April 29, 2013 Cause and Effect of War The Vietnam War was during the years of 1964-1975. This is the longest military conflict in U.S. History. Around 85,000 Americans were killed during this war. This war cost over 150 billion dollars. The war involved the North Vietnamese army and the National Liberation Front on one side against the United States and the South Vietnamese army. The war was fought in South Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and a little in North Vietnam. One cause of the war was that the
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America was founded on disobedience. What if the Revolutionary War had never happened because people didn't have the courage to disobey? Would there even be an America? If not for disobedience, would America still have slaves? If not for civil disobedience, would we still have segregation? As I ponder these questions, I come to the conclusion that resistance, particularly peaceful resistance, positively impacts a free society. Henry David Thoreau once stated, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content
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and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001,” and was passed only 45 days after the terrorist attacks. There are many arguments on whether or not the Patriot Act is designed to work for the better of the world, or to take away many of the civil liberties that belong to citizens of the United States. On the surface, it seems like the Patriot Act is working towards the right goal: “To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory
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In the reconstruction period of american history (the time immediately following the American Civil War) the U.S was struggling to settle back into a normal state of living with all the changes brought about in the war. During the reconstruction process, from the standpoint of racial equality in the U.S., there was some level of progress made, however the progress was limited to eliminating slave labor as it had been. Progress beyond that was not as successful as it could have been with various attempts
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their armed factions. A year later, Gemayal’s Phalange Party was one of several Lebanese militias embroiled in a war where fighting remained confined within Lebanon but the power struggle transcended borders and involved both regional and international combatants. While April 13, 1975, is often cited as the start date that sparked the 15-year conflict, which has been termed a civil war, a host of factors, including international affairs, economic and social inequality and the sectarian make up of
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personal duty and humanity during the war, which also implies the relationship between political conflicts and the hope of peaceful life for humans. Though out history, at the beginning Ireland was a British colony, the economic depressed and had a time of hardship. By 1900, the Irish Civil War loomed. In the summer of 1913, Dublin workers went on strike for 5 months, indicating that the proletariat had become the Irish independent political force. During World War I in 1914, the Irish national fighting
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a Republican, passed a Civil Rights Act that protected African Americans’ right to vote. Though this act marked the beginning of a series of controversial legislations in a still segregated America, the act itself did not cause much turbulence. Though it officially gave African Americans the right to vote, it did not strongly protect that right. Most Americans that were not prepared for such a cultural change were not reacting dramatically to the passing of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. However, in
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Racism during the Civil War Racism has always been enforced, since the beginning of the world to nowadays. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, racism is defined, as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities. Racism is a specific form of prejudice, which involves prejudicial attitudes towards members of an ethnic group. Racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Sadly, some individuals believe that another person is less
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American Civil War. The most common focal point of Gettysburg being the turning point in the war is the fact that General Lee’s forces would be rendered ineffective offensively for the remainder of the war. Lee’s army became a reactionary force that would only act when provoked by the forces that were commanded by the Union General Ulysses S. Grant. It is because of this that many have said that if the battle had turned the other way and the Confederates were victorious that the war would have
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Civil Liberties, Habeas Corpus, and the War on Terror U.S. Presidents have been known to assert their presidential prerogative in times of crisis. Their decisions, sometimes haste and irrational, were rarely challenged by the Supreme Court because of extenuating circumstances. Over the years, our nation’s leaders made the tough decisions that raised eyebrows in the Supreme Court and caused confusion among the American public. The latest battle that has our nation in an uproar is terrorism. Since
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