One of the major early events on the Cold War was the Korean War in the 1950. ... "It was the longest conflict in American history and had a vast political importance for many American politicians" (Healy 3). ... By study some of the events happen during in the early Cold War can give some contrast between the early Cold War and post Cold War world. ... People define themselves in terms of religion, language, history, values, customs, and institutions. The idea of identity had replace the earlier question during the early period of the cold war that is "which side are you on?" ...

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At this time, Americans were constantly looking for land to start farms or sell to incoming farmers. ... In response to this, 11 states seceded to form the Confederate states of America. ... During the war's early stages, anti-slavery Republicans grew more demanding. ... The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. ... The Jim Crow Laws were created to punish African Americans legally. ...

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Television, newspapers, and the radio all play a major role in a lot of Americans lives. ... (Jezer 33) The integration of the fifties was one of the most pivotal points in United States history. ... Abbie Hoffman's involvement in the media started at an early age. ... Over here in America was another battle. ... (Jezer 102) Throughout the past fifty years in American history, the media has played larger and larger role in how we view our country and the world. ...

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The 1960s was a time in United States history unlike any other. ... He wished for an alliance for progress with Central America that would oppose aggression or subversion in the Americas. ... JFKs Inaugural Speech is one of the most important in American history. ... The date of the speech is very meaningful because of what was happening at this point in history. During the early Sixties, America was experiencing internal and external problems. ...

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USA even tried to internationalize control of the bomb under the UNITED NATIONS but the Soviets were reluctant to support American plan for two reasons. To stop soviet nuclear program before developing the first soviet bomb would give Americans permanent lead in nuclear weapons technology. ... This led Americans to the same conclusion. ... The atomic bomb had a function of "natural deterrence" at the early beginning of Cold War when Soviets did not have nuclear weapons. ... [WWW document]. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol4/v4n25nuc.html Nuclear History at the National Secur...

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The enemy was fought off and in early November 3rd Brigade replaced the 1stBrigade. ... To properly understand how America's involvement in Vietnam came about one must look back into history a long ways. ... Kennedy quickly discovered that this was a new kind of war America was fighting. ... By the time of Kennedy's death America would have 16,000 "advisors" in the country. ... The Vietnam War was the first war in the history of the United States to be fought on foreign and domestic soil at the same time. ...

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The Kent State Massacre was said to be nationwide influential event, which was a result of new mass media technology that allowed people to view the war from home, with the biggest protest of students in American history, and it also affected the face of the Vietnam War. ... That was hot news in early May, 1970, when hundreds of universities and colleges across the United States stopped operating in fear of the outbreak of violence related to the war protesting movement. ... That was really the battles in the heart of America. ... In early 1973, Nixon signed the Treaty of Paris to get out of &...

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We were currently in a Cold War situation with Russia and fearing that communism would spread through out the world, America thought it was there duty to keep that from happening. ... If they thought about it dualistically pulling out early could make them a hero and they could spread propaganda to spread this image. ... The war tactics used by America in Vietnam were lower than low. ... Here's to history NOT repeating. ...

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TEN MAJOR EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE UNITED STATES Over time instances occurred throughout history that affected the United States, for the good and bad. ... The Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 precipitated the Great Depression; The worst economic downturn in the history of the nation. ... This agency was the Federal Reserve Board and it was to have been the loaner of last resorts for banks in order to prevent collapses as had happened during earlier depressions. ... The American Football League postponed its games. ... Truman opposed Stalin's policy and moved to un...

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Soon after the attack, the USA and USSR found themselves in one of the most heated confrontations ever recorded in history. ... This was the first time in history that two superpowers had come close to starting a nuclear war . ... In earlier regimes, Cuba had heavily depended on the U.S. for assistance. ... A firm supporter of Stalin during his early career, Khrushchev became a secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1949. ... In reality we have to look no further than the American government. ...

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in the affairs of America. ... With those words a century of American internationalism was born; a century whose people, politics, and overall advancement was shaped by America's entanglements with the rest of the world. ... Nixon became president during one of the most controversial events in American history: Vietnam. ... On December 17, 1972 Nixon bombed Hanoi and Haiphong in the most severe aerial assault in history. ... With the end of the Cold War struggle between the United States and Soviet Union in the early 1990s, some Americans are once again calling for the United State...

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Gorbachev Mikhail Gorbachev was an important figure in history because of his willingness to end the Cold War and Communism as it was known in the 1980s. ... In my opinion, this was truly the "end of history." After the tearing down of Russia, Europe as not broken out into war, thus making Gorbachev a key factor in European History. 2. ... But his economic reforms came at a huge price - his enforced collective farming led to a famine in the early 1930s that is thought to have killed at least six million people. ... Christopher Columbus Though Columbus' intentions were incorrect, h...

