1950s- This decade saw the US expand its containment policy to involvement in conflicts with Soviet proxy forces. Communist forces in North Korea would invade South Korea. This started the active phase of the US blocking Soviet communist expansion. The 1950s also saw a vast increase in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Successes of the communists in developing nuclear weapons had led to increases in funding for the US nuclear program. Advancements‚ such as the hydrogen bomb‚ and increase in
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The Southern way of thinking for many whites remained constant from the 1900s to 1950s. There was racial intolerance and discrimination. Southern tradition was embedded into everyone‚ black and white. The causes for these prejudiced positions stemmed mainly from fear and many cared over from the time of slavery. The blacks on the other hand‚ were split. Some agreed with the complacent doctrine of Booker T. Washington‚ while others pushed for the social and political equality stressed by W.E.B. Du
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Free and open elections are the cornerstone to any democracy. The citizens of the United States have fought for years to increase this right to everyone‚ but also keep each vote as strong as the next. However‚ it has become obvious to many that their voting power is being shortened each election cycle. Money and influence from powerful‚ wealthy interest groups and corporations have made their way into politicians’ coffers in the form of major campaign contributions. This system has resulted in voters
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Discussion Questions: 1. Should advertisers stay out of schools and respect them a “commercial free” zone? If not‚ what limits should they abide by in attempting to advertise to school-aged children and teenagers? “The methods used by advertisers seem limitless (Rae and Wong 338).” Commercial advertising—whether we agree to the extent that is goes or not—has become a major part of our culture. So we should not be surprised of how it is now breaching our schools and directly affecting the
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When Ha was in Vietnam‚ she showed traits of being brave (Similar to other refugees)‚ and caring. In Vietnamese tradition‚ a male must wake up extra early on Tet (The Vietnamese equivalent of New Years’) to bless the house with his luck. Ha decided to wake up even earlier than her brother‚ to bless the house instead. “Tap my big toe to the tile floor” (Thanhha Lai‚ pages 2-3) This quote shows How incredibly brave Ha is. By tapping the floor first‚ she goes against all of her family’s traditions because
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during the Vietnam War in an attempt to combat and defeat the Viet Cong and NLF fighters. These tactics included strategic hamlets‚ napalm‚ search and destroy and defoliants as well as several others. Some of these tactics were viewed as successful for combating the VC but others were not as most were not effective against guerrilla tactics. The first tactic used by the US to try and stop VC support was strategic hamlets. These were guarded villages that were used to try and move South Vietnamese
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The Vietnam Conflict: A Nation’s Intervention Directly after the Second World War‚ nations everywhere were suffering from post-war dilemmas; governments were in turmoil. To many countries‚ the antagonist of democracy‚ communism‚ seemed like a valuable answer to end their state of turmoil. Vietnam‚ being one of the countries that sought for an answer‚ was split in half upon making a decision. America was in fear that a North Vietnam communist takeover of South Vietnam would ignite
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Was the League of Nations a success? The League of Nations was a intergovernmental organization founded in 1919 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War with 3 main members; America‚ Britain and France‚ also known as the ‘Big three’. Their 4 main aims were to prevent aggression‚ improve business and trade‚ improve living and working conditions and get rid of country’s weapons by disarming. The League of Nations was successful in some areas such as with refugees;
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Lecture on Born Free Generation. Good morning boys‚ today we are going to take a look at the born free generation. Firstly‚ who are they? Over recent years‚ a lot of attention has been placed on this so called born free generation. But why? Born in 1995‚ this generation is born into Democratic SA‚ free from the horrors of apartheid‚ and it is this generation that is coming of age‚ able to vote and become participant’s in democracy rather than beneficiaries. It is this reality that has drawn the
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democratic institutions. Minor tinkering with the rules and regulations concerning the administration of elections has been common‚ including amendments to the laws governing election broadcasts‚ financial disclosure‚ or constituency redistricting. In the post-war period countries have occasionally switched electoral formulas between d’Hondt and LR-Hare‚ adjusted the effective threshold for election‚ and expanded their assembly size (Lijphart‚ 1994). Yet until recently wholesale and radical reform of
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