Native Americans had their sovereignty taken without consent. ... Natives used these as examples of ways of reforming federal Native American policies. ... He said that Four Point funding would allow Native Americans the responsibility to administer aid, instead of being regulated by programs designed by non-Native Americans. Native Americans played a big role in WWII. ... This was seen by Native Americans as inappropriate and wrong. ...

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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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In the novel Ceremony, Silko displayed how the identities of Native Americans who participated in World War II, fighting for the U.S., shifted from the time they were enlisted to their homecoming and how the assimilation and integration of Native Americans and whites had also influenced their changes in identity. ... "(Silko, 37) It is evident here that while Native American men were decorated in "American" military garments they were considered to be equal and free of discrimination, unlike those who did not serve. ... In a post-World War II America, things seemed to be a...

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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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America's imperialist tendencies already were manifested in the subjugation of various Native American tribes and a key piece of legislation that would help determine US foreign policy for years to come and have repercussions to this day. ... When Costa Rica declared war on Nicaragua, Walker found that much of the native population had rebelled to join the Costa Ricans and suddenly found him outnumbered. In a second Battle of Rivas, Costa Rican and native Nicaraguan forces under the command of Costa Rican president Juan Rafael Mora routed Walker's disillusioned and disorganized merce...

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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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During World War II, African Americans were welcomed to serve as soldiers but segregation was apparent. ... When the war ended and African American, Native American, and Hispanic soldiers came back to a home that did not grant them full rights, the Civil Rights Movement was born. ... Asian Americans were also heavily discriminated against in the aftermath of World War II. ... Japanese Americans were immediately viewed as enemies of the State. ... Women, Asian Americans, Hispanics, and others decided to fight the social norms of the time. ...

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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 United States Army used the Choctaw tribe as messengers during World War I to confuse the Germans and helped developed a code that eventually expanded to other Native American tribes (Meadows). ... The Code Talkers were also crucial to American victory during World War II by creating an unbreakable code for the Japanese to try to break. ... The Navajo Code Talkers used their native tongue to code the Marine Corps information from the Japanese in the Pacific Theater. ...

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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 code talkers were mainly bilingual American natives who used phrases to refer to things, places and people and then translate them into their native language before dispatching a message. For example, "a pregnant airplane" was used to refer to a bomber, and the phrase was translated into a native language before the message was sent. Therefore, native language among the soldiers moved from being a tool of group identity in society to a facilitator of language development. ... For the German-Americans, that meant their use of German would be prohibited, including letters to and ...

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Military intervention has been a tool at the disposal of the U.S. government to achieve its political goals since the mid-nineteenth century with the forced relocation of Native Americans. However, it is not until around 1890 that military intervention hit an international scale with the deployment ...

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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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Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...

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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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America reacted to the immigrants in different ways. ... Other Americans were less supportive. ... Natives were very hostile toward Asian immigrants. ... Americans sought to change their cultural traits, values, and their language. ... Though, it isn't as difficult for immigrants to live and work in America today. ...

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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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This gave the Japanese insight into American terminology, slang and train of thought. Because they'd received an education in cryptography on American soil, the Japanese had the ability to break the codes used by the US during the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. ... There had been previous attempts to use a Native American language as a communication code, but those attempts had failed due to the fact that the Indian language didn't contain words which related to "airplane", "tank", or "admiral". ...

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Yet, after analyzing the documentary "Blue Collar and Buddha," much of the negative behavior the Asian Americans experienced when they first migrated to the United States was experienced by the refugees of the Vietnam War in the 1980s. ... Before World War II, many Asians were accused of "stealing" all the jobs that supposedly rightfully belonged to the white Americans. The white Americans felt as though they had a right over these jobs, and that the Asian immigrants were creating the increasing unemployment among the whites. ... However, much of the resentment the white natives felt about...

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"I prefer to try to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slave, of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees . . . the postwar American empire as seen by peons in Latin America." Zinn is very understanding and compassionate towards the people who have been the target of the US government's oppression, including the African Americans in their fight for freedom and equality, women in their struggle for suffrage, the lower working class in its attempts to unionize and rebel against the ruling elite, and th...

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