The United States got involved with the fight in Vietnam mostly as a result of three things: Eisenhower believed in what’s known as the domino theory‚ which is the belief that if one country in southeast Asia gave into communism more and more would start to follow suit‚ just like falling dominoes. Eisenhower said in his speech “This would lead to disintegration in Southeast Asia‚ with the "loss of Indochina‚ of Burma‚ of Thailand‚ of the Peninsula‚ and Indonesia following” (http://www.history.co
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Civil War affected the United States in many ways‚ some good and others bad. Reconstruction was one of these events‚ it was one of the most stormy and contentious eras in history. During this era it witnessed America’s first experiment in interracial democracy. The fate of slavery was fundamental to the meaning of the Civil War‚ so the politics of Reconstruction turned on the position the former slaves would assume in the reunited nation. During the early years of Reconstruction‚ the president and
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All About Donald Trump Every American citizen has the right to vote. Citizens decide the fate of America. Donald Trump is the Republican candidate running for president. Donald Trump has a mysterious life‚ many past jobs and many promises. There are many mysteries about Donald Trump’s life‚ but his biography explains everything. Trump was born June 14‚ 1946 in New York City. His father‚ Fred Trump‚ sent him to a Military Academy at the age of 13. His father neglected him and had only taught him
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Woodrow Wilsons War Professor 4/3/13 The Great War‚ as it was called‚ started on July 28th‚ 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. The United States decided to stay out of the war and be a neutral country. The United States economy was booming during this time because they were supplying many of the countries that were in the war. The United States soon became an economic world power. European countries were too caught up in getting ready and fighting during wartime and didn’t
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The war on drugs is one of the wars that every nation claims to be carrying out. The United States of America is considered as one of the vibrant drug trafficking regions globally. The war of drugs in the United States of America therefore rates as one of the longest wars in the nation (Lurigio‚ 2008 pg. 87). Ideally‚ it has taken approximately forty years since the kick-off of the war. Despite the fact the war may appear to be plain from the word of mouth‚ it posses unimaginable consequences on
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Franklin Pierce 14th President of the United States | In office March 4‚ 1853 – March 4‚ 1857 | Vice President | William R. King (1853) None (1853–1857) | Preceded by | Millard Fillmore | Succeeded by | James Buchanan | The 14th President of the Unites States Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce (November 23‚ 1804 – October 8‚ 1869) was the 14th President of the United States‚ serving from 1853 to 1857‚ an American politician and lawyer. To date‚ he is the only President from New Hampshire
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"Johnson had miscalculated: Even the richest and most powerful nation in the world could not do it all" (Turbulent Years: The 60s 36). Lyndon B. Johnson is a president torn to pieces by war. He glows in the passage of bills benefiting American society. He is someone who has suffered through an entire generation of rebellious teens. What impact did Johnson ’s foreign policies concerning Vietnam War have on American society? The Vietnam War really isn ’t a war. Congress never declared war and thus
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President Johnson is ranked 4th because he implemented great domestic policies such as health care programs but he created a credibility gap. One of the foreign Policy was the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a conflict between North and South Vietnam in which the North was led by a Communist and nationalist regime that fought against the Japanese in World War II and against French colonial rule in the 1940s. In 1954‚ the north won control of North Vietnam when the French agreed to a partition in
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years and then ask them‚ “Who was the first president of the United States?” They may give you a peculiar look as most Americans would instantly tell you it was American Founding Father‚ George Washington. While this has always been the basic idea we have lived off of‚ it is nothing but a myth. The actual first president of the United States was John Hanson from Maryland as he was elected by a group of men including George Washington to be the first president of Congress. While many still consider Washington
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World War Two‚ the world was split into two‚ east and west. This marked the beginning of an era called the Cold War. The Cold War was the most subtle war in history‚ but the world came very close to a nuclear war that had the potential to inevitably wipe out mankind. The two main opponents in this war were the Soviet Union and the United States. With Canada being the United States neighbour to the north and close to The Soviet Union geographically‚ Canada allied itself with the United States. This
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