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These achievements made his presidency one of the best in US history. ... Taxes have always been a major part in American history. ... During the early 1980s, income tax was set at 50% for anyone making over $5,720 a year. ... The Tax Reform of 1986 was the first time in American tax history that both the top and bottom rate were increased at the same time (BookCaps, Chapter 4). ... Reaganomics changed America. ...

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After the speech many Americans were able to see why it was critical to "Contain" Communism, and therefore allowed billions and billions to be spend to reach that end. ... History including the Korean War, Vietnam War, Bay of Pigs invasion. ... The idea that the United States should pursue a less aggressive stance towards the Soviet Union and Communism was mentioned earlier in this essay. ... George Keenan is often over looked in American History, but the case could be made that his theory of "Containment" was a major factor in every presidency since 1946, in many cases a larger factor then ...

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America wanted to spread democracy and capitalism while finding places to trade with in the open market. ... If Hitler had been challenged early, they were convinced, the carnage of World War II might have been avoided. The American view of the Soviet Union was well known. ... Americans compared communism to a contagious disease. ... When the leaders of the country faced the choice of deciding whether or not to intervene in communist aggression across the globe, they looked back to previous events in American history and saw that their powerful nation must exercise its authority and stop t...

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Throughout world history there have been events that caused America to cheer and events that caused America to cry and take action. ... It was "the day America saw evil."" Two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center purposely killing over 2,000 innocent American lives. ... Her boss let her leave early due to the tragedy. ... Just like every American, Mrs. ...

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Thirty million Chinese starved to death during the Great Leap Forward, making it one of the worst man-made disasters in history. ... Americans believed that Germany must get back on course before there could be a full European recovery. ... Europe's purchase of American goods and machinery because of the Marshall Plan helps boost the American economy. ... The North Atlantic Treaty is signed and Western Europe and North America become allies. ... The Soviet Union and the United States both had positives and negatives throughout the war which I explained earlier. ...

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Knowing that we are not alone in the universe would give us a feeling that we can't imagine because there has been nothing even close to it in our short history. Out of the first contact with Native Americans; Europeans gained an immense amount of knowledge. ... Discovering and colonizing a new place to call home would not only be the greatest achievement in human history, but it would also be the salvation of future generations. ... As I mentioned in the earlier paragraph about finding new life, there are cons. ... This would most likely result in a situation not unlike what happened t...

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Contrary to the popular belief of the average American, Communism is not "evil". ... The Children of America were not taught that the Soviets were "evil", they were simply not told anything about Communism. ... It was not until the early 1990s when the U.S.S.R. fell that people began to talk more about Communism, and even now it is still hidden in a shadow of the unknown. ... Democracy, the greatest psychological war the human race has ever faced (almost bringing the species to extinction), and it gets less than 50 pages in a 900 page American History book. ... Had American Democracy been u...

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Reagan was effective in communicating his goals to the American people. He outlined his goals in his speech to Americans on February 18, and brought economic awareness to the American people during the televised political debate on October 28, 1980 between himself and Jimmy Carter, where he asked the American people to consider if they were presently any better off than they were four years earlier when Carter became president. ... His victories included "tax and budget fights, success in the PATCO strike, ...

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In the early morning hours of August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Four square miles of the city was reduced to rubble and more than 80,000 innocent civilians were killed on impact. The second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days...

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Despite a similar history shared by Serbs, Croats, and Montenegrins deeply rooted animosities, which have lead to the outbreak of all out, war in the past decade. ... As we have stated earlier, the Soviets had declared there role in the liberation of Yugoslavia was a major one when this was clearly not the case. ... Using his natural charisma and impressive war record, Josip Tito was able to do what few leader in history have been able to do. ... This country was like many of the utopian communities in America. In the utopian communes of America, there were always people from very differen...

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Never in modern international history has the leading state been so dominant economically and militantly. ... The recent challenge from EU economics have largely threatened U.S benefit, this latter is responding by the proposal of North America monetary unification. ... American's Unipolar? American foreign policy is dominated by the beliefs of universality of American values and power. Since the Cold War ended, Americans has not only held its positions across the globe, but has tried energetically to expand its power and influence. ...

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JFK's pragmatic approach in dealing with the USSR led to the outcome of events related to the Cold War in the early 1960's. It may be said that had Kennedy reined Khrushchev in during the early days of his presidency, the Cuban Missile Crisis might not have happened. ... Kennedy's decision-making early in his presidency certainly gave Khrushchev no reason to think that the U.S. would take action to stop the Soviets. ... Besides, RFK's surprise that the Organization of American States supported the quarantine leads me to believe that he would have thought it next to impossib...

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"The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. ... George Wallace of Alabama, candidate for the American Independent party. ... Nixon was most concerned with the need to protect the lives of the American troops. ... One that held a spot in history was a demonstration at Ohio's Kent State University where national guard troops killed four students. ... One time he even left the White House early in the morning and delivered a speech about his good intentions to a group of student protesters that were camped outside the Lincoln Memorial. ...

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