The Spanish American War is considered one of the biggest turning points in United States foreign policy. ... In the past the United States was involved with other countries, however these events of involvement were not for economical or geographical gain but peaceful meetings. That is why the Spanish American War is one of the most important times for American Foreign policy. The Spanish–American War took place in 1898 between Spain and the United States, this resulted in America's intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. ... After the Civil War and Cuba's Ten Year'...

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Two kinds of War Powers Legislation awaited final action in the Senate and the House in 1973. ... The other, more importantly, allowed Congress to use Congressional power to prevent the Executive from taking us into a third Indo-Chinese war. ... Then too, as with the undeclared war in Vietnam, this was a bi-partisan phenomenon. ... One difficulty was foreseeing the contingencies under which war may arise. ... Fore-shadowing the recent events in the Middle East, Fulbright feared that under these provisions a future President might cite secret or classified data "to justify almost any con...

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The date of November 21, 1963 solidified a turning point in Johnson's life during an event when he and President Kennedy were trying to resolve disputes between conservative democrats. ... During the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, tension was created because the USSR supported Arab countries while the US supported Israel. ... One of the more important foreign agreements established was the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, agreed upon in 1968 in which both nations agreed to remove nuclear weapons from outer space. ... That was the only event that occurred before Johnson was fully in support of th...

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Some of the most important events or compromises that influenced this course of action were the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, and the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions. The people of the United States knew that it was important that no government - even our own government - could take away the rights that God had given them. ... These also stamped the notion of secession from the union as an option - an option that was exercised and led to the Civil War. ... The Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions all are importan...

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The newly found enjoyment throughout society in the viewing of athletic events, such as baseball, football, and boxing, among other events, was the start to a new age, but as this was occurring, other issues were brewing in the United States. ... The emergence of the Strenuous Life was an extremely important shift in American culture. ... This emergence helped prepare the citizens of the United States for colossal pieces of the nations history, such as both world wars, women's suffrage, and even later events such as the Great Depression. ...

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George Washington was the first president of the United States and one of the most important leaders in United States history. ... The first thing that really made George Washington a big name was the Revolutionary War even though he did play a significant role in the French and Indian War. ... (Web1) This policy was very successful for many years, however, and unforeseen event occurred that swept the world in the twentieth century-Globalization. The United States did not fully realize this when the First World War started. ... The United States had to enter the war. ...

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In all Abe Lincoln did not have a very easy time growing up facing multiple tragic events but this shaped the man and leader he would grow up to be. ... Lincoln demonstrated one of the traits that made him such a good leader early on when he decided not to attack the confederacy and declare war but stated that they would would not be the first to act if war was imminent. Lincoln saw no right for the states breaking away but did not want a war, "In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. ... Some of the volunteer troops he called for w...

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Nevertheless, it acts as an important arena for party factions, who seek to adopt positions closer to their preferred causes. ... The modern national convention, however, is primarily a media event. ... The 1968 Democratic convention was bitterly divided over the choice of nominee, who had polarised views on the Vietnam war. ...

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Obama's Inauguration speech was a noteworthy moment that was observed not only by three million people attending the event, but also by people around the world. The structure of the speech starts with Obama speaking about American's hardships and the important challenges they face, the wars that American's are is involved in, how they have been affected by the economic crises, and also their recovery from 9/11. ...

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However, events in Europe caused him to stretch the Constitution as he had never thought would be necessary, and at one stroke to spend more money than any Federalist had dared. ... Despite the fact that Madison knew how important internal improvements were for the country, he still held a strict constructionist view. ... Without a national bank it was doubly difficult for the nation to pay for the war that had just happened. ...

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These funds were used to interfere in Grenada and El Salvador, and aided pay an undercover war against the revolutionary government of Nicaragua. As expected from a timid Liberal Congress, funding for the Nicaraguan war was blocked. ...

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The Louisiana Purchase and national health care legislation were two historic events in the history of the United States. ... On the national health care law, many states have started lawsuits claiming that Congress did not have the authority to require citizens to buy insurance, an important part of the law that was passed to make sure that all people have access to health care. ... A successful uprising in Haiti, formerly controlled by France, was the final event that convinced Napoleon to re-evaluate his priorities and tactics he would use to maintain the Empire that he had worked so hard t...

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We're no longer in a cold war. ... " Buddhists believe that life is characterized by suffering, and therefore the events in Syria are merely another regular occurrence of distress in life. ... The danger for the world is, that the United States after a decade of war, rightly concerned about issues back home, aware of the hostility that our engagement in the region has engendered throughout the Muslim world, may disengage creating a vacuum of leadership that no other nation is ready to fill. To a realist, this concern for the stability of Middle Eastern nations would not be important ...

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In any event, it is extremely important to understand the motivation driving Bushs inaugural address since it was a highly strategic and political speech that was designed to convince the American public of his main thesis that he would bring about American ideals, strength and prosperity. ... This was played out in both the war in Iraq as well is the conflict in Afghanistan. ...

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President Harry Truman strongly believed that it is very important to be able to understand history because history tends to repeat itself in one form or the other. ... The current issue we can compare mob violence to is the recent events in Ferguson Missouri over the Michael Brown killing, and In New York over the Eric Garner incident or better known as the I can't breathe movement. Both these events have caused a massive stir throughout the country millions of Americans nationwide are protesting these heinous event where one teenage African American boy was killed and the other where on...

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