US soldiers were awakened only to find that they came here just to kill people rather than building a new world on which they were preached. ... The Vietnam War, unlike the Korean War and World War II, was the war that US television brought images of devastation, suffering and tragedy of Vietnamese people to the Americans every night. ... And the American people affirmed that the United States could not win this war. ... The protesters left the dormitory town and went down the streets of the City of Kent in the morning on May 2. ... Along with the protest of the Vietnam War all over the world,...

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From current point of view advocated by many people including myself, War was terrible mistake and it cannot be justified. There is always more that one point of view, and after I did some reading about Vietnam War, I became aware that there was some significant reason and very important reason which advocate why US entered this war. ... During cold war world split into two blocks, each of them maintaining existing order and recruit new members. ... He like many people of that had doubts what is true reason why United States entered Vietnam War. ... (April 4, 1967) 2. ...

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Past historic events from World War II with Adolf Hitler, at Munich in 1938, displayed that if aggression is not immediately handled the aggressors become more encouraged. ... This oath was extremely important because if America did not hold to this promise the worlds view on America could be forever damaged. ... The antiwar movement had about 500,000 participants (Tune-in, urn-on and drop out packet p. 2). ... As the cameras pointes at the police the demonstrators chanted, "The whole world is watching." ... The war did not only affect the people in Vietnam but the people in the U.S. as well...

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Medical breakthroughs were important in the sixties. ... Before President Kennedy came into office, a U-2 plane was shot down in the Soviet Union while spying on the Soviet Union, thus cutting all Diplomatic ties between the Soviet Union and the United States. ... With leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement grew to be one of the most important movement in the sixties. ... He lead marches and spoke to millions of people. ... Kennedy's death was the fall of the "American Camelot" The War on Poverty was also another movement important to the sixties. ...

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The world saw this as a selfish move by the U.S. ... Potter raises the important question about "what the war has done for freedom in America?" ... Kerry says that he feels ashamed to have fought in the Vietnam War because of how negatively received war veterans are by the people of our country. ... In my opinion many of the problems that existed in the time of the war that are discussed by these powerful speakers have been addressed, but still exist in our world today. ... These men feel as though speaking about these issues in their arguments against the war is important because they may...

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However, much was negative: student and anti-war protest movements, political assassinations, and ghetto riots excited American people and resulted in lack of respect for authority and the law. The decade began under the shadow of the cold war with the Soviet Union, which was aggravated by the U-2 incident, the Berlin Wall, and the Cuban missile crisis, along with the space race with the USSR. ... They enabled the youths to escape to a different kind of world. Because of the youths' great desire to achieve a universal sense of peace and harmony, drugs were sometimes a ve...

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Politics played an important role of his growing up. ... His most important era in his presidentency (1963-1968) was his progress of Civil Rights for blacks. ... The American people were outraged by this increase. ... I believe that the men who endure the dangers of battle-fighting there for us tonight are helping the entire world avoid far greater conflicts, far wider wars, far more destruction, than this one . ... What we won when all of our people united must not now be last in suspicion, distrust, selfishness, and politics among any of out people. ...

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Kennedy was commonly called "Jack" by many people because it was a nickname for John. ... During World War II, at 2:30 a.m. on August 2, 1943, Kennedy's boat, PT-109, was hit by a Japanese ship in the South Pacific. ... The main purpose it served at the time was to create peace throughout many countries during the Cold War. ... The reason Latin Americans were fed up with the United States was that they felt the United States did not give them enough economic assistance after World War II as they did for countries like Japan and in Europe. ... Unfortunately, this plan was not a ...

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The people look to the president for guidance and direction. ... Schlesinger also believes that the threat of nuclear war with the Soviet Union after World War II, "led to congress surrendering much of its oversight of military and diplomatic matters" (pg. 1). ... Washington also placed important limits on the presidency, which was the Farewell Address. ... Truman believed he should govern in the name of the all the people at all times. ... " (pg. 223) Eisenhower felt that the people should choose and not the government. ...

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Almost every American of a certain age remembers where they were when JFK was assassinated.2 The death of JFK impacted the media, the government and the American society the most. ... One of the major and most important thing after JKF died, was the trust people had in the government. ... Kennedy had many worries and one of them was about the possibility of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, and if there was a war millions of lives would be lost. ... In the years 1963 the citizens were more inclined to become disillusioned with their leaders and the next two presid...

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Black Americans made significant gains in their struggle for equal rights during Reconstruction, the 12-year period after the Civil War. ... Suffragists under Catt threatened to discharge their traditional duties as homemakers and mothers in the increasingly public world of the city. ... Through the work of the abolitionists before the war, civil rights water sheds were established during Reconstruction. ... These people were the blacks, women, immigrants, and the many people...

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The sixties were filled with new music, clothes, and an overall change in the way people acted, but most importantly it was a decade filled with civil rights movements. ... This was also, unfortunately, the time that the assassinations of important leaders took place. ... The Kennedy Era, 1960 - 1963, saw many important events. ... Seventy people went to the hospital that day. ... The 1960's also had many other people that were important to the development of the civil rights movement. ...

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The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. ... On the third day more than sixty people came to the store for the sit-in. ... Despite the military presence, the violence continued which resulted in 2 deaths. ... There were an estimated 250,000 people who participated in this march. ...

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