The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. American leaders feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. They believed in the domino-theory which meant that if Vietnam fell into communism‚ it would drag other countries in Asia to communism. Vietnam had been split in half in 1954 after a long war of independence against the French since 1946. When the French were defeated in the battle of Diem Bien Phu they withdrew from Vietnam. After the
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Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007‚ released by the U.S. Census Bureau in November 2009‚ there are approximately 13.7 million single parents in the United States today ( that’s not including the individuals who didn’t participate). Those parents are responsible for raising 21.8 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today). Generally‚ I will illustrate the picture of the single-family and their corresponding struggles with daily life. Approximately 84% of custodial
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1. The Underlying Likeness among the Concepts of Legitimacy‚ Sovereignty‚ and Authority. Legitimacy: The original meaning of legitimacy is the rightful king or queen was on the throne by reason of “legitimate” birth. Legitimacy now refers to an attitude in people’s minds – in some countries strong‚ in others weak – that the government’s rule is rightful (Roskin‚ 1974). Legitimacy itself is the lawful condition or quality of an act or person. When a whole range of behavior is legitimate‚ it may
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CRIMINALITY‚ ORDER AND LAWS You are in the United States on a vacation‚ a nice trip with your family and/or friends. You are walking across the street and a cop takes out a gun‚ it is pointed at your face. He yells: “We have an arrest warrant for you.” You know you didn’t do anything and he tries to arrest you. What do you do? Do you know the rights that you have? The laws of the United States? Probably not‚ only that you have a right to speak to a lawyer. You think to yourself if it would be
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By the end of World War I‚ the United States grew increasingly isolationistic in its policies. Even though the United States emerged from the war as one of the victors‚ the American people were greatly dispirited by the devastation. Many hoped to return to the peaceful decade before the war. Isolationism‚ according to the people at that time‚ seemed to be the only way to avoid foreign entanglements that would lead to another war. With the American mind set on isolationism‚ the government enacted
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The United States has been a gun culture country since the day the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4‚ 1776. After many decades‚ gun ownership had rapidly increased‚ and many lives have been saved with a gun. An American citizen can legally purchase a handgun at age twenty-one and a rifle at the age of eighteen with a cleared background check by a licensed dealer. In recent months’ guns has become a very conversional topic because of all the incident happening around. For example‚ Orlando
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with guns‚ I have never once felt unsafe near a gun in any way‚ but unfortunately that is not the case for everyone. Which is why I believe that gun safety and security should be one of our nation’s priorities. That being said‚ gun laws should be made more strict to not only make people feel safer but also combat America’s growing crime rate. Gun ownership in the United States is dominated by caucasian‚ republican males according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sixty percent of all gun owners
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my research paper is on president George Washington and why I name him as the best US president. I believe that George Washington was the best US president because of how he united the nation and lead America into war against the British and the tactics he used in the war against the British. my first reason for my opinion is the different tactics Washington used in the war with the British and how they were implemented. when Washington was in lead as the commander of the American Army
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Homosexuality is everywhere today. It has become an increasingly prominent issue as you can see in books‚ on television‚ in the media‚ and as we have most recently seen‚ in politics. Given this trend of greater acceptance of gay marriage‚ the issue of whether to legalize same-sex marriage comes about naturally. Massachusetts has led the way by legalizing gay marriage. Responding to this example‚ some states have taken steps towards accepting gay‚ while others are considering
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Is it possible to get away with murder? This is a question that has been asked throughout history and there have been several famous cases where the investigators could not identify the killer. With the help of many scholarly writers and research it was discovered how one could possibly get away with murder. There are many criminals who have gotten away with murder; the reasons for their getting away have ranged from tampered crime scenes‚ to convicting the wrong person‚ to sometimes just getting
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