"Why was the civil war so long and so bloody?" In 1860 the average American believed that they were living the happiest and luckiest a person could be. They were generally living better than their fathers‚ and looked forward to their children prospering more than themselves. However‚ at the time America had developed into two very different societies between the North and the South. These changing societies were beginning to adjust to the start of the industrial revolution in separate ways. In
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Jesse Arneberg American History Group 4 Collaboration Weapons Used in the Vietnam War The Vietnam War‚ which lasted from 1954 to 1975‚ ushered in a new era of weapons‚ bringing forth new tactics and technology. The Vietnam War was a war located mainly in the jungles and forests of South Vietnam. The war was fought between the communist regime of North Vietnam and their counterparts in the south‚ the Viet Cong‚ and South Vietnam‚ who had allies like the USA‚ and resulted in over 3 million deaths
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The Vietnam war was an armed conflict‚ lasting from 1963 to 1973‚ during which America and the Capitalist South Vietnamese Army fought against the communist resistance group‚ the Vietcong. Although America was far wealthier and technologically superior at this point‚ all their military might could not defeat the nation of Vietnamese peasants which formed the Vietcong. Part of the reason for the Vietcong’s success is due to each party’s reason for their involvement. America fought to prevent The
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Was the Vietnam War Winnable? The war in Vietnam waged by America was unwinnable through the type of warfare that was used by the US . If they had concentrated on certain key aspects they may have prevented the spread of communism to South Vietnam and achieved their ultimate goal. Americas inability to obtain the “Hearts and Minds “of the Vietnamese led to a continual supply of fighters. The US was unable to fight against an ever-increasing civilian army. In Vietnam the US relied tremendously on
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The Vietnam War was not necessary Donna Baker COM/172 Version 3 October 29‚ 2012 Donna Hooley The Vietnam War started in 1954 with the defeat of the French and ended in 1975 with the fall and withdrawal of Saigon. The United States’ (U.S.’s) involvement in the Vietnam War started in 1963 with support of weapons‚ military training‚ advisement‚ and supplies until 1965 when U.S. troops went into battle with the North Vietnamese (Szczepanski‚ n.d.). American troops did not pull out of the war until
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The American Revolution (1775-83) is‚ for the most part‚ called the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The debate ascended out of creating strains between inhabitants of Great Britain’s 13 North American states and the typical government‚ which tended to the British crown. Clashes between British troops and wild minutemen at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 began the equipped clash‚ and in the going to summer‚ the instigators were looking for after a full-scale war for
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Was the Americanization of the War in Vietnam Inevitable? In Taking Sides‚ Brian VanDeMark and H. R. McMaster debate the topic of the Americanization of the War in Vietnam. VanDeMark argues that because President Lyndon Johnson did not want people to accuse him of being soft on communism he failed to question the possibility of increasing U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. McMaster‚ however‚ states he believes the Vietnam War was a human failure because of President Lyndon Johnson as well as
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We all know that the North American continent was first colonized by Europeans in the 1600s. There was so much work to be done to get it ready for people to live there. These early settlers needed men and women to work the land. White bond servants‚ who were paying their passage across the ocean from Europe through indentured labor‚ helped a little bit but it didn’t solve the problem. It wasn’t till early in the seventeenth century‚ when a Dutch ship loaded with African slaves introduced a “solution”
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The Vietnam War began in 1966 and lasted until 1975‚ this tragic war was one of the most important events in United States history. The Vietnam War helped shape modern world history by changing the minds of millions of people on how they felt and viewed the war. The purpose of the war was to stop the spread of communism which led to many negative outcomes such as students protesting‚ the Tet offensive‚ a severely damaged U.S. economy‚ and millions of lives lost or wounded. After WWII in 1945‚ France
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American Constitution The term United states was for the first time officially used in the Declaration of Independence of America in 1776.The documents of this declaration had immensely helped in formulating the Constitution of America. Formerly‚ today’s USA was called as “United Colonies. The consolidated or United America was born as result of struggle of Americans against the British Colonialism. The first settlers to America arrived in 1607 and expanded their trading companies‚ gradually forming
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