in determining the victor
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There were a number of factors that played into the allied greek victory over the Persian forces led by king Xerxes. The first was the Spartans’ superior fighting ability and military training from childhood into early adulthood. Spartans‚ beginning late in the sixth century used a new system governing all of it’s citizens from birth. Infants were inspected for any abnormalities and or percieved weakness to forge a strong society. Any infant found to be inferior to Spartan standards was left
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