In Star Wars: The Force Awakens‚ John Williams’ song “The Ways of The Force” plays during the final battle scene. In this scene‚ the dark and light sides of the force face off‚ represented by the characters Kylo Ren and Rey. The music of the scene is highly effective in relaying the emotions of the fight. Through his composition of film music‚ Williams has been able to greatly influence American culture for decades. In “The Ways of The Force‚” Williams creatively incorporates references to his previous
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The Cold War was a conflict in international politics that arose between the countries of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Especially the United States and the Soviet Union in the period from the end of the Second World War in 1945 until the Soviet Union collapse in 1991. The cold war was a fight between American capitalism on one side against Soviet planned economy. The two sides warring ideologies fought each other on many areas such as militarily‚ technology‚ politics‚ economy and culturally. Especially
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The War of 1812 was America’s way of proving to the World that they were a force to be reckoned with. Although at first they had nothing to do with the war between the British and the French‚ eventually they were caught between the battles and saw that there were reasons for them to go to war. First‚ the British attempted to restrict U.S trade to Europe. Second‚ the British Royal Navy’s impressments of American seaman enraged many Americans back home. Lastly‚ Americans saw the war between the British
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WOOD 1 THE PHILIPPINEAMERICAN WAR (18991902) JAMIENAIL WOOD HIST102 HISTORY SINCE 1877 PROFESSOR THOMAS GOETZ NOVEMBER 20 2013 WOOD 2 PHILIPPINEAMERICAN WAR 18991902 The United States declared war with Spain in 1898 to support Cuba with their struggles from Spanish control. The United States sent out a fleet to the Philippines to defeat the Spanish navy and this battle was known as the “Battle of Manila Bay”. The Spanish navy was defeated
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World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained
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The War Next Door Every day‚ thousands of legal crossings are made across the U.S. - Mexican border‚ otherwise known as one of the world’s busiest borders. Many goods and materials‚ as well as hundreds of people in search of a better life‚ cross the border legally. However‚ not everything and everyone being crossed is good and legal. Every year‚ an illegal trade is made making an estimated amount of tens of billions of dollars from drug traffickers who smuggle their products
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belonging to them and end the small war. Although at an extremely basic scale‚ this is essentially how war begins in the world we live in today. Neighboring countries begin to dispute and attempt to influence the other country to join their ideology of living life. If the other country resists‚ a war may be initiated. The attacking country may feel as what they are doing is right while the defending country may feel obligated to protect their home territory. Nonetheless‚ wars start and the primary reason
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of the Subsequent Nuremberg at the end of the Second World War. During World War 2 the Nazi scientist Mengele forced inhumanly scientific experimentations upon the prisoners who were in the concentration camps. The Cold War era was a hot spot for unethical human experimentation not only conducted by the Soviet Union but also by the United States. “Human Experimentation” has assumed a negative connotation due to its history. The Americans decided to
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Assignment: Hispanic American Diversity ETH/125 As of today the Hispanic community forms the fastest growing ethnic minority in the United States. As of 2003‚ population data sowed 37.4 million Latinos‚ outnumbering the 34.7 million African Americans. Today‚ 25 million‚ or two-thirds of Hispanics in the United States‚ are Mexican American. The term Hispanic is used for all people from the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America and from Spain. As I continue this essay‚ I will be identifying
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