Vietnam Veteran
.... veterans and the few that talk to or read the stories they so painfully tell. Never would you find a personal account of this magnitude and detail in your general history text or even find any quotes from the thousands of GI's stationed in Vietnam. In fact most Americans haven't and never will hear these detailed, factual, and straightforward tales that depict what over 400,000 American soldiers and Vietnamese have personally witnessed, felt, and encountered in a country so far away. In the American curriculum, students instead receive a very watered down, dehumanized, and impersonal account of one of the most controversia .....
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Invasion Of Normandy
.... the waves of troops get on shore and by the night there is 34,250 men on shore but there was a loss of 1000 men. That was the worst lost of men in all the beaches. Gold beach also went well. The men were organized and they got on the beach and went inland fairly rapidly. They got 25,000 men onshore and less than 500 died. That too was a success. June beach was invaded a little late because the mines in the water were hard to get by. When they did get on shore the amphibious tanks were launched correctly and they took out all the German guns. There was a traffic jam on the beach when they arrived. This too was a grea .....
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History After 1820
.... Congress on every issue possible. Tyler was unpopular with the people because he did not keep Harrison's inaugural promises. He also remarried while in office with a woman about half his age which is not a very presidential thing to do during the 1840's. Tyler was not re-elected. In 1844, Polk was elected president with his "All of Oregon or nothing" slogan. Polk was a expansionist and believed in "Manifest Destiny" , which is the belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Polk then began his expansion with Texas. Congress voted to annex Texas in February 1845 and joined the Union offi .....
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Reconstuction
.... the African-American slaves, to allow them to have equal rights to the white race. But after the war was over, and the slaves were supposedly free, did they still not remain caged? Where could they turn? The newly freed slaves had no money, no land, no food, and no jobs. They remained slaves because they lacked those basic necessities. Therefore, where they really freed?
The first example that kept them in captivity was food. Everybody needs to eat regardless of their skin color. Previously, food had been provided for them by the slave owner, but now that they were free, they were on their own for finding food.
Secondly, was j .....
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Native Americans And The American Dream
.... life was an English teacher named Mrs. Miller. She took a personal interest in me in ninth grade English and taught me a lot of extra things after class." (Pg.64 Gifted Hands) Ben also had the option of going to many different schools. If one school did not meet his intellectual needs, he could always transfer to one that did. Ben attended many schools over the course of his education, from the Detroit public schools to parochial school in Boston. Ben even acknowledges himself that an inadequate education in his early years negatively impacted him, and inhibited his learning speed. "My first three years in the Detroit Public scho .....
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
.... the United States. The Cuban Revolutionary Council, the government in exile, in New York City released a statement saying that the bombings in Cuba were ". . . carried out by 'Cubans inside Cuba' who were 'in contact with' the top command of the Revolutionary Council . . . ." The New York Times reporter covering the story alluded to something being wrong with the whole situation when he wondered how the council knew the pilots were coming if the pilots had only decided to leave Cuba on Thursday after " . . . a suspected betrayal by a fellow pilot had precipitated a plot to strike . . . ." Whatever the case, the planes cam .....
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The Atomic Bomb And Its Effects On Post-World War II
.... would come to have a direct or indirect effect on almost every man, woman and child on this Earth, including people in the United States. The atomic bomb would penetrate every fabric of American existence. From our politics to our educational system. Our industry and our art. Historians have gone so far as to call this period in our history the "atomic age" for the way it has shaped and guided world politics, relations and culture.
The entire history behind the bomb itself is rooted in Twentieth Century physics. At the time of the bombing the science of physics had been undergoing a revolution for the past thirty-odd .....
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The War Between The US/NATO And Yugoslavia
.... over Kosovo as a horrific act, which has done little if anything to help the Albanian situation. The media in this area has managed to emphasize the killing of innocent civilians by NATO forces, while de-emphasizing the massive campaign of ethnic cleansing. Their leader Milosevic is seen as a great leader, while in America he is viewed as a Hitler-like fascist.
The main question we must ask ourselves is why. Why has NATO/America decided to join this fight? There have been numerous areas around the world that have killed and massacred innocent individuals. Perhaps the United States has a hidden agenda. According to Steve Ro .....
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Life In The 1900's
.... pulled by horses to the cemetery when somebody died. Farmers used them to pull their ploughs while town dwellers kept them for transportation around town. Horses puled delivery wagons for businesses such as bakery, dairy, and coal company. Horses pulled fire engines through the streets in a fire emergency. The bicycle was widely accepted by canadians because of its easy maintence compared to a horse. The bike allowed an option of transportation. The bicycle also gave a sense of freedom to virtually anybody willing to learn.
Henry Ford revolutionized the world we live in by inventing the "horseless carriage", if it had not .....
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The Great Depression
.... In fact, from 1929 through 1932, the economy went from bad to worse.
Unemployment approached 20 percent. Black Unemployment hit 50 percent. Private construction investment went from $6.6 billion in 1929 to $1.3 billion in 1932. Overall manufacturing was 54 percent of what was in 1929. Automobiles were created at 20 percent of 1932's, and steal was at 12 percent of 1929. Farmer's income slid from $12 billion in 1929 to $5 billion in 1932., but the farmer's mortgages continued to escalate. 70,000 banks went under before the Great Crash in 1929, and 9,000 more went under from 1929 to 1932. Marriages were down 250,000 from 1929 .....
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The Kent State University Tragedy
.... Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Sunday morning the governor came to Kent and in the city's firehouse held a press conference saying the University would remain open. After a Sunday of relative calm, an anti-war rally at noon on Monday brought 2,000 to 3,000 people to the University Commons area. When the Guard gave the order to disperse, some in the crowd responded with verbal epithets and stones. The Guard answered with tear gas, but when the spring winds altered its effect, the Guard attempted to enforce the Ohio Riot Act with raised bayonets, forcing demonstrators to retreat. The Guard then changed formation. As the Guard appr .....
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U.S. Involvement In Kosovo
.... away from Serbia without a fight. Kosovo is a site of great emotional significance to the Serbs; it is the site of a historic defeat by the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. From this defeat, Kosovo became the cradle of Serbia's cultural and ethnic identity. Milosevic began an ethnic cleansing campaign in which he killed thousands of ethnic Albanians. NATO forces, as well as the United States, began stepping in in the winter of 1998. The United States made a cease-fire contract with Milosevic, which ended in the early months of 1999 (1).
The United States believes that it is benefiting Kosovo by intervening. Many diplo .....
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