Running head: The Positive Side The Positive Side of the Vietnam War The Positive Side of the Vietnam War War is a tough gritty world that describes the destruction of people and countries in the name of nationalism; it is difficult to justify war and give a positive outcome when shown the disaster it causes. The Vietnam War was an extremely difficult war and is widely seen as a catastrophe by the world‚ even with that being the case there is still some positives that have been extracted from
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more militant and violent approach. They bombed mostly government buildings and organised riots‚ they did almost always send out warnings before bombing a building and no one ever killed due to one of their bombs. They also organised riots such as the ‘Days of Rage’ on the 1969 in Chicago. It is indisputable that students played one of the largest roles in protest‚ from sit-ins and teach-ins to bombings and riots. They shook the foundations of the American belief on the Vietnam War. They stood up for
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reforms through the act of nonviolence during the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957‚ a nonprofit organization aiming to redeem "the soul of America" through nonviolent resistance. In 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. led a nonviolent campaign aimed at Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ which was known as the one of the most segregated city in the United States during that time. During this campaign‚ Martin Luther King Jr. advocated nonviolence in "Letter
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a certain number of slaves would be exempt from military duty. Some just decided not to show up if they happened to be drafted. Those who couldn’t bribe draft officers‚ but refused to serve‚ were arrested. The draft would lead to protests and riots due to its faults.2 There was still controversy with draft after the Civil War. The Vietnam War‚
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Imagine being in a classroom where someone has been told to sit in the back of the classroom‚ with the teacher knowing that they have eye vision problems. Try thinking about being someone’s friend being told to turn around from a restaurant because the color of their skin. Will the world ever change? Will the violence ever stop? Are we still fighting for our rights in today’s world? This a glimpse of what my great grandmother’s generation went through as she aged. My great grandmother‚ Virginia
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The Gilded Age A successful economy is key leading factor in successful running a nation. An economy is a balance between constantly conflicting elements. An Economy’s success is measured by the amount of wealth it contains‚ not to mention the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of its distribution of the wealth. In this essay I will be stating how those who prospered during the gilded age used their power to ultimately control the government and its people. Despite how uneven classes may be it
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MODULE - 4 Contemporary India: Issues and Goals National Integration and Secularism 24 Notes NATIONAL INTEGRATION AND SECULARISM You must have learnt and recited our national anthem‚ ‘Jana-gana-mana’. You would have also solemnly recited it with others on several occasions‚ especially while celebrating national events‚ such as Independence Day and Republic Day. At times there may be a curiosity in you to know what core ideas does the national anthem communicate? And why does it contain
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political commanders to be sent to South Vietnam in support of the pro-western government there. By 1955‚ the US-sponsored President Diem of South Vietnam declared the South an independent state. Diem’s strong anti-communist beliefs‚ his persecution of Buddhists‚ and almost warmongering nature are the key factors for the eminent escalation‚ predicted by the US military in the period from 1950-1960. The Eisenhower administration understood that if Diem continued‚ the overwhelming support for the Vietminh
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During the period of 20 years between 1950 and 1970‚ black Americans were able to improve their level of civil rights. Therefore‚ it is logical to say that they were at least partly successful in achieving their civil rights. This was accomplished through a variety of ways‚ two commonly used techniques being legal strategies and non-violent direct action. However‚ because they were unable to attain complete equality‚ there must have been factors that worked against the civil rights movement. One
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------------------------------------------------- Ashoka From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the Indian emperor. For the nonprofit organization‚ see Ashoka: Innovators for the Public. Ashoka | Maurya Samrat | A "Chakravartin" ruler‚ 1st century BCE/CE. Andhra Pradesh‚ Amaravati. Preserved at Musee Guimet | Reign | 268–232 BCE | Coronation | 268 BCE | Born | 304 BCE | Birthplace | Pataliputra‚ Patna | Died | 232 BCE (aged 72) | Place of death | Pataliputra
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