The offenses committed against the United States, including; attempts to restrict maritime trade, the impressment of American seamen, and the support of Native American resistance to western expansion, were major provocations for declaring war against Great Britain. ... " Another area of conflict between the U.S. and British was the British support for the Native Americans in the Northwest. ... The British had a peaceful trading relationship with the Native Americans and were basically allies with them. Native Americans, under the leadership of Shawnee chief Tecumseh, had begun defend...

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The textbooks and school curriculum teach that and on how that was what started the American imperialism. ... It was already claimed and there was people living in this "new world," the Native Americans. ... Once they started to run out of space the Europeans also took the land of the Native Americans and killed anyone who tried to go against them. With American imperialism on the move, the United States grew to what it is today ended up responsible for one of the three major genocides in history; the almost extinction and oppression of the Native Americans. ... Europeans expanded thei...

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Native Americans and Japanese Americans were both greatly affected by wartime beliefs of the 1940s. ... Many Native Americans believed they would gain respect from the nation by lending a hand in the war. The new respect could bring more rights and a better life after the war for all Native Americans. ... Native Americans were separated by law and custom from mainstream U.S. society. Ira and other Native Americans saw the war as a new opportunity to be recognized by the rest of America as a contributing and important culture. ...

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The result was a suppression of American trade. ... (pg 221, The Enduring Vision) In order to get by this law American ships would carry goods back to American ports, send them through customs, and then carry it to other countries as American goods. ... This was an outrage to Americans, causing Jefferson to remark "that he had not seen so belligerent a spirit in America since 1775." ... The "war hawks" cries for war became more plausible with the Native Americans in Ohio and Indiana under the lead of Shawnee chief Tecumseh united against the Americans. ... It was a combination of Briti...

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The two most important impacts of the Colt Revolver was its ability to allow the expansion of the American west as well as the introduction of a multi-shot firearm into America. The west was not a friendly place for Americans. Early frontiersmen dealt with hostile Native Americans and Mexicans. ... An example of this is the Texas Rangers who were usually outnumbered by hostile natives in Texas. With the Colt Revolver, the Rangers were able to fend off the Natives that were numerically superior to them, killing many of them. ...

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Coming to America There are many people who immigrate to America every day. ... In April of 1987, Lawrence Maillard immigrated to America from her hometown of Bergerac, France. ... Approximately half of the people that were emigrating were coming to America. ... Although she knew some things about America, so many things were different- the houses, the customs, and of course, the language. ... The people of France are largely native-born Celtic, Germanic, Latin, and Slavic. ...

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The principal goal of the expedition was to locate such a route and survey its potential as a waterway for American westward expansion. Although Lewis and Clark did not find this route, the expedition succeeded in making peaceful contact with Native Americans and uncovering a wealth of knowledge about the peoples, geography, plants, and animals of the western United States (Encarta Encyclopedia). ... The vicious murder of President Kennedy had various effects on America and on the world. ... The American Football League postponed its games. ... Truman opposed Stalin's policy and moved to...

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The Battle at Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898 and was the first major engagement of the Spanish-American War. ... The United States had no proximate enemies, other than the Native Americans resistance in the heart of the United States which could only be controlled by land warfare due to the Native Americans not having any large bodies of water nor any naval war knowledge in the slightest. ... "As the American captains came aboard, one by one, they reported the absence of casualties. ... From the start of the Battle, even Montojo knew that this American fleet would surely defeat his ...

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Yam (African), cookie (Dutch), pretzel (German), tobacco (Native American), and ranch (Spanish) are words describing things we think of as being "American". What is American? What is an American? ... By celebrating America's diversity, that fear is automatically eliminated as a result of familiarization with the "stranger". ... Indeed, all immigrants in turn, like myself, can proudly say, "I am America." ...

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DADA The word Dada simply means rocking horse in its native tongue. But over the past century it has taken on a whole new meaning. In Zurich, Switzerland, 1916, the chance meeting of a collection of young artists sparked a group we know today as Dada. Most were young men retreating to neutral Sw...

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Instead he came in contact with Native American Indians making him the first European to have ever come in contact with them. ... But Instead he ended up on Islands in the Carribean Sea also known as the Americas. Therefore Columbus discovered America and Vasco Day Gama. ...

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This was especially true when it came to those Americans that were against the war and the U.S, involvement. But, the suspicion and distrust was also directed against German-Americans (Germany was the main enemy of the U.S. and its allies in World War), immigrants, and people who were considered to have "radical"" or extreme political beliefs that were thought to be "anti-American." ... Another factor that led to the Red scare was the formation of worker's unions that fought for better wages and working conditions for the millions of American workers (many of them immigrants or first gen...

