the world is living in a globalization era. It seems that society is willing to sacrifice their cultural values and beliefs‚ and accept new behaviors for a better society. Globalization covers a variety of topics; cultural is one of them. The United States of America‚ is a perfect example of globalization‚ especially cultural globalization. Cultural globalization is “the rapid movement of ideas‚ attitudes‚ and values across national borders.” ("Culture‚" n.d.‚ para. 1) The U.S.A. is known for the
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The Vietnam war was a long and violent war. The students at Kent State did not agree with the war and the bombing of Cambodia. This caused an outrage after getting shot by the Ohio National Guard. The Vietnam War started on November 1‚ 1955‚ and ended on April 30‚ 1975. The war was fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North wanted to reunify Vietnam. The U.S. supported South Vietnam along with South Korea‚ Australia‚ and Thailand. The U.S. joined because they were
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to a close‚ with Japan and the United States the only remaining countries in combat‚ neither showed signs of surrendering. Something had to be done to end the war‚ so the United States dropped the atomic bomb. It was justifiable to drop the bomb because neither country showed signs of surrendering and the war would have to come to an end eventually. It was justifiable to drop the atomic bomb because it was the final turning point in winning WWII for the United States. As the history.com notes‚ “Six
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Introduction The IP ADR Blog In 2010‚ China became the world largest exporter. Before 1997‚ China’s economy was based on a closed‚ centrally planned system and then they changed to a market oriented system with a major role in the global economy. Today‚ China is the United States second largest trading partner‚ its fourth largest export market and second largest source of imports. Total trade with the United States has grown from $4 billion in 1980 to approximately $343 billion in 2006. This
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Lusitania‚ a British luxury liner which the Germans sunk without first warning the ship. The Germans had killed 128 Americans that were on the luxury liner. After that incident the Germans sunk the Arabic and Sussex and created pledges with the United States saying that they would not sink anymore unarmed ships and would visit and search. The Germans how ever would go back on their pledges causing the U.S to get involved. The Germans had sent the Zimmermann note to the German ambassador in Mexico
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Iraq Americans wants to really know why did the United States go to war with Iraq? There are several conclusions that people have come to. Some of the main reasons that the United States went to war with Iraq was because of the belief that Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists in Iraq and that he had in his possession weapons of mass destruction whether they were nuclear or gas bombs the United States had no idea. When also looking at reasons why the United States decided to enter into war with Iraq
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On August 6 and 9‚ 1945 United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ during the end of World War II. The two bombings‚ killed around 199‚000 people‚ and until today has been the only use use of nuclear weapons in battle. Why did the United States drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and what was the aftermath? After the war in Europe had concluded when Nazi Germany surrendered on May 8‚ 1945‚ and Hitler committed suicide. The Japanese‚ refused to
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Why did the US lose the war in Vietnam? When the year 1973 came around‚ the most powerful economic and military force America‚ were being forced to come to terms with the fact that they had suffered defeat in their war in Vietnam. Despite the vast gulf in financial and military prowess which swung in favour of the Americans‚ 57‚000 of their troops1 had lost their lives or were missing in action2‚ in a defeat so unanimous that the American armed forces today‚ use Vietnam as their key example on how
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remembers. It’s hard to forget something that big‚ that almost separated our United States apart. The South and the North both have their opinion on the war. As well so do I but we will do the polar opposites first. The South states didn’t want to be part of the United States and create their own country‚ called the Confederacy States. A few reasons why they didn’t want to be part of the United states. The top reason why they started the war because they wanted to keep their slaves‚ even though it’s
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The United States has been seen as one of the strongest forces on Earth for quite some time now. They have become one of the top world powers‚ alongside Russia‚ China‚ India‚ the UK‚ and many others. The United States became a world power in the 19th and 20th centuries due to the fact that they seized a great amount of land‚ grew their navy‚ constructed more bases‚ and created many policies with other nations out of wars. The inspiration for the United States to become a world power started with
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