for twelve years and then ask them‚ “Who was the first president of the United States?” They may give you a peculiar look as most Americans would instantly tell you it was American Founding Father‚ George Washington. While this has always been the basic idea we have lived off of‚ it is nothing but a myth. The actual first president of the United States was John Hanson from Maryland as he was elected by a group of men including George Washington to be the first president of Congress. While many still
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Internet get its name? The Internet got it’s name from AT&T’s UNIX operating system‚ released in the late 1960’s. UNIX was the first operating system that would run on different models of computers‚ and used a common communications protocol called TCP/IP to talk between the different machines. TCP/IP stands for "Transmission Control Protocol / Internetworking Protocol" and the word "Internet" came from that. What was the first name of Internet before it was called Internet? The name of the web platform
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WAS HITLER A WEAK DICTATOR? Introduction The question of whether Hitler was master in the Third Reich or a weak dictator’ is one of the central debates amongst historians of Nazi Germany. It is not necessary to spend too much time here outlining the debate‚ as this information can easily be found elsewhere (see‚ for example‚ the excellent chapter on this subject in Ian Kershaw’s The Nazi Dictatorship). Broadly speaking‚ historians who have participated in this debate can be located on a scale
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HOW THE SLAVERY WAS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1776 TO 1865 In the United States‚ racism had been for several hundred years; it’s aslo been a controversial subject for people for a long period of time. Whenever we talk about this subject‚ it always reminds me about the book called “Race and Manifest Destiny” by Reginald Horsman. This book is one of the greatest books about the racism in the United States from 1776 to 1865. During the early years of America’s history‚ society was categorized by
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Weak and failing states need the international communities’ attention because it acts as an important problem for international order. These failing states create danger for the international community because they can breed terrorism‚ create regional chaos‚ increase crime‚ diseases and environmental catastrophe (Mazarr 2014‚ 113). Successful conflict management can allow failing states to change for the good. To reconstruct weak states many different diplomatic components of conflict management
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Unlike Eisenhower’s brinksmanship‚ Kennedy’s flexible response took the focus away from nuclear weapons and reemphasized conventional forces as the best tool for undertaking limited and covert operations against the USSR. 2. The Space Race was so important to the US because it showed that the US possessed a better space program compared to that of the USSR and because it showed the relative strength of the US compared to the USSR. 3. In terms of the space race and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT What is government Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) said the purpose of government is to establish peace and security for the people. Government: The formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people. Main components are people‚ policies‚ and powers. Government consists of elected officials who have the authority and control over others and the other half are the public servants who carry out the daily functions. Power is the government’s
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Articles of Confederation Essay In 1777 Congress made the Articles of Confederation‚ the first constitution of the United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation Congress had several powers which were; authority to conduct foreign affairs‚ maintain armed forces‚ borrow money‚ and issue currency. Although Congress had powers‚ their powers were limited. Due to problems with British‚ the 13 states refused to give Congress two important powers. These powers were that Congress had no
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The Articles of Confederation‚ drafted by John Dickinson‚ was adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15‚ 1977‚ and is considered to be the first constitution of the United States. However‚ it was not fully ratified by all thirteen states until March 1‚ 1781. These articles allowed the states to assume most of the governmental power. Unfortunately‚ the Articles of Confederation had several flaws. First‚ it placed all governing power in a single legislature. This meant there was no separation
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Hawaii was important to the United States for its military potential‚ as well as many economic reasons such as its rich agrarian industry. Without Hawaii‚ the United States would have had to negotiate more for navy bases from which it could launch aquatic assaults on the Axis Powers and Japan. This significantly increased our participation in World War II‚ while decreasing our debt to other nations for allowing us to use their ports. The first settlers of the islands were probably Polynesians from
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