DEBT! DEBT! DEBT! How did the US get in so much debt? That is one of the most common questions people ask. So why are we in so much debt? Well there are many reasons why‚ like‚ Deficit spending‚ spending too much money on things we could spend less on‚ and another reason is borrowing money with interest. So why is the US in so much debt? Well you’re about to find out. Well first of all‚ deficit spending is an issue that the US has. Deficit spending is when the government spends more money than
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In the primary source‚ the Declaration of War (1898) by William McKinley from the textbook “For the Record” by Emory Shi and Holly Mayer‚ we can see why the war was necessary to declare being directed towards the Congress of the United States. There were many different reasons why the United States sought to pursue the war in Cuba‚ however‚ it can be briefly summed up in three points. For one‚ due to the high amounts of capital invested into Cuba by America‚ the government pursued the war‚ hoping
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document B it states‚ “usually the sharecropper would learn that he had cleared only few dollars‚ or nothing at all‚ or that he owed the planter money.” This shows that it was really hard for African Americans who were sharecroppers weren’t able to get ahead financially because there were times they would receive nothing or they owed money. African Americans weren’t able to make a great living out of the pay they received. Since the insufficient amount of money they received or sometimes had to owe
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In WW1‚ Germany was funding Lenin’s campaign so Russia would enter a revolution and thus leave the war. - The US entered WW1 because Germany sent a note to Mexico (that was intercepted) saying they would help Mexico get some original American land back (meaning they would declare war on the United States) if they helped Germany in WW1. - In WW1‚ Germany recruited black Americans into the Mexican army. (Black Americans in that time opposed America at war‚ majorly.) - In WW1‚ American military
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The history of the world is a complex arrangement of happenings and occurrences that have shaped the current state of civilization. However‚ history is not as straightforward as it may seem. While all historical events are a result of cause and effect‚ the origins of these events are often quite hazy due to their many distinct interpretations. A certain group or individual may believe that an event emerged a particular way‚ whereas a different group or individual may have a completely contrasting
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the war. The factors discussed in the essay include nationalism‚ militarism‚ and imperialism. All these factors contributed to the conflict that existed between the two blocks that participated in the war. The essay also examines the reasons why America did not join the war in 1914 and the reasons that made it enter the war in 1917. Also‚ the essay determines the role that America played during the way and in ending it. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was just a trigger that led many
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World War II has been the deadliest‚ most devastating war throughout history. It involved more than 33 nations‚ and all of them were divided into two different groups: the Axis Powers and The Allies. Their goal was to win the war. America was one of the Allies‚ but at first it was under an isolationist policy. They finally decided to join the war when other nations started attacking. The United States actions during WWII were mostly negative because of the treatment they gave to women and minorities
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Should the U.S have been involved in South Vietnam’s affairs which lead to the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War was the second longest war in U.S. History and took decades to resolve. The Vietnam War cost billions of dollars‚ and Nearly 60‚000 Americans were killed and more were injured. The U.S failed to complete its objective in Vietnam making it a pointless war and creating more problems than resolved. Although the U.S. was involved in the Vietnam War under good intentions‚ such as our government’s
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Empire. Nothing was done about it at first but in 1858‚ Napoleon III sent 14 ships and 2‚500 men to the Vietnamese port of Danang. It was a long drawn out struggle but in 1868‚ the Vietnam Emperor surrendered and signed a peace treaty with France. This did not stop the fighting as China‚ concerned about the presence of French troops on its border‚ sent soldiers into Vietnam. The war continued until 1885‚ when China finally accepted her inability to defeat the French Army and signed an agreement recognising
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visible‚ it is still there. Firstly‚ it led to increase in nationalism‚ even though United States didn’t win the war. It was the first war that the USA had fought without any foreign help. It led to manifest destiny‚ which increased the size of the US by ⅓. Sometimes this war is even called America’s Second War for Independence. Before this war‚ most nations thought that Great Britain would soon reconquer United States‚ but this war showed that it is not that easy‚ even for the world’s most powerful
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