On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... Following this, General Tojo Hideki became Japan's leader in mid-October of that same year. He then secretly set November 29 as the last day in which Japan would accept a settlement without war (Pearl 1). ... The first wave of the Japanese fleet had left behind only 6 aircraft carriers. In the two waves of terror lasting almost two hours, Japan had killed or wounded over 3,500 Americans and sank or badly damaged 18 ships (Pearl 2). ...

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This man was not an Irish-American; he was an Irishman who became an American. ... Wilson argued that any American ought to be defined as American, and not taking into account their place of origin (Irish-American, Jewish-American ...) when they vote they are all Americans. ... The leaders of the different groups of immigrants as Italian-Americans, the Jewish-American, or Hungarian-American, demanded explanations for the comments made by Wilson in his book. ... Wilson's long campaign for immigration, his meetings with the different ethnic groups in America, his speeches defending the ...

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During World War II the Japanese military was involved in the trafficking of Asian women. ... Comfort women were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army. ... The Japanese authorities justify their actions by saying that such facilities would help soldiers from committing random sexual violence toward women of occupied territories. ... Korea, for example, saw the American troops as means of economic gain. ... These notions foster American participation in Camp-Town prostitution. ...

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The depression lasted over a decade, with hundreds of thousands of Americans losing their jobs, businesses failing, and financial institutions collapsing. ... The principal goal of the expedition was to locate such a route and survey its potential as a waterway for American westward expansion. ... 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 unite Europe under American leadership. ...

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Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. He secretly agreed to Japanese control of Korea; in return the Japanese promised to keep their hands off China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under federal protection, preserving America'...

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Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. He secretly agreed to Japanese control of Korea; in return the Japanese promised to keep their hands off China, Hawaii, and the Philippines. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land under federal protection, preserving America'...

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The framers wanted a strong and independent chief executive [remember, there had not been one under the Articles], but they did not want to create a monarch [like the one we had rid ourselves of in the American Revolution]. ... Executive Orders have part of our government ever since President Jefferson issued an executive order purchasing the French holding in North America (the Louisiana Purchase). ... Roosevelt used an executive order to send Japanese Americans to internment camps during WWII. ...

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His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. ... The delegates established the International Bureau of American Republics which later became the Pan-American Union, with its headquarters in Washington. Although the Union set up many useful committees for the purpose of exchanging information, the Latin American nations regarded it as an instrument of American influence, or even domination. ... Perry opened Japan to American trade in 1853, American businessmen had taken an increasing interes...

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Massive American effort slowly tipped the balance in favor of the Allies. ... Based in Geneva, the League proved useful in settling minor international disputes, but was unable to stop aggression by major powers, Japan's occupation of Manchuria (1931), Italy's conquest of Ethiopia (1935-36), and Germany's seizure of Austria (1938). ... American opposition to the League of Nations resulted in the refusal of the U.S. ... After the events down in Agua Prieta, Villa was on a one course action, death to all Americans. ... Villa had begun to deliver his promise to the Americans. ...

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In 1979 angry militant Iranians who greatly opposed all western influences, especially the United States, assaulted the U.S. embassy in Tehran, which is the capital of Iran, taking 66 Americans hostage. Thirteen of the American hostages were released soon after, however for the release of the remaining hostages, Iran demanded a U.S. apology for the acts committed in support of Iran's previous leader, his returning to the country to face trial, and the return of billions of dollars that he was said to have stashed. ... Reagan devoted a lot of his attention to reversing the affects of the M...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. Truman as a major factor. Truman is ranked seventh among forty one presidents ranging from Washington to Clinton . Truman succeeded Roosevelt, after his death, and the da...

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Examples of these tough choices and decisions are Abraham Lincoln abolishing slavery, Woodrow Wilson trying to get the United States to join the League of Nations, and Harry Truman dropping the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima Japan. ... 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 one African American man was choked to death by a New York police officer even after the man was making a plea to the officer that he couldn't breathe. ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate