advisors to go to South Vietnam. This action caused the rise of U.S. forces in Vietnam up to 21‚000. The U.S. destroyer USS Maddox was on international waters in the Gulf of Tokin on July 31st‚ 1964. It was suggested that President Johnson purposely did this to make North Vietnam react so he would have a reason to increase warfare in Vietnam. Ironically‚ this is exactly how it happened. North Vietnamese torpedo ships attacked the ship‚ however with the help of a nearby large warship that carries planes
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Introduction In the 1950s and 60s‚ when the two largest Communist States in the world ended their alliance‚ the world was shocked. Not only did the split between the Soviet Union and China create a divide in worldwide Communist leadership but also marked a turning point in the Cold War era. In his book‚ The Sino-Soviet Split‚ historian Lorenz M. Lüthi describes the collapse of the Sino-Soviet alliance to have been as significant to the time period as “the construction of the Berlin Wall‚ the Cuban
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They got involved in Vietnam because they wanted to stop the spread of communism (domino theory) and after France left Vietnam the US felt they needed to take matters into their own hands when communist rebels had overthrown Frances control of Vietnam. The leaders of the USA feared that communist governments would gain control of Vietnam and that would lead to nation after nation falling for communism. President Truman agreed to help France against the Communist Vietnamese; America decided to send
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Mediterranean Sea. It is most popular for its fall‚ but also‚ its legacy. At one point in time‚ Rome ruled all of the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and was the most powerful civilization. Slowly‚ however‚ as time progressed Rome’s government did the opposite. It began to fall due to the enormous amount of power they had‚ but not a strong enough government to rule over the power. In 509 B.C. when Rome first popped up‚ they swore to never have a monarch rule again. Instead‚ they set up a republic
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the people had already left by the time Britain came to power because of the French. The Grenadians wanted independence and people set buildings on fire to protest. The government could not easily gain democracy and even more revolts occurred which did not help. The U.S. invaded Grenada out of worry while a year later democratic events began. Hurricane Ivan destroyed much of Grenada in 2004. Grenada is now making lots of money from tourism. The spices‚ chocolates‚ amazing sights and luxurious
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wasn’t considered dangerous until it started to increase rapidly on August 22. By the 23rd‚ Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas at a terrifying wind speed of 160 mph. With top speeds of 175‚ that made Hurricane Andrew a category five hurricane. When did hurricane Andrew occur? Hurricane Andrew started to increase on August 16th and died on
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into war machine factories. Things that were necessary for war were rationed. These included Oil‚ gas‚ cotton‚ rubber‚ tin‚ aluminum‚ meat and coffee. People were soon doing everything they could to collect recyclable items to use for war. People did
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by the state and Ruble convertibility was also on soviets command which made the USSR’s currency extremely weak. Reforms like foreign investment on the basis that the foreign firm partners with a Soviet state or local firm was a good initative but why would an investor invest in a republic who doesn’t study the market it produces in while making a fiscal
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In order to fully understand why the Haitian Revolution occurred‚ and was able to occur‚ one must understand the situation of France at the time as well as the French Revolution. In 1783‚ the thirteen colonies broke free of the British government‚ partially because of the supplies
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Aqueducts were man made to make water go downhill from natural sources‚ a dam or reservoir were built to create a holding place for the water so the aqueduct would not run dry. Short feeder tunnels were built to catch water from springs‚ basins‚ or other water runoffs to be feed to the main channel as to keep water flowing for dry periods of when it wasn’t raining. Aqueducts would have to be inspected often to make sure that the water isn’t running at to steep of an angle‚ that would damage the channel
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