The Civil Rights Movement in the1950s throughout the 1960s was a tremendous era that showed the struggle African-Americans went through to achieve their civil rights. Giving them equal rights an opportunity to those of whites: employment‚ housing‚ and education‚ voting‚ and access to public facilities. In 1954 the Supreme Court made the decision declaring separate facilities by race to be unconstitutional. After this law was made‚ nine black students enrolled into the formerly all-white Central
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blanket of buildings. This was not a battlefield‚ it was merely a repercussion of the Vietnam War. The drafting of soldiers was only a waste of our country’s youth‚ and it has led to the death of many. The patch of green‚ the bulls eye of the campus was now surrounded with a swarm of green and brown; the cunning antagonist of Kent State. ~Two Weeks Ago~ I sat there in the grass staring at the pictures in the sky. The response from the drafting has not had a great impact on my fellow peers‚ but the
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What was the purpose for the Mexican American war? Well many people have their sides to what happened and if the U.S was justified or unjustified with going to war with Mexico.What was the war about? Who did it involve? The war was against the U.S and Mexico for disputed territory which is now Texas and the Western part of the United States.Who fired the first shots to start the war? It was Mexico‚ but why did they do it? I think it was unjustified to go to war with Mexico‚ for many reasons. Slavery
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The American Revolutionary War was one of the most symbolic wars in American history. After writing the Declaration of Independence to Great Britain explaining that the colonists wanted their freedom and liberty‚ the British would not go down without a fight. The conflict arose when British would invade their land and seas without permission. They were at odds about their political rule in the colonies regarding taxation and frontier policy.The colonists were angry and determined to fight for their
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The Geography of the Cold War: What Was Containment? It was a glorious meeting. On April 25‚ 1945‚ at the Elbe River in Germany‚ two powerful armies met. Coming from opposite ends of Europe‚ the Americans and Russians had cut Hitler’s Germany in two. Now at the Elbe‚ soldiers from the Red Army of the Soviet Union reached out their hands to their American counterparts. It was a time for great happiness. World War II‚ the deadliest war in all of human history‚ was nearly over. Unfortunately
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In 1914 different countries joined allies. Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy‚ also known as the Triple Alliance opposed Great Britain‚ France and Russia (Triple Entente). These allies were obligated to help one another if attacked. On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to Austro-Hungarian thrown was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb. On Saturday‚ July 18‚ 1914‚ Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia. The President of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ insisted on neutrality and did
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questioned upon. This role can be show through the many positive and negative aspects of his reign. The positive side included the strengthening of Russia’s military but the negative side‚ at the expense of his countries people. If we were to look at Stalin’s accomplishment‚ we could see that there was a majority of positive achievements over negative ones. Of the many accomplishments‚ the most prominent one is Stalin’s famous five year plans. These five year plans helped strengthen industrial and agricultural
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Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War (19541975) erupted because of the threat of freedom and danger towards Australia’s democracy and society. Officially in 1966 a full blown war erupted and Australia’s military commitment increased. Australian troops also fought before the war in South Korea(19501953)‚ as communist North Korea sought to unite them both into communism.The main reasons for Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam war was because of the fear of communism‚ which also relates to the theory of the
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World War Ⅰ was a war that affected the whole world‚ it caused many countries to go bankrupt and created more than one new rivalry between countries in the process. Eighteen different countries involved in World War I‚ and that is not counting all of the colonies belonging to the involved countries that were forced to give financial and/or militaristic support. There were situations that led up to and caused World War I but three of the main reasons were Balkan nationalism‚ entangling alliances‚
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Before the war‚ Texas was part of Mexico. Mexico didn’t have enough people in Texas so they let Americans in. Later they broke from Mexico and became part of America. Although the United States war against Mexico may be viewed as controversial‚ the war was just due to Mexico‚ ignoring the United States‚ Mexico killed the United State’s soldiers and when Texas was annexed to America. Overall‚ the Texas revolution was the major spark of the whole dispute and was the main reason for war. Texan’s reasoning
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