In 1965‚ the United States entered into the Vietnam War. Millions of US troops were deployed during this campaign‚ many of whom were tasked with carrying out Operation Ranch Hand. This operation was a large scale attempt to clear out the Vietnamese forests which were difficult for American troops to move through and which provided the Viet Cong with ample cover. Gallons upon gallons of the defoliant Agent Orange were used to rid the land of the thick trees populating these forests. After the war
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service during the Vietnam war impacted many orphans in Korea. Because of the war and his courage‚ John is a hero. John’s Involvement in the army started during the Vietnam war‚ when he was drafted at the age of 20. He went into the army branch and was trained at Fort Lender Wood in Missouri. “The hardest thing for me‚ was always doing exactly what our sergeant told us. We didn’t have any say in what we did‚ we just did it”. (Smith‚ John). John was originally supposed to go to Vietnam and fight‚ but
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policies rather than government-imposed price controls. In an open economy industries tend to be privately owned rather than owned by the government. In the area of international trade an open economy is one whose policies promote free trade over protectionism. On the other hand‚ a managed or closed economy is characterized by protective tariffs‚ state-run or nationalized industries‚ extensive government regulations and price controls‚ and similar policies indicative of a government-controlled economy
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Vietnam had been split into two‚ with a Communist government in the North under Ho Chi Minh and a Democratic government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. The North lead by Ho Chi Minh‚ who launched a guerilla campaign in South Vietnam‚ the campaign was led by Viet Cong units‚ with the intention of bonding the country under communist rules. The Unites States began to train the Army of the Republican of Vietnam (ARVN)‚ to stop the spread of communism and to provide military advisors to help combat
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war between North and South Viet Nam. . After the war finished‚ The United Nations and several countries in the world like the United States‚ United Kingdom‚ France‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ China‚ etc… were helping for Viet Nam to rebuild in many fields in Vietnam included the Vietnamese Health-care System‚ too. Today‚ the most of eighty-six million people in Viet Nam had the basic benefits of health-care for their lives. However‚ Vietnamese’s geography has divided for many places‚ and they did not have similar
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What is free trade? Many American’s have a broad and sometimes-false idea of what free trade actually is. Free trade “refers to the economic philosophy and practice of reducing barriers such as tariffs‚ taxes‚ subsidies and quotas so that raw materials‚ goods and services can move unhampered across national borders.” (68) Various options have arisen about whether or not free trade benefits developing counties or not. I believe that free trade is not favorable or helpful towards developing counties
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the use of globalization strategies to accomplish this initiative‚ along with a discussion of the pros and cons of this approach. * Define and apply tariffs‚ import quotas and subsidies as applied to foreign trade. * Know what trade protectionism is. * Define a favorable and unfavorable balance of
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Quiz Chapter 6 1. One of the objectives of export tariffs is to: A. improve the efficiency of utilization of resources. B. curb the competition offered by foreign firms to domestic firms. C. reduce exports from a sector‚ often for political reasons. D. maintain a positive trade deficit. 2. _____ take many forms including cash grants‚ low-interest loans‚ tax breaks‚ and government equity participation in domestic firms. A. Ad valorem tariffs B. Subsidies C. Quota rents D. Specific
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Background Information: Causes of the Great Depression (This article is an excerpt from the Social Studies Eleven: Student Workbook written by Yvette Plante and Jorda Miller‚ and edited by Jerry Falk) On October 29th 1929‚ the economic boom of the twenties abruptly came to an end. The stock exchanges of New York‚ Toronto‚ and Montreal “crashed‚” and North Americans were plunged into the Great Depression. By the time the Depression was over‚ Canadians had suffered through massive unemployment
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The Easter Offensive By 1972‚ President Nixon had been in office for four years‚ dealing with the inherited quagmire that was Vietnam. With both sides tiring of the seemingly endless cycle of successes and setbacks‚ the North Vietnamese military decided to mount an invasion into South Vietnam commencing on Good Friday of that year. This was done in order to better their position at the Paris Peace accords‚ which would be closing soon‚ by gaining control of more land and crippling Nixon’s political
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