"We are in Vietnam because our national security and security of the entire free world demands that firm line be drawn against the further advance of Communist imperialism - in Asia, in Africa, in Latin America, and in Europe." ... Pro-communist guerilla movements spread across South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. ... "Whether we decide to abandon Southeast Asia or to try to draw another line outside Vietnam, the loss of Vietnam will result in dozen more Vietnams in different parts of the world. ... Vietnam War has been simply right thing to do for many Americans. ... No one wants ever t...

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I think his seven primary concerns are as follows: 1) The termination of the Poverty Program; 2) Sending young brothers to fight for liberation in Southeast Asia, when they don't live free in Georgia and Harlem, and die alongside whites who live in a nation and cannot go to the same schools; 3) The massive violence used in Vietnam; 4) America would never be free or saved from itself unless the descendants had their own shackles removed; 5) The burden of maintain his role as a man who received the Nobel Prize for Peace and work for the "brotherhood of man"; 6) The Vietnam people who have b...

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Throughout the history of the United States of America the intense and controversial view of "equality" has been a hot topic. ... As a human being and especially as a citizen of the United States of America, I believe that civil rights are a very intricate part of our existence. ... And since, the affirmative action programs focused on minority groups that were determined by the federal government such as: Asian or Pacific Islander-Persons having origins in any of the original people of the far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. ... Black (not of Hispanic Or...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (4) American liberalism changed in three ways after FDR's death. ... (6) American Keynesians wanted the economy to keep growing bigger and bigger, so that there will be enough for everybody; some believed that this was an American alternative to Marxism. ... During his mission Johnson was convinced that "the fate of all Asia depended on American leadership in the region"(Schulman 61), and we must decide whether to meet that challenge with full realization of the costs America will endure; or else hold back and watch th...

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The Moment the War Comes Home After landing troops on the battlefield of South Vietnam with huge amounts of war expenses, Washington D.C. incessantly acclaimed for a liberal democracy in this small Asian country. ... After witnessing the media portrayal of the devastation in Southeast Asia, Americans began to react to US participation in this war. ... That was really the battles in the heart of America. ... The war also left behind a painful America. ... American blood not only shed on the battlefields of Vietnam, it also shed on American territory against the US military intervention in In...

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Most Americans simply assume that the United States is a democracy. ... In his campaign Johnson promised American voters "that American boys would not fight Asian boys in Vietnam." ... It has also been speculated that Roosevelt instigated the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor by refusing to trade with Japan until it stopped its military exploits in Asia (Hargrove 102). ... A president's actions can help support the American democracy also. ... Yet Reagan's steadfastness proved that he was willing to support the American people's goals and thus be working part of American democracy...

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Most Americans simply assume that the United States is a democracy. ... In his campaign Johnson promised American voters "that American boys would not fight Asian boys in Vietnam." ... It has also been speculated that Roosevelt instigated the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor by refusing to trade with Japan until it stopped its military exploits in Asia (Hargrove 102). ... A president's actions can help support the American democracy also. ... Yet Reagan's steadfastness proved that he was willing to support the American people's goals and thus be working part of American democracy...

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The American people were outraged by this increase. ... He sent envoys to European, Asian, African, and Latin American capitals carrying a message of America's desire for peace. ... When the end of 1967 approached the American public support for the war had dropped to only 39%. The president's performance was not being approved by the American public. ... I believe that a peaceful Asia is far nearer to reality because of what America has done in Vietnam. ...

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A leading Liberal democrat stated that "...if Americans did not fight the communist in Asia, they would have to fight them in Wichita..." ... A young African-American man named Jimmie Lee Jackson who was shot to death. ... Moynihan stated that the impact of slavery continued psychological and social effects on black America. ... The interceding practices of the EEOC implied the new phase in the evolution of American liberalism. ... He was portrayed as very incompetent because of the lives and money America lost during the war. ...

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There has been prejudice towards those who are not whites males in America since its founding in 1776. ... Immediately, that rationale can be problematic because most Hispanics and Asian Americans can't ordinarily claim their ancestors were victims of oppression. ... Supporters who look for compensation emphasis the history of slavery and segregation suffered by blacks in this country and sometimes the devastation of American Indians. ...

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For example, congress passed the Elementary and Secondary School Act of 1965, which was the first form of broad financial aid given in America's history. ... During Johnson's Presidential career, he spent much of his time developing a solid foundation for the well-being of America's Foreign Affairs. ... For example, in October 1966, representatives from the United States, Thailand, Korea, the Philippines, and other south Asian countries agreed to withdraw their troops and work for peace negotiations if Vietnam abandoned the war (Goodwin, Doris 255.) ... With a close analysis of ...

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These organizations were mildly successful in bringing about African American rights. ... The imposition of segregation, or Jim Crow laws, stripped African Americans of many of the rights they had gained during the 19th century. ... Originally conceived as the cure for discrimination, affirmative action now had no place in the lives of many Americans. ... When elected President, Bill Clinton gave the American people what they wanted, a white house staff that "looked like America." ... "Only six-tenths of one percent of senior management positions are held by African Americans, four-tenths of a...

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Libertarian Gene Healy believed that the county would have been better off if the government had done nothing especially on issues such as "African American voting rights, pollution, and poverty. ... Franklin as president did so much for the country with the power he had, but what most American's failed to realize was that allowing the presidents such primacy would ultimately lead to corruption and the abuse of power. ... Truman was in office, he became one of the most popular and powerful presidents in American history. Truman never really hesitated when it came to use executive pow...

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Kennedy challenged Americans to assume the burden of "defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger." ... The idea of American volunteers helping people in foreign lands touched the conscience of many citizens. Within two years, Peace Corps volunteers were working in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, living with the people and working on education, public health, and agricultural projects. ... Kennedy did win approval of a bill to lower tariffs and thus allow more competitive American trade abroad. ... The major American legal and moral conflict during Kennedy's three years in offi...

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With the same volition of his protest in the Civil Rights Movement, he attacked the United States government for use of imperialism and power to control Vietnam thus having claim in Southeast Asia. ... As shock to Buckley, many people applauded Zinn's opposition and he did not understand his criticism of the American government. ...

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