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    University of Phoenix Material Modern America Matrix Week One: 1950s The Korean War From the following list‚ choose five and identify their significance during the Korean War. Japanese occupation; Soviet position after war; 38th parallel‚ Truman; Syngman Rhee‚ NSC-68; Soviet support of North; UN position; Chinese involvement; Inchon; Talks at Panmunjom; Martin Letter; General MacArthur; Stalemate; POWs‚ Armistice agreement |Event |Significance in Korean War

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    United States Vs. Nixon (1974 - No. 73-1766) Background: In June 1972‚ five men broke into the Watergate complex in Washington‚ D.C. They had cameras and bugging equipment and were arrested with cameras and bugging equipment in hand. Police soon discovered that the burglars worked for the Committee to Re-Elect the President. President Nixon and leaders of his campaign denied any connection with the incident. Among the five men arrested was E. Howard Hunt‚ Jr.‚ a former Nixon aide‚ and G

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    After many years of non-stop action‚ America finally fell into an uneventful lull. The 1970s were an in between period for the nation. It is often referred to as America’s hangover; a stretch of time where the country had no forward motion. The traditional family and gender roles were becoming more obsolete. The Middle East substantially rose the price of crude oil‚ which was accredited to the severe inflation the nation experienced during this time. President Carter did little to help the country

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    George Kelly had. Nixon’s decisions showed the key points of Kelly’s theory. The theory states that we interpret experiences in a way that only we can. In other words‚ no other person will interpret the same event exactly as you do. During the Watergate scandal‚ Nixon interpreted the consequences and upcoming events as far too great to overcome.

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    Ch 39 APUSH

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    Chapter 39 The Stalemated Seventies Sources of Stagnation 1. Sudden slump in productivity was attributed to the increasing presence in the work force of women and teenagers who had fewer skills than adult males and were less likely to take full time‚ long-term jobs-some blamed it on new machinery but no one knows for sure. 2. During Nixon’s presidency‚ Americans experienced the first serious inflation since the immediate post World War II years. Nixon “Vietnamese” the War 1. He could be brittle

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    Born Again

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    your name; you are Mine.” The main character in Born Again happens to also be the author‚ Chuck Colson. The book starts out with President Nixon being reelected for his second term‚ after a long‚ strenuous political battle. There wasn’t much celebration‚ just relief. By this time the Watergate crimes had already been committed‚ and they had been successful‚ or so they thought. Colson was considered “Nixon’s right hand man”. In other words‚ Colson was willing to do anything the President asked him

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    but he always kept his hands off the property of others. This is because men more quickly forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony (Machiavelli‚ The prince). In The Prince‚ Machiavelli demonstrates how to obtain and keep political power. This is what he did using witty tactics. 1 A prince must always pay diligent attention to military circumstances if he wants to reside in power‚ so the most desirable and beneficial type of army are native troops‚ composed of one’s own

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    The Case Of US V. Nixon

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    Nixon’s closest aides were convicted of many crimes in the Watergate affair. The name of the aides that were convicted are John N. Mitchell‚ former Attorney General; H. R. Haldeman‚ John D. Ehrlichman and Gordon C. Strachan‚ former White House aides; Robert C. Mardian‚ a former aide to Mr. Mitchell‚ and Kenneth Wells Parkinson. Nixon was named by the Watergate grand jury as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged attempt to cover up the Watergate burglary. This was even confirmed by his lawyer James

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    I enjoyed‚ but I’m not really seeing the how it’s attained the cult following that it has. It might have to do with its historical value with the Watergate scandal. As the look out was to engrossed in this film to notice anything leading to those involved getting caught. Though that withstanding‚ Attack the Puppet People does posses considerable

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    Forrest Gump Plot Summary

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    that he was raised far from any major cities‚ Forrest manages to become personally involved in most of the critical events that take place in American History from the late 1950s until the early 1980s. This includes the Vietnam War‚ the Watergate Scandal‚ the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War protest movements‚ and the Computer Revolution. Forrest even meets three American Presidents as well as Elvis Presley and John Lennon. In a way‚ this movie is a look at a period of American history

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