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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multilingualism debate in the United States has two sides; one side advocates for multilingualism in order to embrace different cultures and ideas‚ while the other side supports an English-only policy to unify the country. Although we are a nation of diversity and some think an English-only policy limits immigrants from being as equally successful as English-speakers and prevents diversity from being present in our country‚ I disagree. I advocate for an English-only policy in the U.S. because having
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The United States during the 1800’s was going through a mode of metamorphosis. The Civil War was a period dedicated to those who fought or opposed slavery in the nation. It solely focused on the people who fought for what they thought would benefit the country more. Apart from the Civil War was the Antebellum Period. The nation went through a phase of shifting individualism and gradual polarization before and after the Civil War‚ known as the Antebellum Period. There were movements done by various
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English’s The Café. He was a senior editor at the New Statesman and a news and current affairs editor at Channel 4 from 2009-12. He is the co-author of Ed: the Milibands and the Making of a Labor Leader. (HASAN‚ MEHDI‚ 04 Feb. 2013). The article is wrote about the author who married an American girl so he need go to America frequently. There are a lot of troubles when he gets in America. Although coming to the United States he had a lot of troubles‚ he still cannot hate the United States. That is because
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After World War II the United States and the Soviet Union were reluctant allies against Germany. They had very different political policies and philosophies‚ and the difference in foreign policies led to the inception of the Cold War. The Soviet Union was ruthlessly expansionary. This is evidenced by their failure to comply with the agreements made during the Yalta Conference. Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would allow Poland‚ Bulgaria‚ and Romania to have free‚ democratic elections
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Why did Germany loose the WW1? Why did Germany loose The First World War? On 28 June 1914 a bullet change the tension in Europe for years and a World war broke out. Germany in the losing side together with especially Austria-Hungary but also Ottoman empire and Bulgaria against in the start the Triple Entente which included Russia‚ Britain and France who got support by other countries after a while but why did Germany loose the war? Well it’s hard to practically point one thing out and say this
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Do you agree with Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier’s quote‚ "As the‚ 19th century was that of the United States‚ so I think the 20th century shall be filled by Canada." Yes‚ the 20th century was filled by Canada. Canada did a lot of development during the 20th century and everyone tried their best to do great things for Canada. The 20th century was filled by Canada’s participation in one of the their successful battles named Vimy Ridge in World War One‚ Canada’s role in women’s right‚ and the 14th
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less than one century‚ the United States became a strong and powerful country: its territory was expanded; its economic condition was increased; its spirit was created. What led to this transformation from 1770s to 1850s? A lot of essential events took place in the 1770s‚ such as the Boston Massacre occurred on March 5‚ 1770‚ followed by the Townshend Act‚ Quartering Act‚ Stamp Act‚ Sugar Act‚ and etc. These events let the United States get rid of the Britain. It was the beginning of the rise of
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through the American school system 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
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Why did the Allies defeat Hitler? - Weakness of the Axis powers Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941‚ Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West‚ the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore‚ invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake‚ pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
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