The United States won the Cold War due to its military‚ economic‚ and political impact. The United States won the Cold War because of the military growth and impact during the Kennedy Administration‚ the economic success of the space race‚ and the political achievements under the Nixon Administration. To begin with‚ the Kennedy Administration’s impact with the policy of Flexible Response was important in the Cold War and established the U.S. as the military superpower it is today. Kennedy’s secretary
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considered to be the era of the Cold War. The Cold War‚ known as the conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ each known during this time as the "super powers". This conflict consisted of the differing attitudes on the ideological‚ political‚ and military interests of these two states and their allies‚ exte nded around the globe. A common political debate covers the issue of who‚ if anyone won the Cold War. Many believe the United States won the Cold War since (it) had resulted in the
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World War Two (WWII) was one of the largest and most costly wars of all time. It was the war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 and resulted in approximately 60 million dead within a remarkable and devastating six-year span. The technological advancement such as rocketry‚ military weaponry‚ and medicine are only some of the many inventions created during WWII and Germany that are taken for granted today. With the aid of technology‚ the stakes of victory by Nazi Germany were incredibly high and therefore
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The North & South emerged as two distinct regions because they had various differences. These differences included the geography‚ the economy‚ the culture‚ & the transportation of each region within the U.S. One of the most striking differences between the North & South was the climate and geography. In the North‚ the climate was very hilly and rocky so not the best for growing crops. It was also very hard to grow crops with such a short growing season. There were long‚ snowy winters and moderately
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the South before the Civil War and the South after the Civil war. The old South and the new South had some similarities. One of the similarities was that the attitudes of many white southerners didn’t change regarding African-Americans and support for certain policies. Before the Civil War‚ many southerners supported slavery‚ nullification‚ states’ rights‚ and secession. After the Civil War‚ the southerners tried to elect many of the same representatives to Congress who served before the Civil War
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The Vietnam war was a long and violent war. The students at Kent State did not agree with the war and the bombing of Cambodia. This caused an outrage after getting shot by the Ohio National Guard. The Vietnam War started on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975. The war was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North wanted to reunify Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam along with South Korea‚ Australia‚ and Thailand. The U.S. joined because they were
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In the early American colonies‚ the south and the north developed into two distinctly different colonies. Although their origins were both from Europe‚ their customs and living habits became so different that it would play a major role in America’s history. There are many reasons why these differences occurred but only a few major reasons stand out. Religion‚ greed and the composition of the colonies are some of the major reasons why the north and south grew to be so different in the late 1600’s
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Louis XVI of France for his help in America’s Revolutionary war. From 1796 until 1808‚ Louisville served as the capital. The issue of slavery had divided the Baptists and Methodists into northern and southern branches in the mid-1840s. The war itself had split other denominations. While Catholics throughout the country remained in the Catholic Church‚ most Southern Catholics supported the South. Episcopalian leaders from throughout the South met in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ and voted to return to the U.S
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World War II was clearly worth it for many key reasons. Without the war countries could still be led by an dictator. People could still be in dreadful living conditions. Everything would be a lot different and there could still be concentration camps. Women might not even have rights or respect that they do today. Men would still be subduing women because they felt that women were inferior to men. To start‚ when the war came upon us it opened job opportunity’s for women. Some of those jobs included
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Napoleon Bonaparte‚ a general‚ took control of the government‚ crowning himself emperor. (Perkins‚ 09/25/2015) The commoners of France won the French Revolution because they were provided with religious freedom‚ they were no longer burdened by taxes‚ and they were granted equality under law.
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