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This proves true in Patricia Limerick's essay, "Haunted America." ... When thinking about her title, "Haunted America", the first thing that comes to mind is war and people dying. ... Although many wars have taken place with Americans, we some times seem to forget about those who we fought with to gain land. ... From knowing the real facts on war against the natives, it helps us learn not what to do next time. ... As pulling out the details in Limerick's essay, I begin to feel that the title "Haunted America" is much more than war and people dying. ...

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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, fear of Japanese-American citizens escalated to a fever pitch. ... Signs were posted saying things like "American Farmer... ... Two-thirds of them were native-born Americans. ... Over 25,000 Japanese-Americans fought in the war and many of them lost their lives (Conrat 23). The Japanese-Americans of that time were intertwined within the American fabric. ...

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Although this is happening slowly, already 10 pacific islands have been lost and the natives have had to move of there island which they have owned for centuries. ... This all began with the arms race between America and Russia. They where "racing" each other to make the first atomic bomb but America got there first and tested its strength in Japan twice which ended World War 2. ... Now the new news is North Korea and how they are starting to build more weapons of mass destruction and using missile technology to reach as far as America, this means they have the ability to wage a nuclear war on...

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The majority of the America at the time was sad, and it seemed easy for many to just give up. ... There was racism and hatred toward African American people. and towards the Native American population. ... He saw the movement that Franklin Roosevelt had on the American people to climb out of the depression and comfort all the people while letting them know that everything was going to be okay. ... He lived during a very pessimistic and depressing time in American history and he became successful even while surrounded by failure and sadness of people around him. ...

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There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a political movement; however there were some social and economic factors. ... The Americans, on the other hand, felt that they had rights and they did not particularly care for the ranks and hierarchies from their native England (Conroy). ... America was no longer a truly British nation, so they decided to break away. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ...

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Even though it was the dominate ideology at that time it wasn't to fare in are in history or even at that time when we was doing the same thing in our country (Native Americans, African Americans), and this was the same with most countries that apposed the Germans. ...

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In America " women volunteered in factory jobs worked in building that fix aircraft, tanks and armament factory jobs once held by men who were called away to fight in the war... Candles from the Whiting candle factory ( in America) gave jobs to a lot of women during the depression. ... So you The significant of women during the WWII can imagine how these Hawaiian girl felt and this was their native home were there family where they can not live. ... Durning the war women were faced with great challenge and little did the know , it would leave a big mark in Ame...

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Hana and Kips relationship is much more beautiful; Hana a nurse from Canada, and Kip who is a native from India. ... Armies push across boarders and solders are called heroes if they kill Germans, French, English, or Americans well. ...

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During the French and Indian War of 1754, British troops provided blankets that had been infected with smallpox to the American Indians. Native Americans defending Fort Carillon sustained epidemic injures of smallpox which directly contributed to the loss of the fort to the English. ... Ku Klux Klan groups began acts of terrorism against African Americans that included the use of devices, arson, bombings, and murder. ... Incidents have occurs in cities of all sizes, as well as in rural America. ... This bombing was intended to send a message to all Americans that terrorism could happen at anyt...

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For example, the American Slavery and the genocide of Native American Slaves were also events of great anguish that happened in our society and that have some aspects that can be related to the Holocaust, such as the belief of a superior race and so on. ...

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In 1929 the American Stock Market crashed, a powerful symbol of the growing depression. Germany was particularly badly affected, since Germany's economy was partly dependent on Americas prosperity and a large number of loans made by America to Germany were called back and the German economy crashed (Shirer 168-169). ... Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about Native Americans and how they were slaughtered along with reading about battles between the Germans and Russians. ...

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. The treaty was neither severe enough to keep Germany from once again being a significant power, nor was it lenient enough for the German people to meet its terms and move on. Instead it was only harsh enough to make life incredibly hard for a few years, just long enough to fester hatred for the Allies, especially the French. The main reason the treaty failed to keep the peace is because the Allies all had separate agendas. Britain wanted increase their colonial power all over the wor...

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Adolf Hitler was born and reared in Germany. He was just like any other man, de-voted to his country. Hitler served as a soldier and a statesman. He gained the trust of mil-lions that fought and died in his name. We must understand how he gained and abused power. We must know the life and impact of...

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