the German’s threatened the security of the United States. The British intelligence intercepted the Zimmerman telegram that was sent to the German minister in Mexico that reflected the attempt to get Mexico to rise up against the United States. The Zimmerman message went on to say that Germany would help Mexico recover the territories that they had lost in 1848. Although the telegram content later was found to be untrue it stiffened President Wilson’s resolve. (Norton‚ 638) The reality of the
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North and South America‚ Australia and Asia‚ by 1914 they Introduced the first customer charge card‚ by1933 they delivered the first singing telegram‚ by 1943 they pioneered the first commercial inner-city microwave communications system. In 1974 they Introduced the first commercial satellite in the U.S.In 1980 money transfer revenue exceeded telegram service revenue for the first time‚ then in 1993 they introduced the first disposable prepaid phone card. By 2001 they celebrated 150th anniversary
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Cultural Practices and Traditions Culturally‚ Mexican Americans have a beautiful array of unique traditions and values. Spirituality plays a large role in many Mexican American families. At 61%‚ the majority of Mexican Americans are Christian and belong to the Roman Catholic Church. (Pew Research Hispanic‚ 2015) Another major aspect of Mexican American culture is the emphasis placed on the extended family. Due to the fact that Mexican Americans are a collectivist and interdependent group‚ the extended
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Technology is a major effect of the Industrial Revolution that has impacted the present day significantly. During the Industrial Revolution‚ technology had just began to advance into what we have come to consider everyday necessities‚ such as our modern transportation and communication. Throughout the 1800s‚ businesses began to expand and flourish due to this widespread development of technological advancements that made their way into the business industry. Likewise‚ the technology used during the
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The brain is a very important piece of the human body‚ and it controls every aspect of the body. It reacts in different ways to different things. One thing it reacts to is embarrassment‚ which is a feeling of self-consciousness or shame. Another interesting thing the brain does is brain pruning. This action is when the brain filters out information that is not important to one’s everyday life‚ and keeps the material that is important. Although both are functions of the brain‚ two differences between
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cause of the Cold War. The Berlin Blockade was not as important in the causing of the Cold War as compared to more significant events like that of the overarching German Question‚ instances of Soviet aggression in Manchuria and Iran‚ Kennan’s Long Telegram of February 1946‚ the Marshall Plan of June 1947 and the entry of West Germany into NATO in 1955. The Berlin Blockade is merely seen as a subset of the umbrella German Question and a mere reflection of the divide between the US and the Soviets‚ especially
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Lord of the flies is a novel about a group of boys who are stranded in an isolated island. The final line of the poem creates the idea of Paradox‚ further endorsing the notion of senseless life loss‚ a universal theme. “They’re bringing them home now‚ to late” because the chance to save their lives has now past. However‚ it is also “too early” since all these soldiers are too young‚ leaving behind an unfulfilled life. Unfortunately these soldiers will also never receive the true recognition they
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neutral‚ but many Americans sided with the British. What factors led to the U.S. officially entering the war? The factors were: Germans’ decision to resume unrestricted submarine warfare in early 1917‚ the interception and publication of the Zimmerman Telegram in which the German Foreign Secretary promised to help Mexico get back to California if they joined Germany in a war against the U.S.‚ the fall of the Tsarist regime in Russia which made Wilson’s claims that he wanted to fight to make the world safe
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Homecoming by Bruce Dawe All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ they’re picking them up‚ those they can find‚ and bringing them home‚ they’re bringing them in‚ piled on the hulls of Grants‚ in trucks‚ in convoys‚ they’re zipping them up in green plastic bags‚ they’re tagging them now in Saigon‚ in the mortuary coolness they’re giving them names‚ they’re rolling them out of the deep-freeze lockers – on the tarmac at Tan Son Nhut the noble jets are whining like hounds‚ they
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“The lamps are going out all over Europe‚ we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime‚"-Sir Edward Grey. The main reason World War I started was because of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Many countries were in this war. The countries were either in the Allied Powers‚ Central Powers‚ or neutral. This war lasted four years‚ from 1914 to 1918‚ but the United States didn’t enter until 1917. The United States was right to enter WWI because Germany was sinking America’s ships although they
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